title: [The health situation and health care needs of unaccompanied minor refugees - an approximation based on qualitative and quantitative studies from Bielefeld, Germany].
abstract: Unaccompanied minor refugees are children or adolescents below the age of 18 years who are not accompanied by their parents. International studies show that unaccompanied minor refugees represent a special risk group. Currently, empirical study results about the health status of unaccompanied minor refugees barely exist for Germany. Therefore, the goal of this article is an assessment of the health status and health care of unaccompanied minor refugees in Bielefeld, Germany. For this purpose, two qualitative studies and one quantitative study from Bielefeld are used.Results demonstrate that the health care of unaccompanied minor refugees underlies certain peculiarities that indicate major medical needs: Firstly, the need for psychological/psychiatric care and secondly the need for health care regarding infectious diseases. Further challenges in the health care needs of this population group result from its specific situation, and comprise legal conditions, as well as language and cultural competencies on behalf of the health care providers and the unaccompanied minor refugees themselves.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG 3 Epidemiologie & International Public Health, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland. jacob.spallek@b-tu.de.|Institut für Gesundheit, Brandenburgische TU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Großenhainer Straße 57, 01968, Senftenberg, Deutschland. jacob.spallek@b-tu.de.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spallek
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG 3 Epidemiologie & International Public Health, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tempes
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG 3 Epidemiologie & International Public Health, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ricksgers
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG2 Biomedizinische Grundlagen und Bevölkerungsmedizin, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG2 Biomedizinische Grundlagen und Bevölkerungsmedizin, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Luise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prüfer-Krämer
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG2 Biomedizinische Grundlagen und Bevölkerungsmedizin, Universität Bielefeld, 100131, Bielefeld, 33501, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krämer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D033242:Minors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Health care; Health situation; Infectious disease; Medical needs; Unaccompanied refugee minors