Immigrant and Refugee Families: Global Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Experiences

Ballard, Jaime (Editor); Wieling, Elizabeth (Editor); Solheim, Catherine (Editor) (Author).

Summary: Immigrant and Refugee Families: Global Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Experiences uses a family systems lens to discuss challenges and strengths ofimmigrant and refugee families in the United States. Chapters address immigration policy, human rights issues, economic sress, mental health and traumatic stress, domestic violence, substance abuse, family resilience, and methods of integration. Co-edited with equal contribution by Jaime Ballard, Elizabeth Wieling, Catherine Solheim.

Record details

ISBN: 5200132297492
Physical Description: 216 (pages) : colorphotos ; 28cm
print
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing : Minneapolis,Minnesota, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Contains contents,acknowlegements,about the co-editors, introduction and references. Chapter 1: Immigration and Immigrant Policy: Barriers and Opportunitiesfor families -- Chapter 2: From There to Here: The Journey of Refugee Families to the United States -- Chapter 3: Human Rights -- Chapter 4: Economic Well-Being, Supports, and Barriers -- Chapter 5: Mental Health -- Chapter 6: Intimate Partner Violence amongImmigrants and Refugees -- Chapter 7: Substance Abuse -- Chapter 8: Risilience in Immigrant and Refugee Families -- Chapter 9: Embracing a New Home: Resettlement Research and the Family -- Chapter 10: Conclusion.
Information Relating to Copyright Status:	Attribution-Noncommercial.
Language Note:	aIn English