A M N Renzaho
Biographic Data
| ID | 45647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A M N Renzaho |
| GIVEN NAMES | A M N |
| FAMILY NAME | Renzaho |
| SIGNATURE | RENZAHO A M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6844-0833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 119 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 119 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada
Evidence indicates disparities in mental health outcomes among Black youth compared to other racial and ethnic groups. These disparities may be related to gaps in the quality of mental health services and inadequate culturally safe practices, which hinder the ability to appropriately support the mental health needs of Black youth. This study aimed to develop a guidance document with recommendations for the delivery of mental health services for B…
Co‐Designing Culturally Tailored Bowel, Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Interventions With Migrant Communities
BACKGROUND: Migrants in Australia experience persistent cancer-equity gaps, with later-stage diagnoses linked to low screening participation. This study aimed to co-design cancer screening interventions with migrant and refugee communities to promote equitable participation and reduce disparities in bowel, cervical and breast cancer screening in New South Wales, Australia. METHODS: Using stratified convenience sampling, 90 first-generation Middle…
Factors Influencing Racial Discrimination and Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder Among Black Canadian Youths
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex and multifaceted mental health condition with far-reaching implications for youth well-being and society. This paper examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms consistent with probable MDD and their association with self-reported experiences of racial discrimination within the Black youth population in Canada. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. Questionnaires were administered vi…
Settlement service provision and social capital among humanitarian migrants in Australia
Purpose In Australia, settlement service providers are the first point of contact for humanitarian migrants, and the support they offer plays a critical role in shaping migrants' long-term integration outcomes. Given the heightened risk of social exclusion among humanitarian migrants – stemming from experiences of forced displacement – developing social capital is essential to their successful settlement. This study explored the capacity of the s…
The contextual adaptation and educational impacts of the mhGAP-IG to address child mental and behavioral disorder treatment gap in China
The Mental Health Gap Action Program Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) is an international evidence-based intervention to enhance the scalability of non-specialized workforce to address mental, neurological, and substance use disorders, including child mental and behavioral disorders (CMBDs). Implementation in China remains limited. This study sought to adapt the CMBDs-related components of the mhGAP-IG to the local context and assess the educational…
Loneliness in the Assyrian diaspora
These findings highlight the importance of understanding the relationship between loneliness in specific Assyrian-Australian subgroups and provides directions to inform the delivery of targeted psychosocial interventions and future research within this community
Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of Black youth
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys), and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territor…
BACKGROUND: Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden over time and across age groups, sexes, and locations. The availability of disease burden estimates can promote evidence-based interventions that enable public health researchers, policy makers, and other professionals to im…
The Hidden Hunger among Nepalese Non-Pregnant Women Aged 15–49 Years
Micronutrient deficiencies remain a public health burden among non-pregnant women in developing countries, including Nepal. Hence, this study examined micronutrient deficiencies among non-pregnant Nepalese women aged 15-49 using the 2016 Nepal National Micronutrient Status Survey (NNMSS). Data for 2143 non-pregnant women was extracted from the 2016 NNMSS. The study analysed the levels of ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), red blood ce…
Gender, Mental Health Stigma, and Help-Seeking in Arabic- and Swahili-Speaking Communities in Australia
Australia is an ethnically diverse nation with large numbers of migrants and refugees entering the country yearly. Despite research demonstrating that individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities experience an elevated risk of developing a mental illness, mental health services uptake is consistently low. To improve the mental health outcomes of these CaLD individuals in Australia, there is an urgent need to understan…
Correlates of low resilience and physical and mental well-being among Black youths in Canada
In this study, the Black youth participants reported relatively low resilience scores. Employment, physical health, and mental health status were factors that contributed to low resilience. Further studies are needed to examine the causal link between resilience and its dynamic effect on health outcomes among Black youth. More interventions are needed to make mental health services accessible to Black youth in a more culturally sensitive way with…
Addressing employment barriers for humanitarian migrants
This research seeks to understand the challenges faced by settlement service providers (SSPs) in assisting humanitarian migrants to secure appropriate employment. In‐depth interviews with 26 SSPs identified that current impediments to facilitating humanitarian migrants' employment related to employment support programmes; settlement service partnerships; cultural appropriateness of services; employment readiness, experience, skills and knowledge;…
