Open AccessSomali and Oromo Refugees: Correlates of Torture and Trauma History
Author(s) -
James M. Jaranson,
James N. Butcher,
Linda L. Halcón,
David R. Johnson,
Cheryl Robertson,
Kay Savik,
Marline Spring,
Joseph Westermeyer
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.4.591
Subject(s) - torture , somali , refugee , medicine , ethnic group , psychiatry , epidemiology , public health , cross sectional study , poison control , clinical psychology , environmental health , human rights , geography , nursing , political science , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , pathology , law
This cross-sectional, community-based, epidemiological study characterized Somali and Ethiopian (Oromo) refugees in Minnesota to determine torture prevalence and associated problems.