Experiences of resilience and coping among refugees from civil strife in Kenya

• Autor(a) principal: Minatto, Maiara de Bom
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Reichow, Jeverson Rogério Costa, Pavão, Carlos A. O., Soratto, Jacks
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3793
• topic: Refugiados; Violência; Estresse psicológico; Antropologia cultural; Pesquisa qualitativa; Refugees; Violence; Psychological stress; Cultural anthropology; Qualitative research; Refugiados; Violencia; Estrés psicológico; Antropología cultural; Investigación cualitativa

This study aimed to explore experiences of civil war refugees in Kenya. This qualitative study was conducted with 12 participants in Nairobi, Kenya, from February to March 2016, and the data collection was performed via semi-structured interviews and observation. The analysis was supported by cross-cultural psychology and discourse analysis. The themes emerging from the interviews were grouped into different clusters of discourses of marginalized refugees voices: (1) feelings of insecurity before and after migration, (2) lack of refugee rights, (3) diminished female self-esteem, (4) immigration as a promoter of illness; (5) faith as hope for better days; (6) trauma and suicidal ideation. The immigration status of insecurity, the fear of various types of violence, mainly sexual and physical, the lack of legal rights of citizenship, the disease and, finally, the suicidal ideation, were identified in the group of refugees. The possibilities of hope are scarce and are based on religious groups and social projects.