International Social Work
Volume 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-17+119+121+123+125

Mental-health services for refugee women and children in Africa - A call for activism and advocacy (Article)

Sossou M.-A.*
  • a College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, 655 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506, United States

Abstract

This article calls for activism in the provision of mental-health services for refugee women and children in Africa. African social work educators, practitioners and the international community are being asked to advocate for supplying mental-health services for the vulnerable African refugee population.

Author Keywords

Advocacy Humanitarianism intervention Mental health Refugees

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-31944443749&doi=10.1177%2f0020872806059398&partnerID=40&md5=8ad28757afc9400fe7fc40db64f4617d
DOI: 10.1177/0020872806059398
ISSN: 00208728
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English