Title
A Scoping Review of Interventions Delivered by Peers to Support the Resettlement Process of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Results
2022
A Scoping Review of Interventions Delivered by Peers to Support the Resettlement Process of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Refugees and asylum seekers face many social and psychological challenges on their journey to resettlement in host countries.
Interventions and programmes designed to assist in these challenges are necessary. The aim of this scoping review is to conduct a systematic search of the literature as it pertains to interventions delivered by peers to refugees and asylum seekers during the resettlement process.
The following key points emerged from this scoping review:
- The aim of this review was to identify and examine the body of peer-reviewed literature as it relates to the following research question: ‘How does the literature describe interventions delivered by peers to refugees and asylum seekers during the resettlement process?’
- Findings suggest that peer interventions seem to be effective in addressing many of the challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers.
- When such interventions are co-produced in participatory research involving refugees, asylum seekers, and the civil society organisations that support this population, they are naturally culturally responsive and can therefore address issues relative to different ethnic needs during the resettlement process.
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Key Points
- This scoping review of 14 peer-reviewed studies demonstrates that peer support that is co-produced with refugees and asylum seekers, in conjunction with civil society organisations, is effective across the wider ecological system of needs this population of people have during resettlement.
- One of the key findings is centred on how participatory approaches to designing the content and processes of these interventions contribute to a culturally responsive intervention.