title: Well-being in refugee women experiencing cultural transition.
abstract: This article presents a situation-specific theory of well-being in refugee women experiencing cultural transition. The theory resulted from 2 studies, an ethnography and a community-based collaborative action research project, with refugee women from South Sudan, who were resettled to the United States. The theory extends the middle-range theory of transition to include cultural transition as a distinct type of transition with a unique set of properties and conditions including 3 phases-separation, liminality, and integration. Community action research is discussed as a culturally relevant intervention for nurses working with immigrants and refugee populations to foster well-being in resettlement.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. mbaird@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Martha B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D013397:Sudan / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult