Health of African refugee children outside Africa : a scoping review

dc.contributor.authorSalami, Bukola
dc.contributor.authorMogale, Ramadimetja Shirley
dc.contributor.authorOjo, Folakemi
dc.contributor.authorKariwo, Michael
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Jill
dc.contributor.authorOkeke-Ihejirika, Philomina
dc.contributor.authorYohani, Sophie
dc.contributor.emailshirley.mogale@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T09:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractPROBLEM : Africa is the largest source continent of refugee children. However, we found no published synthesis of the literature on the health of African refugee children outside Africa. Conducting a review of the literature on this particular population will help illuminate the particular contextual health issues faced by African child refugees who live outside Africa. The purpose of this review is to synthesize what is known from the existing literature regarding the health of sub-Saharan African refugee children who live outside Africa. METHODS : We completed a scoping review of the published literature. We included articles published in English with a focus on the health of sub-Saharan African refugee children living outside Africa. We excluded studies of refugees in Africa as the living conditions of these refugees, most of whom reside in camps, are very different from those outside Africa. Using relevant keywords, we searched 10 databases to identify and screen 6602 articles after duplicates were eliminated. SAMPLE : A total of 20 studies were included in this review. FINDINGS : Published research articles on sub-Saharan African child refugees living outside Africa focus on infectious diseases, mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders, food insecurity and psychosocial adjustment, physical health (including obesity), and health promotion strategies. This population is characterized by a high rate of infectious diseases (e.g., malaria), obesity, and mental health problems, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS : To attend to the health needs of sub-Saharan African refugee children who live outside Africa, interventions should address pre-migration factors as well as post-migration factors (including income and community belonging) while employing a strengths-based perspective.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNursing Scienceen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2022-06-09
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.pediatricnursing.orgen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSalami, B., Mogale, S., Ojo, F. et al. 2021, 'Health of African refugee children outside Africa : a scoping review', Journal of Pediatric Nursing, vol. 61, pp. 199-206.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0882-5963
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.pedn.2021.06.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/80997
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rightsCrown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Nursing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Pediatric Nursing, vol. 61, pp. 199-206, 2021. doi : 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.06.001.en_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican refugee childrenen_ZA
dc.subjectRefugeesen_ZA
dc.subjectChildrenen_ZA
dc.subjectHealthen_ZA
dc.subjectMigrantsen_ZA
dc.subjectOutside Africaen_ZA
dc.titleHealth of African refugee children outside Africa : a scoping reviewen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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