Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1280-1286

Exposure to Traumatic Experiences Among Asylum Seekers from Eritrea and Sudan During Migration to Israel (Article)

Nakash O.* , Langer B. , Nagar M. , Shoham S. , Lurie I. , Davidovitch N.
  • a School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, P.O. Box 167, Herzliya, 46150, Israel
  • b Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
  • c School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, P.O. Box 167, Herzliya, 46150, Israel
  • d Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Open-Clinic, Jaffa-Tel Aviv, Israel
  • e Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat-Yam, Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • f Department of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Helath Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Abstract

Little is known about the experiences of displaced individuals en route to destination countries. We investigated the reported prevalence of exposure to traumatic experiences during migration among a consecutive sample of adult asylum seekers (n = 895 Eritrean, n = 149 Sudanese) who sought health services in the Physicians for Human Rights Open-Clinic in Israel. Percentage of Eritrean and Sudanese men and women who reported witnessing violence (Eritrea: men: 41.3 %, women: 29.3 %; Sudan: men: 16.8 %, women: 22.2 %) and/or being a victim of violence (Eritrea: men: 56.0 %, Women: 34.9 %; Sudan: men: 51.9 % women: 44.4 %) during migration varied by gender and country of origin. Findings highlight the need for a well-coordinated international cooperation to document and prevent these transgressions. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Sudan Mental health Israel Eritrea Exposure to trauma asylum-seeker

Index Keywords

violence Sex Factors male statistics and numerical data female sex difference Emigration and Immigration Humans adult Eritrea Israel ethnology Sudan Young Adult human epidemiology migration Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937522632&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-014-0022-y&partnerID=40&md5=6c7dbd1c0d00e15581a7317333407659
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0022-y
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English