International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Response to the Global Refugee Crisis: Caring for Refugee/Migrating Families
RESOURCES LIST FOR NURSES WORKING WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE REFUGEES*
*The order of the resources below spells PEACE.
P Policy/Position Statements
Ballard, J., Wieling, E., & Solheim, C. (Eds.). (2016). Immigrant and refugee families: Global perspectives on displacement and resettlement experiences. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.0901 Retrieved from http://open.lib.umn.edu/immigrantfamilies/
Hwang, M. C., Choi, C., & Parreñas, R. (2019, January 22). Research reports: Separating migrant families, as practiced around the globe. Council on Contemporary Families. [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2019/01/22/separating-migrant-families-as-practiced-around-the-globe/
Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) (2020) Measuring POLICIES TO INTEGRATE MIGRANTS across six continents. Retrieved from https://www.mipex.eu/
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Family Separation Resources: Research published and cited by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) demonstrates the importance of keeping families together. The references include NCFR articles as well as research and additional resources from other social science organizations: ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/family-separation
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Understanding challenges faced by refugee families. Retrieved from ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/understanding-challenges-faced-refugee-families
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2023) Figures at a glance. Retrieved from https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html
World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) Refugee and migrant health. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/health-topics/refugee-and-migrant-health#tab=tab_1
World Health Organization Europe (WHO) (2023) Refugee and migrant health. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/europe/health-topics/refugee-and-migrant-health#tab=tab_1
* Position Statements
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2018, June 19). AACN joins 32 national nursing groups to voice concern in a joint letter to the U. S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security about U. S. immigration policies Retrieved from magnetmail.net/…/AACN joint letter
American Academy of Nursing. (June 19, 2018). Press Release. American Academy of Nursing Releases Statement on Separation of Families at the U.S. Border. Retrieved from higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/…/AANN Statement
American Academy of Pediatrics. (June 15, 2018). AAP Statement Opposing the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act. Retrieved from aap.org/…/AAPStatementOpposingBorderSecurityandImmigrationReformAct.aspx
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA, 2004). AFTA Position Statement. The Deleterious Impact of U.S. Immigration Policy on Families. Retrieved from afta.org/aftas-position-statement-on-immigration
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA, 2017). AFTA Stands in Opposition to Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration, January 31, 2017. Retrieved from afta.org/afta-stands-opposition-trumps-executive-order-immigration
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA, 2017): AFTA Statement on ICE Raids, February 14, 2017. Retrieved from afta.org/afta-statement-ice-raids
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA, June 19, 2018). APNA Calls for End to Policy that Separates Families. Retrieved from prweb.com/…/prweb15570481.htm
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA, June 18, 2018). CNA President Statement on controversial U.S. policy of separating “illegal migrants” from their children when crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. Retrieved from facebook.com/…/2228154517199979
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA, 2016). IFNA Response to the Global Refugee Crisis: Caring for Refugee Families. Retrieved from internationalfamilynursing.org/2016/02/18/caring-for-refugee-families/
International Council of Nurses (2018). Position Statement: Health of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons. icn.ch/…/PS_A_Health_migrants_refugees_displaced persons.pdf
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA, 2022). Responding to the developing situation in Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Retrieved from myemail.constantcontact.com/…/Response-to-the-developing-situation-in-Ukraine.html
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA, February 16, 2017). IFNA Response to Executive Order in the United States Regarding Immigration and Refugees. conta.cc/2kDXYUA
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA, June 20, 2018). IFNA Statement about Treatment of Families Separated at the U.S./Mexico border. Retrieved from conta.cc/2I8XFw
