Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru
This is a national, multicentre study with a longitudinal cohort design that will document the health and well-being outcomes of the children and adolescents who have been detained in offshore detention on the remote island of Nauru. Outcome measures will be reported from the time of arrival in Australia and repeated over a 5-year follow-up period. Measures include demographics, residency history and refugee status, physical health and well-being outcomes (including mental health, development, and social-emotional well-being), clinical service utilisation, and psychosocial risk and protective factors for health and well-being (e.g., adverse childhood experiences). Children and adolescents (younger than 18 years at the time of initial immigration detention) who were known to be in immigration detention or offshore processing on Nauru will be eligible for this upcoming study.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
No information available
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
< 18 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2020
Primary Institutions
Refugee Health Network of Australia (RHeaNA)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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