Access to Healthcare for Black Women in Alberta
Alberta is home to one of Canada's fastest growing populations of Black people, driven by an influx of African immigrants to major metropolitan areas such as Edmonton and Calgary. As the Black population in Alberta continues to grow, it is crucial to the well-being of these communities that we understand their health service needs. Black women are a vulnerable group within the Black population due to inequities in social determinants of health su…
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), we produced location-specific, age-specific, and sex-specific estimates of diabetes prevalence and burden from 1990 to 2021, the proportion of type 1 and type 2 diabetes…
Migration-related Factors and Settlement Service Literacy
Migrants’ access and effective utilisation of settlement services depend on their level of settlement service literacy (SSL). However, SSL is multi-dimensional in nature and has many facets that are influenced by demographic and migration-related factors. Identifying factors that drive various components of SSL, and thus allowing for more focused development of specific dimensions, is critical. The aim of this study was to examine the relationshi…
A Qualitative Exploration of Sources of Help for Mental Illness in Arabic-, Mandarin-, and Swahili-Speaking Communities in Sydney, Australia
Despite being disproportionately affected by poor mental health, culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) individuals seek help from mental health services at lower rates than others in the Australian population. The preferred sources of help for mental illness amongst CaLD individuals remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to explore sources of help in Arabic-, Mandarin-, and Swahili-speaking communities in Sydney, Australia. Ei…
Sustainability of cash transfer programs
Cash transfers (CTs) are increasingly high on the agenda of governments and development partners in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs). While CTs have shown to be one of the most potent social policies to reduce poverty and improve human capital, concerns have been raised about their sustainability. This paper examines the mechanisms of, enablers of, and barriers to CT sustainability. Realist qualitative methods were employed to interview po…
Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year
BACKGROUND: The health risks associated with moderate alcohol consumption continue to be debated. Small amounts of alcohol might lower the risk of some health outcomes but increase the risk of others, suggesting that the overall risk depends, in part, on background disease rates, which vary by region, age, sex, and year. METHODS: For this analysis, we constructed burden-weighted dose-response relative risk curves across 22 health outcomes to esti…
The burden of chronic diseases and patients' preference for healthcare services among adult patients suffering from chronic diseases in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have a disproportionately high burden of chronic diseases, with inequalities in health care access and quality services. This study aimed to assess patients' preferences for healthcare services for chronic disease management among adult patients in Bangladesh. METHODS: The present analysis was conducted among 10,385 patients suffering from chronic diseases, drawn from the latest Household Incom…
The Influence Region of Origin, Area of Residence Prior to Migration, Religion, and Perceived Discrimination on Acculturation Strategies Among sub-Saharan African Migrants in Australia
Variation in the prevalence of different forms of bullying victimisation among adolescents and their associations with family, peer and school connectedness
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40653-022-00451-8
The Involvement of Bangladeshi Girls and Women in Sex Work
In Bangladesh, traffickers have trapped socially and economically marginalised girls and women and sold them into sex work. Furthermore, multiple sociocultural factors shape women's forced and voluntary movement into sex work. However, there are limited peer-reviewed studies of how sex work operators and sociocultural and economic factors shape women's forced and voluntary engagement in sex work in Bangladesh and worldwide. This study examines ho…
Trends and Impact Factors of Mental Health Service Utilization among Resettled Humanitarian Migrants in Australia
Resettled humanitarian migrants (HMs) have high levels of mental disorders, but factors associated with the utilization of mental health services (MHS) are poorly understood. We aimed to explore trends and impact factors of MHS utilization among HMs in the process of resettlement in Australia. A total of 2311 HMs from the 1st (2013), 3rd, and 5th (2018) waves of a national cohort study were included. MHS utilization in the past year was assessed …
Long-Term Impact of Covid-19 on Hospital Visits of Rural Residents in Guangdong, China
To date, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the healthcare-seeking behavior and utilization of health services in rural areas where healthcare resources are scarce. We aimed to quantify the long-term impact of COVID-19 on hospital visits of rural residents in China. We collected data on the hospitalization of all residents covered by national health insurance schemes in a …
Conceptualisations of mental illness and stigma in Congolese, Arabic-speaking and Mandarin-speaking communities
We found rich diversity in how these communities view and respond to mental illness. Our findings provide some possible insights on both service provision and the mental health system with a view to building effective engagement and pathways to care
Parenting, family functioning and lifestyle in a new culture
This study documented the parenting styles among African migrants now living in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and assessed how intergenerational issues related to parenting in a new culture impact on family functioning and the modification of lifestyles. A total of 10 focus group discussions (five with parents and five with 13–17‐year‐old children; N = 85 participants) of 1.5–2 hours duration were conducted with Sudanese, Somali and Ethiopian m…
