J Immigr Minor Health
November 2024
Emerging research suggests that the increasing population of Arab immigrants and refugees living in the United States (U.S.) has a greater risk for depression and anxiety than other groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDigital health technologies may offer an alternate approach to augmenting the established mental health care delivery systems for migrants and promoting their mental well-being. This review aims to provide a broad examination of literature, to determine the impact of technology-based interventions on outcomes of immigrants and refugees experiencing mental health symptoms associated with pre-and postmigration stress (depression, anxiety, psychological stress, PTSD). We searched five electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and the ACM digital library).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Increasing the midwifery workforce has been identified as an evidence-based approach to decrease maternal mortality and reproductive health disparities worldwide. Concurrently, the profession of midwifery, as with all healthcare professions, has undergone a significant shift in practice with acceleration of telehealth use to expand access. We conducted a systematic literature review to identify and synthesize the existing evidence regarding how midwives experience, perceive and accept providing sexual and reproductive healthcare services at a distance with telehealth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity Ment Health J
February 2024
Arab immigrants constitute a sizable portion of the US population, and their adjustment and relocation challenges might escalate mental health issues. Nevertheless, mental health care accessibility among such populations is not recognized as policy issue. Hence, it is crucial to explore the political tools that might be employed to improve immigrants' access to mental health treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv
January 2024
The current study examined the mediating roles of resilience and emotional regulation in the association between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms among individuals who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Data from 200 women aged 17 to 77 years who were psychiatric outpatients were collected using self-reported questionnaires assessing child adversity, depressive symptoms, resilience, and emotional regulation. A positive correlation was found between a subscale of the ACE-IQ and depression.
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