Suffering, struggles and support: A qualitative exploration of hope and healing in men seeking asylum using photographs and I-poems

Clark, Emily, Hanson, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4751-8248, Steel, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-140X, Parretti, Helen M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-269X and Sweeting, Anna (2024) Suffering, struggles and support: A qualitative exploration of hope and healing in men seeking asylum using photographs and I-poems. Journal of Public Mental Health. ISSN 1746-5729

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Abstract

Purpose: The literature highlights that health care in the UK is not always well-adapted to meet the needs of individuals from different cultural backgrounds and within the context of the asylum system. Given this, further exploration of culturally adapted health support in the context of wider social and community support, to enable post-migration growth and ameliorate the impact of migratory grief is the focus of this paper. Methodology: A community-based participatory approach was used where the research team and community organisation supporting this group collaborated as equals to foster trust and reciprocity in research. Two focus groups were run in Arabic with a professional interpreter with 14 male participants from 6 different countries, all with lived experience of the asylum process. Findings: The findings are reported under three major themes: Pre-migration experiences (home, journeys and disaster), post-migration stress (suffering and meaning) and post-migration growth (hope, kinship and healing). Originality: This study confirms that migratory grief as a distinct process that requires careful detection by culturally adapted conversations and language. It suggests how to adapt wellbeing interventions to support post-traumatic growth and the unique potential for group-based interventions outside of home office accommodation to reduce psychopathology due to migratory grief.

Item Type:	Article
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Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2025 01:10
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2025 01:10
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98220
DOI:	10.1108/JPMH-08-2024-0103

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