Exploring socio-cultural factors that mediate, facilitate, & constrain the health and empowerment of refugee youth

摘要: Studies on youth health and well-being are predominantly quantitative expert-driven with less attention given to how understand what it means be healthy themselves the role of socio-cultural factors in shaping this. Knowledge perceptions experiences refugee is particularly lacking notable their unique stressors related migratory, settlement integration experiences. We contribute a better understanding define contextualize health, particular emphasis that enable or constrain promotion efforts individual agency. This research was undertaken at downtown drop-in centre Hamilton, Ontario, Canada provided services newcomer youth. employ grounded theory approach draw upon participant observation, focus groups in-depth interviews. Twenty-six (age 18-25 years), representing 12 different countries origin participated. The defined very broadly touching many typical determinants (e.g. education, income, etc.). Yet most importance (as demonstrated by frequency urgency which they were discussed youth) included sense belonging, positive self-identity, emotional well-being, agency self-determination. conceptualize these as "mediating" argued enabled constrained ability cope adversities other determinant categories. also we interpret "facilitators" encourage mediating manifest positively informal, non-biomedical settings programs nurture trust, break down access barriers, promote community amongst peers, mentors, professionals). When creating strategies for (and perhaps more generally) important may mediate magnitude effects from various risks/stressors, addition those facilitate