Narrative inquiry into life experiences of refugee women and men

C Pavlish - International Nursing Review, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Africa is the site of many refugee camps, and non‐governmental agencies are
often responsible for providing programmes and services to improve refugees' quality of life …

Narrative and silence: How former refugees talk about loss and past trauma

T Puvimanasinghe, LA Denson… - Journal of Refugee …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Using narrative methodology this paper analyses the life stories of 25 former refugees from
two African countries, resettled in Australia. Study findings demonstrated a salient …

Action responses of Congolese refugee women

C Pavlish - Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005 - search.proquest.com
Background Women comprise approximately 51% of" persons of concern" to UNHCR, and
yet refugee women continue to be disproportionately affected by human and sexual violence …

Refugee women's health: collaborative inquiry with refugee women in Rwanda

C Pavlish - Health Care for Women International, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
A collaborative capacity building experience in a Rwandan refugee camp with refugee
women from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is described in this article. In service …

The lived experience of genocide rape survivors in Rwanda

D Mukamana, P Brysiewicz - Journal of nursing scholarship, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of women who were
raped during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Methods: A phenomenological approach was …

Healthcare needs of displaced women: Osire refugee camp, Namibia

LN Pinehas, NC Van Wyk… - International nursing …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of healthcare needs
of displaced women in the Osire refugee camp in Namibia. Background Namibia is a country …

Well-being in Dinka refugee women of Southern Sudan

MB Baird, JS Boyle - Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to understand the health and well-being of Sudanese refugee
women who were resettled with their children to the United States. The design was an …

A grounded theory investigation into the experiences of African women refugees: Effects on resilience and identity and implications for service provision

K Sherwood, H Liebling-Kalifani - Journal of international women's …, 2012 - vc.bridgew.edu
The current study aims to explore African women's experiences of violence during conflict.
The research was undertaken in 2009 in part fulfillment for a Doctorate degree in Clinical …

A narrative study of refugee women who have experienced violence in the context of war

H Berman, ERI Girón… - Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - cjnr.archive.mcgill.ca
Although women are rarely on the frontlines of battle, as in many other realms of
contemporary life they bear a disproportionate burden of the consequences of war. Many …

Giving silence a chance: The importance of life stories for research on refugees

H Ghorashi - Journal of refugee studies, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In order to capture refugees' experiences and narratives it is necessary to create space
within research to be able to notice the untold within the interviews. This article focuses on …