Refugee and asylum-seeker children and health problems in the city of Duzce, Turkiye

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authoridCoskun, Emel/0000-0002-9562-7775en_US
dc.authoridCakmak, Hatice Mine/0000-0003-3730-0982en_US
dc.authoridTuray, Sevim/0000-0001-6002-052Xen_US
dc.authorscopusid57215970751en_US
dc.authorscopusid6602733795en_US
dc.authorscopusid57192874523en_US
dc.authorscopusid57208314562en_US
dc.authorscopusid56815156200en_US
dc.authorscopusid59188030700en_US
dc.authorscopusid35424415800en_US
dc.authorwosidCoskun, Emel/D-6612-2017en_US
dc.contributor.authorCakmak, Hatice Mine
dc.contributor.authorKocabay, Kenan
dc.contributor.authorTemizkan, Ramazan Cahit
dc.contributor.authorTuray, Sevim
dc.contributor.authorOzde, Sukriye
dc.contributor.authorKurt, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorSav, Nadide Melike
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-23T16:04:16Z
dc.date.available2024-08-23T16:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2024en_US
dc.departmentDüzce Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: This study examines the health problems and healthcare needs of refugee and asylum-seeker children and aims to develop strategies for improvement. Methods: Based on quantitative data from 448 refugee and asylum-seeker children and 222 non-refugee local children, this study was conducted at D & uuml;zce University, Department of Paediatrics, between 2010 and 2021. The refugee children originated from three countries: Iraq (n = 304), Syria (n = 101) and Afghanistan (n = 43). The data were analysed using the SPSS data analysis program. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Duzce University. Results: The results suggest that refugee and asylum-seeker children have significantly higher rates of acute illness or infection, malnutrition (p < 0.001) and anaemia (p < 0.001) than local children as a result of living in overcrowded families (p = 0.017) and unhealthy conditions. Adolescent pregnancy (p = 0.049) emerges as an important social problem as a result of child marriage among refugee children, mostly in the form of consanguineous marriages (p < 0.001). The rate of having at least two adolescent pregnancies (under 18) was highest among Syrian refugee girls (p = 0.01). Although refugee and asylum-seeker children have higher rates of health insurance (between 74% and 95%), they have lower rates of insurance compared to local children. This research also compares the data from three nationalities, including Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq children; Iraqi and Afghan children under the international protection (IP) system with limited social support and rights had worse health conditions compared to other groups. Although Iraqi children had the highest rates of health insurance on admission (p < 0.001), they also had higher rates of chronic diseases (p = 0.001), infections (p = 0.004), allergic rhinitis (p = 0.001) and malnutrition (p < 0.001). The youngest age of admission (p = 0.006) and the shortest length of stay (p = 0.004) were for Afghan children who also had higher rates of upper respiratory infections (p = 0.021). Conclusions: This study highlights the urgent need for improved screening programmes and the importance of collaborative efforts to address the specific health needs of these populations. Addressing the health status of child refugees is a complex and multifaceted task that requires the active participation of healthcare professionals, policymakers and researchers, each of whom has a crucial role to play.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cch.13295
dc.identifier.issn0305-1862
dc.identifier.issn1365-2214
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid38927007en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85196786494en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13295
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/14135
dc.identifier.volume50en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001255139200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofChild Care Health And Developmenten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectadolescent pregnanciesen_US
dc.subjectasylum seekeren_US
dc.subjectchild malnutritionen_US
dc.subjectchronic diseaseen_US
dc.subjectpaediatricsen_US
dc.subjectrefugee childrenen_US
dc.titleRefugee and asylum-seeker children and health problems in the city of Duzce, Turkiyeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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