Gendered Health Outcome Among Somali Refugee Youth in Displacement: A Role of Social Support and Religious Belief

This study examines the factors influencing physical health status, specifically focusing on the gender differences in risk and promotive factors affecting health outcomes among Somali refugee youth displaced in Nairobi, Kenya (n = 227). A survey was used to assess participants’ physical health alon...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2024-04, Vol.26 (2), p.341-350
Main Authors: Im, Hyojin, George, Nicole, Swan, Laura E. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Community support
Comparative Law
Coping
Demography
Displaced persons
Domestic violence
Families & family life
Female
Females
Gender
Gender aspects
Gender differences
Gender equity
Gender-based violence
Health behavior
Health education
Health literacy
Health promotion
Health status
Host country
Humans
International & Foreign Law
Kenya
Male
males
Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Migration
Original Paper
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
physical health
Private International Law
protective effect
Psychological aspects
Psychosocial factors
Public Health
Refugees
Regression analysis
Religion
Religious beliefs
risk
Risk factors
Sex differences
Social interactions
Social Support
Sociology
Somalia
Somatic symptoms
surveys
Symptoms
Trauma
Women
Youth
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Summary:This study examines the factors influencing physical health status, specifically focusing on the gender differences in risk and promotive factors affecting health outcomes among Somali refugee youth displaced in Nairobi, Kenya (n = 227). A survey was used to assess participants’ physical health along with psychosocial factors, somatic symptoms, and demographic characteristics. The study shows that religious belief and somatic symptoms among the total sample were significant predictors in influencing the outcome of physical health. A moderated mediation analysis and logistic regression analyses also revealed gender differences in associated factors as well as health status; female participants reported higher somatic symptoms, associated with a decline in physical health, whereas the protective effect of social support and religious belief promote was found only among male counterparts. Future studies and interventions would be benefited from a gender-specific approach to health promotion and coping mechanisms in this population.
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-023-01546-6