Refugee Youth Wellbeing

Project Details

Refugee youth face unique challenges that can impact their overall wellbeing.

The project will support design of more effective preventive, early intervention and management strategies. It will improve our understanding of the social determinants of mental health (SDMH) for young people from refugee backgrounds (aged 12-25) within their family and community contexts.

We will be engaging with young people, community leaders, service providers and other key stakeholders to develop and pilot a tool to help improve service provision and support wellbeing for young people.

This study will be completed in 2025.

Researchers

Associate Professor Karen Block

Collaborators

Project Lead Institution - Flinders University
Prof Anna Ziersch
Prof Sharon Lawn
A/Prof Shahid Ullah
Dr Moira Walsh
Chief Investigators
Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez, Queensland University of Technology
A/Prof Clemence Due , The University of Adelaide
A/Prof Lillian Mwanri, Torrens University Adelaide
Ms Enaam Oudih, Relationships Australia SA – RASA
Prof Michaela Hynie, York University
Ms Nadia Son, Queensland University of Technology

Funding

This project was funded by: Medical Research Future Fund, Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission, 2024-2025