Migration challenges among Zimbabwean refugees before, during and post arrival in South Africa

Idemudia, Erhabor Sunday; Williams, John K.

doi:10.5249/jivr.v5i1.185

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“…If I have some food, then my neighbours will not starve. 54 Although the surveyed households were generally poor and fooddeprived, they still shared food among themselves, suggesting a greater degree of community solidarity and positive social capital than among the poor urban population in general. 55…”

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The Food Insecurities of Zimbabwean Migrants in Urban South Africa

Crush¹,

Tawodzera²

2016

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Section: Grow It 1mentioning

confidence: 96%

The Food Insecurities of Zimbabwean Migrants in Urban South Africa

Crush¹,

Tawodzera²

2016

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“…401], [54]. It should be considered that even within the same culture there are likely to be variations in attitudes, knowledge, behaviors on the one hand and religious values and linguistic variations on the other [18].…”

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EPA guidance on cultural competence training

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The stress of migration as well as social factors and changes related to the receiving society may lead to the manifestation of psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals after migration. The diversity of cultures, ethnicities, races and reasons for migration poses a challenge for those seeking to understand how illness is experienced by immigrants whose backgrounds differ significantly from their clinicians. Cultural competence represents good clinical practice and can be defined as such that a clinician regards each patient in the context of the patient's own culture as well as from the perspective of the clinician's cultural values and prejudices. The EPA Guidance on cultural competence training outlines some of the key issues related to cultural competence and how to deal with these. It points out that cultural competence represents a comprehensive response to the mental health care needs of immigrant patients and requires knowledge, skills and attitudes which can improve the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment. To reach these aims, both individual and organizational competence are needed, as well as teaching competence in terms of educational leadership. The WPA Guidance on Mental Health and Mental Health Care for Migrants and the EPA Guidance on Mental Health Care for Migrants list a series of recommendations for policy makers, service providers and clinicians; these are aimed at improving mental health care for immigrants. The authors of this paper would like to underline these recommendations and, focusing on cultural competency and training, believe that they will be of positive value.

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“…: unpublished data, 2020) identified 17 qualitative articles that focused on the experiences of homeless migrants. [163][164][165][166][167][168][169][170][171][172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179] Findings indicated that discrimination, limited language proficiency and severed social networks negatively affected homeless migrants' sense of belonging and access to social services, such as housing. However, employment opportunities provided a sense of independence and improved social integration.…”

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Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience

Pottie

Kendall²,

Aubry³

et al. 2020

CMAJ

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H omeless and vulnerably housed populations are heterogeneous 1 and continue to grow in numbers in urban and rural settings as forces of urbanization collide with gentrification and austerity policies. 2 Collectively, they face dangerous living conditions and marginalization within health care systems. 3 However, providers can improve the health of people who are homeless or vulnerably housed, most powerfully by following evidence-based initial steps, and working with communities and adopting anti-oppressive practices. 1,4,5 Broadly speaking, "homelessness" encompasses all individuals without stable, permanent and acceptable housing, or lacking the immediate prospect, means and ability of acquiring it. 6 Under such conditions, individuals and families face intersecting social, mental and physical health risks that significantly increase morbidity and mortality. 7,8 For example, people who are homeless and vulnerably housed experience a significantly higher prevalence of trauma, mental health conditions and substance use disorders than the general population. 7,9 Canadian research reports that people who experience homelessness face life expectancies as low as 42 years for men and 52 years for women. 7 A generation ago, homeless Canadians were largely middleaged, single men in large urban settings. 10 Today, the epidemiology has shifted to include higher proportions of women, youth, Indigenous people (Box 1), immigrants, older adults and people from rural communities. 13,14 For example, family homelessness (and therefore homelessness among dependent children and youth) is a substantial, yet hidden, part of the crisis. 15 In 2014, of the estimated 235 000 homeless people in Canada, 27.3% were women, 18.7% were youth, 6% were recent immigrants or migrants, and a growing number were veterans and seniors. 10

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Migration challenges among Zimbabwean refugees before, during and post arrival in South Africa

Cited by 39 publications

References 38 publications

The Food Insecurities of Zimbabwean Migrants in Urban South Africa

The Food Insecurities of Zimbabwean Migrants in Urban South Africa

EPA guidance on cultural competence training

Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience

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