Every year thousands of refugees seek asylum and desire resettlement. These individuals come from places of destruction and turmoil. For survival, families wait in refugee camps, occasionally lasting years until they are granted asylum. These families yearn for safety and wish for happiness. Leaving their so called “home” is often difficult, and requires learning new languages, rules, customs and lifestyles. These individuals are faced with the abnormal amount of trauma and stress, faced with unfair standards of health care, and are faced with the lack of education. The life of a refuge can pose many threats. Every day these individuals are victims of abuse, violence, death, bombings, and sexual assaults to name a few. There is no question
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Upon resettlement, Meghan D. Morris wrote in her article Healthcare Barriers of Refugees Post-resettlement, “they are often faced with a variety of acute and chronic diseases resulting from difficult conditions in refugee camps and incomplete medical care prior to resettlement” (Morris 529). In other words, refugees often do not have the resources, medicine or technology to treat diseases in their home countries. Upon resettlement, refugees undergo a medical examination, however, it is unknown how thorough this process is. “Limited resources and stress during residence in refugee camps can lead to a variety of acute and chronic diseases which often persist upon resettlement” (Morris 529). One of the most under-diagnosed issues among refugees is mental health (Morris 532). Either refugees are unaware about the type of resources available to them, or they avoid them because of language barriers. Language barriers affect the quality of these individual’s health care immensely. Often time they forgo quality health care in favor of language. For example, ‘“They actually say ‘I know this doctor isn’t good, but I’m going to go there because they speak my language’’’ (HCP, age 31). Language barriers affect health care in every aspect, from making appointments, to filling prescriptions, to doctor-patient visits (Morris 533). Other barriers such a transportation and insurance makes health care unfeasible as well. (Morris 532). Due to the lack of resources, these individuals have an unfair standard of health care. Language difficulty and insufficient health care can also hinder children’s learning
Upon resettlement, Meghan D. Morris wrote in her article Healthcare Barriers of Refugees Post-resettlement, “they are often faced with a variety of acute and chronic diseases resulting from difficult conditions in refugee camps and incomplete medical care prior to resettlement” (Morris 529). In other words, refugees often do not have the resources, medicine or technology to treat diseases in their home countries. Upon resettlement, refugees undergo a medical examination, however, it is unknown how thorough this process is. “Limited resources and stress during residence in refugee camps can lead to a variety of acute and chronic diseases which often persist upon resettlement” (Morris 529). One of the most under-diagnosed issues among refugees is mental health (Morris 532). Either refugees are unaware about the type of resources available to them, or they avoid them because of language barriers. Language barriers affect the quality of these individual’s health care immensely. Often time they forgo quality health care in favor of language. For example, ‘“They actually say ‘I know this doctor isn’t good, but I’m going to go there because they speak my language’’’ (HCP, age 31). Language barriers affect health care in every aspect, from making appointments, to filling prescriptions, to doctor-patient visits (Morris 533). Other barriers such a transportation and insurance makes health care unfeasible as well. (Morris 532). Due to the lack of resources, these individuals have an unfair standard of health care. Language difficulty and insufficient health care can also hinder children’s learning