Refugees and Mental Health: Understanding Sudanese Peoples Responses to Trauma from Forced Migration

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

The refugee experience and associated trauma from forced migration is well established in relation to poor mental health outcomes. Finding approaches to support these people from the wake traumatic experience is therefore critical. This qualitative research project examines Sudanese refugees’ responses to trauma by exploring their initiatives, actions, hopes and values that establish forms of healing and resistance that are distinct from the negative effects of traumatic experience itself.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $72,340.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision science

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Other Keywords

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