Intrigues of Accessing Mental Health Services Among Urban Refugees Living in Kenya: The Case of Somali Refugees Living in Eastleigh, Nairobi

Mutiso, Victoria; Warsame, Abdulkadir Hussein; Bosire, Edna N; Musyimi, Christine; Musau, Abednego; Isse, Maimuna Mohamud; Ndetei, David M.

doi:10.1080/15562948.2018.1433904

Cited by 13 publications

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“…Although younger adult participants relied on NGOs for instrumental support in Dar es Salaam, this was not the case for older Congolese adults. Urban refugees' reliance on religious support has been reported in past research (Seguin and Roberts 2017;Tippens 2017;Mutiso et al 2018); this study contributes new information by demonstrating that perceived support from religious networks varies by age. Organizations, particularly faith-based NGOs, may be in a position to partner with religious institutions to provide instrumental support to older adult refugees and their families.…”

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Generational Perceptions of Support Among Congolese Refugees in Urban Tanzania

Tippens

2019

Glob Soc Welf

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Urban refugees frequently fall outside of the scope of humanitarian assistance programs. Despite a growing body of research describing the experiences of urban refugees in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) of first asylum, little is known about generational differences in perceived support in these contexts. This phenomenological study used in-depth, semi-structured interviews and small group discussions to identify sources and meanings of support among older adult (50+; n= 23) and younger adult (18-30; n= 11) Congolese refugees in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Family and fictive kin emerged as central sources of support across age groups. However, instrumental support was sought outside of extended family networks. Older adults relied on religious networks for material assistance while younger adults sought instrumental assistance from friends and nongovernmental organizations. Implications for practice include supporting the unique needs of older adult urban refugees through family reunification, multi-family support interventions, and delivering assistance through religious networks.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Generational Perceptions of Support Among Congolese Refugees in Urban Tanzania

Tippens

2019

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“…Such research is particularly relevant because of the prevalence of child trauma in Somali refugee samples. Corporal punishment is common in Somali schools, indicating that Somali refugees have likely experienced this form of child trauma (Mutiso et al, 2019; Najoli et al, 2019). Research is needed to explore the impact of this childhood trauma, as well as general child maltreatment, on Somali refugee mental health.…”

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Predicting mental health outcomes in a sample of Somali refugee youth: The role of child trauma.

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2022

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Refugee youth experience tremendous trauma before and during forced migration, which has negative mental health impacts. It is important to identify and mitigate conditions that can increase the risk of refugee youth mental health issues and to search for potential protective factors; however, little research has considered these factors among Somali refugee youth. To fill this gap in research, this study examined the impact of child traumas and preventive factors on mental health outcomes among Somali refugee youth in urban Kenya. We used snowball sampling to recruit 250 Somali refugee youth, aged 15 to 35 years, living in Eastleigh, Kenya. We used a series of multiple linear regression models to examine the associations of child trauma (child abuse, witnessing domestic violence, corporal school punishment, female genital mutilation/cutting), symptom normalization, and parental death with symptoms of common mental disorders first in a mixed-gender sample and then with a female-only sample. Results indicated that child trauma significantly predicted mental health symptoms in all bivariate analyses with both samples and in all regression analyses with the mixed-gender sample. However, in regression analyses with the female-only sample, child trauma only significantly predicted anxiety and somatic symptoms. In addition, increased symptom normalization predicted mental health symptoms, and parental death predicted anxiety and somatic symptoms. These findings increase understanding of the impact of child trauma exposures in this understudied population and provide directions for future research, particularly regarding the impact of parental loss, and intervention to decrease mental health risk in Somali refugee youth.

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“…refugees are a largely 'hidden' population, and little is known about their numbers, profiles, status, location and livelihoods (2). The main factors pushing refugees from camps include security threats, limited livelihood opportunities, harsh climatic conditions and violence in the camps, often related to tensions between different clans, ethnic and political groups (Pavanello, Elhawary, & Pantuliano, 2018).…”

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