Tag: academic journal

Tuberculosis findings among immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Italy

Tuberculosis is an airborne, bacterial disease that effects the lungs that spreads when people cough and sneeze. The scary part about this disease is that people who are infected may not show any symptoms. Treatment for TB is a lengthy process that requires multiple antibiotics.

This journal analyses the TB outbreak among Italian immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.  They looked at three interventions of the outbreak in Italy during a four-year period at five sites (primary centers and mobile clinics) in Rome and one in Milan.

TB cases have significantly increased in occurrence over the past few years. However, with the adaptation of a new prevention method in 2014, TB cases have seen lower levels and can, if treated correctly, be eliminated before the disease spreads.

Italy has no TB national screening policy for new entrants, which allows more cases to enter the country. So, this study was conducted to introduce interventions during 2009 and 2010 in Italian refugee areas and compare results of those same intervention methods being used in 2013 and 2014.

According to the research in this study, the interventions conducted helped to slow the spread of TB in Italy and surrounding countries. Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants are the most suspetable to the disease and are considered more likely to be caring it. The interventions put in place require this group of people to get screenings for the disease before entering Italy.

Worked Cited:

Monica Sañé Schepisi, et al. “Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Interventions among Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy.” Infectious Disease Reports, no. 2, 2016. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4081/idr.2016.6594.

Academic Ancestral Research

I was  looking on the Stevenson Library database and I found a journal article that talks about the German immigrants became the white southerners because they had moved to South Carolina. The title of the journal article is called “How the Germans Became White Southerners: German Immigrants and African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1880” When my great grand parents first came to America, they had lived in South Carolina and I think that this article would be a good fit for ancestral research.

This journal article is basically giving statistics from the years of 1860 through 1880. Five percent of the total population in Charleston was German in 1860 and by 1880 there was a decrease in the number of Germans in the area of Charleston.

The biggest reason for the decrease in German population was the Civil War. When the Civil War first started, a majority of the Germans had left Charleston and moved to different cities to continue their business. After the war ended, German businesses expanded and as they were expanding they were employing hundreds of residents from Charleston. During the expansion of these business, they had to find more people to run and work the companies. So they started to employ African Americans and white southerners to work along side of the Germans.

A good result of Germans moving to Charleston was that there was a huge cultural exchange for the Germans. The Germans created their own social and cultural institutions and continuously spread the culture to Germany and South Carolina. Germans in Charleston also kept strong roots to their homeland and culture.

 

Works Cited:

Jeffery Strickland. “How the Germans Became White Southerners: German Immigrants and African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1880.” Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, p. 52. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.27501881&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Mental health outcomes among Arab refugees, immigrants, and U.S. born Arab Americans in Southeast Michigan: a cross-sectional study

This article discusses the mental health state of Arab immigrants, refugees, and U.S. born Arab Americans. Arab refugees and immigrants that are living in the United States may be exposed to political, economic, social, and environmental stressors that could very much affect their mental health. Researchers wanted to conduct research on this topic due to the lack of information on the mental health of Arab immigrants, refugees, and U.S. born Arab American. This study was conducted in Southeast Michigan and the purpose is to measure depression and anxiety levels. They also wanted to know if depression differed between the three resident status (immigrant, refugee, U.S. born).

The researchers were able to conduct a cross-sectional study in which they sampled 275 adults who identify as Arabs that are living in Southeast Michigan. They were able to collect data by administrating questionaries from August to November 2015. The questionnaire that was distributed had a series of questions that helped the researchers determine if any of the Arab participants had depression or anxiety.

Based on their research, all three groups (immigrants, refugees, and U.S. born) displayed high levels of depression and anxiety. Refugees ended up having higher levels of depression and anxiety than immigrants and U.S. born Arab. Refugees reported higher levels of depression and anxiety because of their situation. They were forced to leave their homes unexpectedly and to go to a completely different country, where they are not fully accepted as first-class citizens there. Not only does this make complete sense but the results for refugees were expected to be higher than the other two groups.

Pampati, Sanjana, et al. “Mental Health Outcomes among Arab Refugees, Immigrants, and US Born Arab Americans in Southeast Michigan: A Cross-Sectional Study.” BMC Psychiatry, vol. 18, Dec. 2018. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2018-62858-001&site=eds-live&scope=site.