A Whole-child, whole-family approach to health assessments for asylum-seeking children

In 2020, 21% of people who sought asylum in the UK were children. This population has complex interconnecting health and social needs. Assessment requires a holistic approach, with consideration of physical and mental health in addition to social and developmental well-being, within the whole family...

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Autores principales: Sanchez Clemente, Nuria, Cinardo, Paola, Ward, Allison, Longley, Nicky, Harkensee, Christian, Eisen, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9693674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36645766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001575
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Harkensee, Christian
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description In 2020, 21% of people who sought asylum in the UK were children. This population has complex interconnecting health and social needs. Assessment requires a holistic approach, with consideration of physical and mental health in addition to social and developmental well-being, within the whole family group. A trauma-informed life-cycle and intergenerational care approach is important. This article, aimed at all health professionals who may work with asylum-seeking families, outlines the best practice principles for undertaking health assessments in migrant children and young people.
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spelling pubmed-96936742022-11-26 A Whole-child, whole-family approach to health assessments for asylum-seeking children Sanchez Clemente, Nuria Cinardo, Paola Ward, Allison Longley, Nicky Harkensee, Christian Eisen, Sarah BMJ Paediatr Open Review In 2020, 21% of people who sought asylum in the UK were children. This population has complex interconnecting health and social needs. Assessment requires a holistic approach, with consideration of physical and mental health in addition to social and developmental well-being, within the whole family group. A trauma-informed life-cycle and intergenerational care approach is important. This article, aimed at all health professionals who may work with asylum-seeking families, outlines the best practice principles for undertaking health assessments in migrant children and young people. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9693674/ /pubmed/36645766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001575 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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