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Differences in all-cause and cause-specific mortality due to external causes and suicide between young adult refugees, non-refugee immigrants and Swedish-born young adults: The role of education and migration-related factors
Background International migration has increased during the past years and little is known about the mortality of young adult immigrants and refugees that came to Sweden as children. This study aimed to investigate 1) the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in young accompanied and unaccompanied refugees and non-refugee immigrants compared to Swedish born individuals; and 2) to determine the…
2022
Dorner T.E. Cullen A.E. Björkenstam E. Helgesson M. Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Stratmann M Chen L
English Unaccompanied & separated children Sweden Regression analysis
Labour market marginalisation in young refugees and their majority peers in Denmark and Sweden: The role of common mental disorders and secondary school completion
Background Due to the circumstances of their early lives, young refugees are at risk of experiencing adverse labour market and health outcomes. The post-settlement environment is thought to play a decisive role in determining how this vulnerability plays out. This study compared trends in labour market marginalisation in young refugees and their majority peers during early adulthood in two national…
2022
Norredam M. Sijbrandij M. Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Krasnik A. Klimek P. Berg L. Hjern A. de Montgomery C.J. Petersen J.H. Björkenstam E.
Marginalization & segregation Equity & equality Secondary education Sweden Socio-economic status Experimental & quasi-experimental study Early childhood education Denmark Randomised control trial Integration & assimilation Gender English Policy & law Mental health & psychosocial well-being
Common mental disorders among young refugees in Sweden: The role of education and duration of residency
Background: Studies investigating risks of common mental disorders (CMDs) in refugee youth are sparse. The current study examined health care use due to CMDs in unaccompanied and accompanied refugee youth and Swedish-born, and the role of education and residency duration. Methods: This longitudinal cohort study included 746,517 individuals (whereof 36,347 refugees) between 19 and 25 years, residing in Sweden in…
2020
Mittendorfer-Rutz E. de Montgomery C.J. Björkenstam E. Helgesson M. Norredam M. Sijbrandij M.
Longitudinal study Gender English Unaccompanied & separated children Mental health & psychosocial well-being Sweden