National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI Statement on Family Separations at U.S. Border. Retrieved from nami.org/…/Statement-about-Border-Separation-from-NAMI
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Response to President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigrants and Refugees. Retrieved from ncfr.org/…/ncfr-response-president-trump-executive-order-immigrants-and-refugees
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR, June 19, 2018). The Negative Effects of Separating Families at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Retrieved from ncfr.org/…/negative-effects-separating-families-us-mexico-border
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Policy Brief. (July 9, 2019). Immigrant Families Across the Life Course: Policy Impacts on Physical and Mental Health written by Colleen K. Vesely, Diamond Y. Bravo, & Mariana T. Guzzardo. Retrieved from ncfr.org/…/immigrant-families-across-life-course-policy-impacts-physical-and-mental-health
United Nations Health Commission on Refugees (UNHCR). (June 18, 2018). UNHCR Urges Family Unity at Southern US Border. Retrieved from unhcr.org/news/press/2018/…/unhcr-urges-family-unity-southern-border.html
World Psychiatric Association (WPA). WPA Position Statement: Europe Migrant & Refugee Crisis. Retrieved from researchgate.net/…/Position_Statement_Europe_Migrant_Refugee_Crisis
E Education
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) (2023). Understanding challenges faced by refugee families. Retrieved from https://www.ncfr.org/resources/resource-collections/understanding-challenges-faced-refugee-families
Nursing students in Saharan refugee camps: Expectations and options of professional future from a qualitative perspective. sciencedirect.com/…/S1471595322001809
Refugee and Immigrant Core Stressors Toolkit to Care for Newly Arrived Children in a School Nursing Setting sagepub.com/…/10.1177/10598405211045688
The effect of health education given to Syrian refugee women in their own language on awareness of breast and cervical cancer, in Turkey: A randomized controlled trial. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13187-019-01604-4
Hughsam, M., Tran, M., Kansal, M., & Suryavanshi, T. (2016). What is the refugee mental health crisis and how can we address it? [Educational video]. McMaster University. Available from: youtube.com/watch?v=eRfyQl_mSGs
Manitoba Trauma Information and Education Centre. (2013). The Trauma-Informed Toolkit (2nd ed.). Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Klinic Community Health Centre. Retrieved from trauma‑informed.ca/…/Trauma‑informed_Toolkit.pdf.
Richards, S. E. (March 22, 2017). How the fear of deportation puts stress on families. The Atlantic. Retrieved from theatlantic.com/archive/…/deportation-stress/520008
van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York, NY: Viking.
A Administration
Nurses’ Experiences in a Turkish Internal Medicine Clinic with Syrian Refugees sagepub.com/…/1043659617711502
United Nations News (March 1, 2022). Ukraine: $1.7 billion appeal launched to help refugee exodus, host countries. news.un.org/…/1113052
C Clinical
Berger Cardoso, J., Scott, J. L., Faulkner, M., & Barros Lane, L. (2018). Parenting in the context of deportation risk. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80, 310‑316. doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12463
Children’s Psychological Health Center. Disaster resources for children & teens. Retrieved from: childrenspsychologicalhealthcenter.org/…/disaster-resources-for-children-teens
Kinzie, J. D. (2013). Addressing the mental health needs of refugees. Psychiatric Times. Retrieved from psychiatrictimes.com/…/addressing‑mental‑health‑needs‑refugees
McGoldrick, M. (Producer). (2017). Working with Immigrant Families: An Introduction‑ 15 min video. Multicultural Family Institute. Retrieved from youtube.com/watch?v=2uDIUEqGsVc
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015, June). Guidelines for mental health screening during the domestic medical examination for newly arrived refugees. Retrieved from cdc.gov/…/mental‑health‑screening‑guidelines.html
Worabo, H. J., Hsueh, K.-H., Yakimo, R., Worabo, E., Burgess, P. A., & Farberman, S. M. (2016). Understanding refugees’ perceptions of health care in the United States. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 12(7), 487‑494. doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.04.014
E Equity
International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2018) Position Statement Health of migrants, refugees and displaced persons. Retrieved from icn.ch/…/PS_A_Health_migrants_refugees_displaced persons.pdf
World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) World report on the health of refugees and migrants. Retrieved from who.int/publications/i/item/9789240054462
This document was developed by the IFNA Practice Committee. The order of the categories above spells PEACE. Please help grow this list of resources that are designed to inform and guide family nursing practice with refugee/migrating families.