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Review of child maltreatment in immigrant and refugee families
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Public Health. October 1, 2015, peS45, 12 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Child maltreatment is a worldwide public health concern that is associated with numerous and severe, short- and long-term health and developmental consequences for children. (1, 2) It is also accompanied [...]<br />OBJECTIVES: Study results on child maltreatment based on general population samples cannot be extrapolated with confidence to vulnerable immigrant or refugee families because of the specific characteristics and needs of these families. The aims of this paper are 1) to conduct an evidence review of the prevalence, risk factors and protective factors for child maltreatment in immigrant and refugee populations, and 2) to integrate the evidence in an analytical ecosystemic framework that would guide future research. METHODS: We used a 14-step process based on guidelines from Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- Analyses and the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health. We searched major databases from 'the oldest date available to July 2014'. The eligibility criteria for paper selection included qualitative or quantitative methodologies; papers written in English or French; papers that describe, assess or review prevalence, risk and protection factors for child maltreatment; and a studied population of immigrants or refugees. SYNTHESIS: Twenty-four articles met the criteria for eligibility. The results do not provide evidence that immigrant or refugee children are at higher risk of child maltreatment. However, recently settled immigrants and refugees experience specific risk factors related to their immigration status and to the challenges of settlement in a new country, which may result in high risk of maltreatment. CONCLUSION: Future research must incorporate more immigrant and refugee samples as well as examine, within an ecosystemic framework, the interaction between migratory and cultural factors with regard to the prevalence, consequences and treatment of child maltreatment for the targeted groups. KEY WORDS: Review; child maltreatment; immigrants; refugees; risk factors; ecosystemic model La traduction du resume se trouve a la fin de l'article. Une traduction de l'article en entier est disponible sur le site web comme un fichier supplementaire dans la section 'OUTILS DE L'ARTICLE'. OBJECTIFS: Les resultats des etudes portant sur la maltraitance des enfants issus du groupe majoritaire ne peuvent etre extrapoles systematiquement aux familles immigrantes et refugiees, etant donne les caracteristiques et besoins specifiques de ces populations. Les buts de cet article sont: 1) de realiser une recension systematique des ecrits sur la prevalence et les facteurs de risque et de protection en ce qui a trait a la maltraitance des enfants issus de familles immigrantes et refugiees, et 2) d'integrer les resultats dans un modele ecosystemique qui pourra guider les recherches futures. METHODE: Un processus en quatorze etapes, inspire des principes Preferred Reporting /terns for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) ainsi que de la Collaboration canadienne pour la sante des immigrants et des refugies (CCIHR), a guide le processus de revue de litterature. Les principales bases de donnees ont ete consultees ' de la date la plus ancienne jusqu'en juillet 2014 '. Les criteres de selection des articles incluaient: avoir une methodologie qualitative ou quantitative, etre ecrit en francais ou anglais ainsi que decrire, evaluer ou reviser la prevalence et les facteurs de risque et de protection pour les mauvais traitements chez les familles immigrantes et/ou refugiees. SYNTHESE: Les resultats des 24 articles rencontrant les criteres d'eligibilite suggerent que les enfants immigrants ou refugies ne sont pas plus a risque de maltraitance. Toutefois, les immigrants recents et les refugies font face a des facteurs de risque specifiques etant donne leur statut au pays d'accueil et les defis propres a l'integration dans un nouveau pays. CONCLUSION: Les recherches futures doivent inclure davantage de participants immigrants et refugies dans leurs echantillons, ainsi que doivent examiner les interactions entre les facteurs lies a la migration et a la culture en ce qui concerne la prevalence et les consequences de la maltraitance chez les enfants ainsi que le traitement pour ces populations. MOTS CLES: recension; maltraitance; immigrants; refugies; facteurs de risque; modele ecosystemique Can J Public Health 2015; 106(7)(Suppl. 2):eS45-eS56 doi: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4838
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084263
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.449419100
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17269/CJPH.106.4838