The goal of researcher to study the Lost Boys of the Sudan is to examine the function and behavioral health of the Sudan refuges 1 year after their arrival to the United States. They are trying to determine how well this group of children handled the losses that they experienced in childhood. The small children were forced out of their villages and trek hundreds of miles to refugee camps, within those camps they lived in groups with substandard living conditions. A group of Sudanese refugees were brought to the United States in 2000-2001. Researchers developed a system to survey this group and determine what factors made them reliant or are they resilient. And how better to treat future unaccompanied refugee children that come to the United States, and seek refuge in an unfamiliar cultural setting. (Geltman, 2005:159(6))
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The questioned pertained to what tragedy the refugee personally experienced or witnessed. Where they present when their village was attached, did they fled and if so with whom. Did they witness torture, murder, where they injured and if so, what injuries did they sustain?
The case studies initially involved 476 Sudan refuges new to the United states, Average age was 17 and 84% were boys, The data collected ended up being only form 286 participants. 87% of the youth interviewed had been in the US more than 6 months. In their fact finding 93% said that their village was attacked, 74% were in the village at the time of attack, 60% witnessed friends family tortured, 74% witnessed injuries 76% observed murder. The refugee suffered personal trauma, 47% near drowning, 32% near suffocation 31% head trauma and 26% loss of consciousness (Geltman,
The questioned pertained to what tragedy the refugee personally experienced or witnessed. Where they present when their village was attached, did they fled and if so with whom. Did they witness torture, murder, where they injured and if so, what injuries did they sustain?
The case studies initially involved 476 Sudan refuges new to the United states, Average age was 17 and 84% were boys, The data collected ended up being only form 286 participants. 87% of the youth interviewed had been in the US more than 6 months. In their fact finding 93% said that their village was attacked, 74% were in the village at the time of attack, 60% witnessed friends family tortured, 74% witnessed injuries 76% observed murder. The refugee suffered personal trauma, 47% near drowning, 32% near suffocation 31% head trauma and 26% loss of consciousness (Geltman,