Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark--the effect of length of stay and number of relocations: a cross-sectional study.

BMC Public Health
Signe S NielsenAllan Krasnik

Abstract

The process of seeking asylum and the related organisational conditions in the host country may adversely affect the children's mental health. The objective of this study was to examine the mental health of children seeking asylum in relation to organisational factors of the asylum system including length of stay and number of relocations. The population included all 260 parent-accompanied asylum-seeking children aged 4-16 years living in the asylum centres managed by the Danish Red Cross in October-December 2006. Mental health was evaluated using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. School teachers evaluated children aged 4-16; and the 11-16-year-olds completed the self-report version. To assess the association between organisational factors and mental health, binary logistic regression analyses were done using backwards elimination. We received responses for 246 children equivalent to 95% of the study population. Using teachers' reports, we found that children who had been asylum-seeking for more than one year in Denmark had an increased risk of having mental difficulties (odds ratio 5.5, 95% CI 1.8-16.3); four or more relocations in the asylum system were also associated with a higher risk (3.0, 1.4-6.7). When the s...Continue Reading

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