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A Multidimensional Framework For Understanding Refugee Poverty In The United States, Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart
A Multidimensional Framework For Understanding Refugee Poverty In The United States, Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Background: The abrupt and unplanned nature of forced displacement usually leaves refugees with limited financial and social assets (Betts et al., 2017; Naseh et al., 2018). Moreover, forced displacement often interrupts refugees’ access to education and opportunities to invest in their human capital (Dryden-Peterson, 2011). These challenges together with other factors such as lack of familiarity with a new language, stigma and discrimination, and unfamiliarity with the job market can result in poverty among newly resettled refugees (Ekren, 2018; Lukasiewicz, 2017). This study aimed to build a multidimensional poverty framework for adult refugees with a specific focus on their …
Factors Associated With Poverty Among Refugees In The United States, Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart, Fatma Huffman
Factors Associated With Poverty Among Refugees In The United States, Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart, Fatma Huffman
School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
Background and Purpose: Approximately three million refugees have arrived in the United States in the past four decades. Literature suggests, after arrival in the country and in the short-term period thereafter, it is likely for refugees as New Americans to experience poverty and deprivation in different aspects of life. In this context, knowledge of factors associated with poverty among refugees is important and relevant for social workers as front-line service providers for refugees and economically disadvantaged individuals. Using social exclusion theory as a framework, this study hypothesized that the factors associated with integration in the refugee integration conceptual framework (Ager …