Parenting, role reversals and the preservation of cultural values among Arabic speaking migrant families in Melbourne, Australia
They don't want our blood
Demographic and socio-cultural correlates of medical mistrust in two Australian States
The impact of a parenting intervention in Australia among migrants and refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, and Burundi
African migrants and refugee families who resettle in high-income countries such as Australia face many challenges. Negotiating parenting in a new culture is one of the most pressing challenges that is faced by most African migrant and refugee parents. As a consequence of the new cultural environment reflecting values and practices that may seem inconsistent with traditional parenting from countries of origin, differing acculturation rates of par…
Resident Well‐being, Community Connections, and Neighbourhood Perceptions, Pride, and Opportunities Among Disadvantage Metropolitan and Regional Communities
The current study aims investigate the relationship between participants’ neighbourhood perceptions and social capital and resident well‐being using data from the Neighbourhood Renewal Project (NRP; n = 7855). Resident well‐being was positively associated with the quality of the physical environment and safety of the neighbourhood, but negatively associated with government trustworthiness and community connections. Life satisfaction had a positiv…
Experiences of migration and the determinants of obesity among recent Iranian immigrants in Victoria, Australia
This study provides insight into the effect of migration on the determinants of obesity among Iranian immigrants in Victoria, Australia, and offers a contrast with the existing evidence by considering the experience of a group that is generally well educated, often emigrates for reasons related to personal freedom as opposed to material deprivation, and has rates of obesity similar to high-income countries
Towards understanding the new food environment for refugees from the Horn of Africa in Australia
Life Is Pulled Back by Such Things
This paper considers the policy environment and settlement support services provided for migrants arriving in Australia and the challenges faced by them when engaging in a complex policy environment. Using structuration theory, it aims to understand how migrants’ understanding of settlement services relates to their exercise of agency and to the institutional and social structures they draw upon to integrate in the new society. Data were collecte…
The Socioeconomic and Sexual Health Status of Young People Living in Urban Slum Areas of Kampala, Uganda
Health-related quality of life among Mexican-origin Latinos
Results from this study emphasize the need for policies and programs to facilitate access to preventive services, including mental health services, in order to maintain the health of at-risk Latino immigrants
Cash transfers and the social determinants of health
Cash transfers are a widely adopted social policy initiative for addressing poverty and vulnerability. Cash transfers’ exponential growth in low- and middle-income countries provides a unique opportunity to advance our understanding of how they work to impact the social determinants of health. This article reports on a realist qualitative approach to developing an initial program theory about the role of cash transfers in tackling the social dete…
Family Functioning, Parental Psychological Distress and Child Behaviours
We examined, using data from the 2006 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Study (VCHWS), whether family functioning is associated with parental psychological distress and children's behavioural difficulties. The VCHWS was a statewide cross‐sectional telephone survey to 5,000 randomly selected primary caregivers of 0‐ to 12‐year‐old children between October 2005 and March 2006. Only parents or guardians of children aged 4–12-years (n = 3,370) wer…
Developing a middle-range theory to explain how cash transfers work to tackle the social determinants of health
Migration and sociodemographic factors associated with sense of place attitudes among migrants of African background in Northern and Western Netherlands
This article investigates migration and sociodemographic factors associated with attitudes toward specific geographic settings (place attachment [PA], place identity, place dependence [PD]) in a cross‐sectional data (N = 175) of sub‐Saharan African residents in the Northern Netherlands and the Western Netherlands. Overall, it was found that scores of PA and PD were stronger in long‐term African residents (more than 5 years) than among short‐term …
Addressing employment barriers for humanitarian migrants
This research seeks to understand the challenges faced by settlement service providers (SSPs) in assisting humanitarian migrants to secure appropriate employment. In‐depth interviews with 26 SSPs identified that current impediments to facilitating humanitarian migrants' employment related to employment support programmes; settlement service partnerships; cultural appropriateness of services; employment readiness, experience, skills and knowledge;…
Understanding settlement services literacy and the provision of settlement services for humanitarian migrants in Australia—A service provider perspective
Over the past 40 years, successive Australian Governments have developed a comprehensive programme of settlement services (SS) designed to improve settlement outcomes for humanitarian migrants. Many humanitarian migrants do not arrive with the appropriate skills and abilities to fully benefit from available SS. “Settlement services literacy” (SSL) has been proposed as a framework to contextualise factors that may enable or constrain humanitarian …
Combating recurrent hazards
