TY  - JOUR
A1  - De Schrijver, Lotte
A1  - Vander Beken, Tom
A1  - Krahe, Barbara
A1  - Keygnaert, Ines
T1  - Prevalence of sexual violence in migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees in Europe
BT  - a critical interpretive synthesis of the evidence
JF  - International Journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - (1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health problem, with negative socio-economic, physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health consequences. Migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees (MARs) are vulnerable to SV. Since many European countries are seeing high migratory pressure, the development of prevention strategies and care paths focusing on victimised MARs is highly needed. To this end, this study reviews evidence on the prevalence of SV among MAR groups in Europe and the challenges encountered in research on this topic. (2) Methods: A critical interpretive synthesis of 25 peer-reviewed academic studies and 22 relevant grey literature documents was conducted based on a socio-ecological model. (3) Results: Evidence shows that SV is highly frequent in MARs in Europe, yet comparison with other groups is still difficult. Methodologically and ethically sound representative studies comparing between populations are still lacking. Challenges in researching SV in MARs are located at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, societal, and policy levels. (4) Conclusions: Future research should start with a clear definition of the concerned population and acts of SV to generate comparable data. Participatory qualitative research approaches could be applied to better grasp the complexity of interplaying determinants of SV in MARs.
KW  - sexual violence
KW  - migrants
KW  - refugees
KW  - asylum seekers
KW  - applicants for international protection
KW  - Europe
KW  - prevalence
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091979
SN  - 1660-4601
VL  - 15
IS  - 9
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - De Schrijver, Lotte
A1  - Vander Beken, Tom
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
A1  - Keygnaert, Ines
T1  - Prevalence of sexual violence in migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees in Europe
BT  - a critical interpretive synthesis of the evidence
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - (1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health problem, with negative socio-economic, physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health consequences. Migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees (MARs) are vulnerable to SV. Since many European countries are seeing high migratory pressure, the development of prevention strategies and care paths focusing on victimised MARs is highly needed. To this end, this study reviews evidence on the prevalence of SV among MAR groups in Europe and the challenges encountered in research on this topic. (2) Methods: A critical interpretive synthesis of 25 peer-reviewed academic studies and 22 relevant grey literature documents was conducted based on a socio-ecological model. (3) Results: Evidence shows that SV is highly frequent in MARs in Europe, yet comparison with other groups is still difficult. Methodologically and ethically sound representative studies comparing between populations are still lacking. Challenges in researching SV in MARs are located at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, societal, and policy levels. (4) Conclusions: Future research should start with a clear definition of the concerned population and acts of SV to generate comparable data. Participatory qualitative research approaches could be applied to better grasp the complexity of interplaying determinants of SV in MARs.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 674 
KW  - sexual violence
KW  - migrants
KW  - refugees
KW  - asylum seekers
KW  - applicants for international protection
KW  - Europe
KW  - prevalence
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-459733
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 674
ER  -