Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia
Young people from refugee backgrounds face a number of challenges in adjusting to life in a new country. Recently, there have been more studies documenting some of these challenges and experiences, and offering recommendations for the health and education sector to appropriately respond to their nee...
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| author | Iqbal, N. Joyce, A. Russo, A. Earnest, Jaya |
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| description | Young people from refugee backgrounds face a number of challenges in adjusting to life in a new country. Recently, there have been more studies documenting some of these challenges and experiences, and offering recommendations for the health and education sector to appropriately respond to their needs. This study sought to investigate some of the experiences and challenges faced by female Afghan Hazara refugee adolescents as a precursor to program development occurring within a community health service in the outer southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. This paper reports on a cross-sectional participatory qualitative research study undertaken with young Afghan female adolescents aged 14–17 years of Hazara ethnicity. The results document some of the key contested gender and cultural challenges facing these young women, their aspirations for their lives in Australia, and how this research has informed community health practice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-456412017-09-13T16:03:55Z Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia Iqbal, N. Joyce, A. Russo, A. Earnest, Jaya Young people from refugee backgrounds face a number of challenges in adjusting to life in a new country. Recently, there have been more studies documenting some of these challenges and experiences, and offering recommendations for the health and education sector to appropriately respond to their needs. This study sought to investigate some of the experiences and challenges faced by female Afghan Hazara refugee adolescents as a precursor to program development occurring within a community health service in the outer southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. This paper reports on a cross-sectional participatory qualitative research study undertaken with young Afghan female adolescents aged 14–17 years of Hazara ethnicity. The results document some of the key contested gender and cultural challenges facing these young women, their aspirations for their lives in Australia, and how this research has informed community health practice. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45641 10.1155/2012/868230 Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Iqbal, N. Joyce, A. Russo, A. Earnest, Jaya Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title | Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title_full | Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title_fullStr | Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title_short | Resettlement Experiences of Afghan Hazara Female Adolescents: A Case Study from Melbourne, Australia |
| title_sort | resettlement experiences of afghan hazara female adolescents: a case study from melbourne, australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45641 |