This study explored community disaster preparedness among rural subsistence communities affected by recurrent drought-induced disasters in Eswatini and Lesotho. Sixteen focus group discussions comprising 197 participants from different backgrounds were conducted. Recorded interviews were transcribed, coded and categorised. Themes and subthemes were developed and formed the basis of analysis and interpretation guided by structuration theory. Emerg…
The concept of a child within sub‐Saharan African migrant homes
As international migration increases, the Australian socio‐cultural and political context in which sub‐Saharan African migrant families are settling is causing tension between traditional sub‐Saharan African migrant definitions of child and childhood experiences and host nation definitions particularly when compared with the child protection system. This paper seeks to explore and highlight the fundamental values and differences that determine pe…
Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions on Young Refugees' Social Adjustment
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of existing psychological interventions on the social adjustment of young refugees. From 51 peer-reviewed articles identified in the literature, 11 studies with 25 therapeutic effect sizes met criteria for inclusion (N = 1,736). Hedges’ g was used to measure effect sizes and a random-effects model was conducted. The number of sessions and participant age were considered as potential mode…
Child rights and protection in slum settlements of Kampala, Uganda
Child abuse and neglect are complex and polarizing issues in many low and middle income countries. We explore them through a situation analysis of child rights and protection in Uganda. A qualitative study, incorporating 10 focus group discussions (FGDs; N = 113) and 20 individual interviews was undertaken in Kampala, Uganda. Emerging themes were grouped into family and community-level factors; legal framework, structure and continuum of services…
The social and political dimensions of internal displacement in Uganda
Human right to food security in refugee settings
Despite recent advances in the area of humanitarian responses and the publication and dissemination of various guidelines with regard to nutritional interventions, there is, however a paucity of studies which have examined the human right to food in complex emergencies. 186 countries including those affected by both human made and natural disasters and countries who are donors of humanitarian relief aid adopted the Rome Declaration on Food Securi…
Human right to food security in refugee settings
Despite recent advances in the area of humanitarian responses and the publication and dissemination of various guidelines with regard to nutritional interventions, there is, however a paucity of studies which have examined the human right to food in complex emergencies. 186 countries including those affected by both human made and natural disasters and countries who are donors of humanitarian relief aid adopted the Rome Declaration on Food Securi…
Fat, rich and beautiful
Food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in Maewo and Ambae islands, Vanuatu
Context This paper reports on findings from the ex-post evaluation of the Maewo Capacity Building project in Maewo Island, Vanuatu, which was funded by World Vision Australia. Objectives To examine the extent to which the infrastructure and systems left behind by the project contributed to the improvement of household food security and health and nutritional outcomes in Maewo Island, using Ambae Island as a comparator. Setting Two-stage cluster s…
Is a Healthy Diet Affordable and Accessible in the City of Yarra, Victoria-Australia? An Analysis of Cost Disparity and Nutritional Choices
This study aimed to examine cost disparity and nutritional choices within the City of Yarra (Yarra), targeting three suburbs that have low- and high-rise estates: Richmond, Fitzroy, and Collingwood. The healthy food basket (HFB) was modeled on the Queensland Healthy Food Access Basket for a six-person family for a fortnight and was constructed to include food items that are common to ethnic groups living in Yarra. The HFB food item costs were sam…
Associations between body mass index and health-related quality of life among Australian adults
Parenting, family functioning and lifestyle in a new culture
This study documented the parenting styles among African migrants now living in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and assessed how intergenerational issues related to parenting in a new culture impact on family functioning and the modification of lifestyles. A total of 10 focus group discussions (five with parents and five with 13–17‐year‐old children; N = 85 participants) of 1.5–2 hours duration were conducted with Sudanese, Somali and Ethiopian m…
Towards understanding the new food environment for refugees from the Horn of Africa in Australia
Family functioning, parental psychological distress, child behavioural problems, socio-economic disadvantage and fruit and vegetable consumption among 4-12 year-old Victorians, Australia
The aim of this analysis was to assess relationships between family functioning, parental psychological distress, child behaviour difficulties and fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among 4-12-year-old children in Victoria, Australia. We used the 2006 Victorian Child's Health and wellbeing data set that included 3370 randomly selected primary caregivers of 4-12-year-old children interviewed between October 2005 and March 2006. Behavioural prob…
The impact of a parenting intervention in Australia among migrants and refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, and Burundi
African migrants and refugee families who resettle in high-income countries such as Australia face many challenges. Negotiating parenting in a new culture is one of the most pressing challenges that is faced by most African migrant and refugee parents. As a consequence of the new cultural environment reflecting values and practices that may seem inconsistent with traditional parenting from countries of origin, differing acculturation rates of par…
Family Functioning, Parental Psychological Distress and Child Behaviours
