Gesundheitliche Situation und Versorgung unbegleiteter minderjähriger Flüchtlinge – eine Näherung anhand qualitativer und quantitativer Forschung in der Stadt Bielefeld
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Unaccompanied minor refugees are children or adolescents below the age of 18 years who are not accompanied by their parents. International studies show that unaccompanied minor refugees represent a special risk group. Currently, empirical study results about the health status of unaccompanied minor refugees barely exist for Germany. Therefore, the goal of this article is an assessment of the health status and health care of unaccompanied minor refugees in Bielefeld, Germany. For this purpose, two qualitative studies and one quantitative study from Bielefeld are used.Results demonstrate that the health care of unaccompanied minor refugees underlies certain peculiarities that indicate major medical needs: Firstly, the need for psychological/psychiatric care and secondly the need for health care regarding infectious diseases. Further challenges in the health care needs of this population group result from its specific situation, and comprise legal conditions, as well as language and cultural competencies on behalf of the health care providers and the unaccompanied minor refugees themselves.
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- Authors
- Spallek, J., Tempes, J., Ricksgers, H., Marquardt, L., Prüfer-Krämer, L., & Krämer, A.
- Affiliations
- Bielefeld University (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Spallek, Jacob
- Venue
- Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
- Published
- 2016-04-12
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 636-641
- ISSN
- 0007-5914 (ISSN-L)
- 1436-9990
- 1437-1588
- OpenAlex
- W2343296408
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 4.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- de
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University) (submittedVersion)
- Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
- Social Sciences › Health › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Keywords
- unaccompanied refugee children, refugee health, health care access, health status, psychological care, psychiatric nursing, infectious diseases, language barriers, cultural competence, Bielefeld
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Communicable Disease Control, Communicable Diseases, Female, Germany, Health Services Accessibility, Health Status, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Refugees, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Needs Assessment, Minors, Vulnerable Populations
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