Emergency care provided to refugee children in Europe: RefuNET: A cross-sectional survey study

Nijman, Ruud Gerard; Krone, Johanna; Mintegi, Santiago; Bidlingmaier, Christoph; Maconochie, Ian K; Lyttle, Mark D; von Both, Ulrich

Abstract

Background Refugee children and young people have complex healthcare needs. However, issues related to acute healthcare provision for refugee children across Europe remain unexplored. This study aimed to describe the urgent and emergency healthcare needs of refugee children in Europe, and to identify obstacles to providing this care.

Methods An online cross-sectional survey was distributed to European healthcare professionals via research networks between 1 February and 1 October 2017 addressing health issues of children and young people aged

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 3, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Sep 9, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 5, 2021
• Journal: Emergency Medicine Journal
• Print ISSN: 1472-0205
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-0213
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2019-208699
• Keywords: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; General Medicine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6692545