We examined, using data from the 2006 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Study (VCHWS), whether family functioning is associated with parental psychological distress and children's behavioural difficulties. The VCHWS was a statewide cross‐sectional telephone survey to 5,000 randomly selected primary caregivers of 0‐ to 12‐year‐old children between October 2005 and March 2006. Only parents or guardians of children aged 4–12-years (n = 3,370) wer…
Parenting, role reversals and the preservation of cultural values among Arabic speaking migrant families in Melbourne, Australia
They don't want our blood
Experiences of migration and the determinants of obesity among recent Iranian immigrants in Victoria, Australia
This study provides insight into the effect of migration on the determinants of obesity among Iranian immigrants in Victoria, Australia, and offers a contrast with the existing evidence by considering the experience of a group that is generally well educated, often emigrates for reasons related to personal freedom as opposed to material deprivation, and has rates of obesity similar to high-income countries
Resident Well‐being, Community Connections, and Neighbourhood Perceptions, Pride, and Opportunities Among Disadvantage Metropolitan and Regional Communities
The current study aims investigate the relationship between participants’ neighbourhood perceptions and social capital and resident well‐being using data from the Neighbourhood Renewal Project (NRP; n = 7855). Resident well‐being was positively associated with the quality of the physical environment and safety of the neighbourhood, but negatively associated with government trustworthiness and community connections. Life satisfaction had a positiv…
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Amongst Recently Arrived Sudanese Refugees in Queensland, Australia
Ethnic and socio-economic disparities in oral health outcomes and quality of life among Sri Lankan preschoolers
Socio-economic and ethnic differences in oral health outcomes exist among this population of preschoolers. Interventions targeting children of fathers with low educational levels and ethnic minority groups are required to reduce inequalities in oral health in Sri Lanka and other similar countries
Closing the Gap in Maternal and Child Health
Demographic and socio-cultural correlates of medical mistrust in two Australian States
Reliability and validity of the modified child and adolescent physical activity and nutrition survey (Capans-C) questionnaire examining potential correlates of physical activity participation among Ch…
This is the first study to examine the psychometric properties of a potential psychological and social correlates questionnaire among Chinese-Australian youth. The questionnaire was found to provide reliable estimates on a range of psychological and social influences on physical activity and evidence of predictive validity on a limited number of factors. More research is required to improve the reliability and validity of the questionnaire
The post-2015 development agenda for diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is one of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which is rising significantly across sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and posing a threat to the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the SSA population. The inclusion of NCDs into the post-2015 development agenda along with the global monitoring framework provides an opportunity to monitor progress of development programmes in developing countries. This paper examines cha…
The Healthy Migrant Families Initiative
Strong partnerships and participation by SSA migrant communities enabled the design of a culturally competent and evidence-based intervention that addresses obesity prevention through a focus on healthy lifestyles and healthy families. Program implementation and evaluation will further inform obesity prevention interventions for ethnic minorities and disadvantaged communities
Burden attributable to Cardiometabolic Diseases in Zimbabwe
The findings of this study indicate a growing prevalence of CMDs and related mortality in Zimbabwe. Health policy decisions and cost-effective preventive strategies to reduce the burden of CMDs are urgently required
Intergenerational differences in acculturation experiences, food beliefs and perceived health risks among refugees from the Horn of Africa in Melbourne, Australia
Objective To investigate the differences in acculturation experiences between parent and adolescent refugees from the Horn of Africa in Melbourne, Australia and to explore food beliefs and perceived health risks from an intergenerational perspective. Design Qualitative cross-sectional study involving a combination of semi-structured one-on-one interviews and focus group discussions. Setting North-West suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Subjects Eri…
The Ugandan Youth Quality of Life index
BACKGROUND: While quality of life (QoL) has long been an explicit policy goal for international development programmes, no instruments have specifically been developed for measuring health-related QoL in resource-limited settings. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a QoL instrument for use in international aid and development programmes and to assess factors associated with QoL among youth participating in a civic engagement projec…
Relationship between body mass index and family functioning, family communication, family type and parenting style among African migrant parents and children in Victoria, Australia
Children's perception of poor family functioning was associated with childhood obesity. Family interventions to reduce childhood obesity need to adopt an intergenerational approach to promote a clear understanding of family dynamics between children and parents. Unless these intergenerational challenges associated with family dynamics are clearly addressed in obesity interventions, current obesity prevention initiatives will continue to widen the…
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