Hartley Lisa, Fleay Caroline, Tye Marian E
Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Centre for Sport and Recreation Research, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Health Soc Care Community. 2017 May;25(3):1190-1198. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12419. Epub 2017 Jan 30.
This paper explores the engagement in physical activity as a potential coping strategy for asylum seekers living in the Australian community without the right to work and with prolonged uncertainty, and benefits or barriers to undertaking such activity. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were held with 29 asylum seekers who had arrived to Australia by boat and were living in the community in the cities of Perth, Sydney or Melbourne in July-October 2013 after their release from immigration detention. The ratio of the numbers of men and women interviewed (23 men and 6 women) was comparable to the ratio of men and women who came by boat to Australia seeking asylum in 2012-2013. Nine participants reported that they participated in physical activity as a coping strategy. Seven other participants were so worried about their future and their families that they did not have the mental or physical energy to engage in physical activity. A further six wanted to participate in physical activity but faced a number of barriers to doing so. The seven remaining participants were either not asked about their physical activity engagement because they focused their discussion on other challenges or did not elaborate on why they were not engaging in physical activity. The findings suggest that physical activity, coupled with other coping strategies, are important for some asylum seekers in trying to manage the distress of being denied the right to work and living with prolonged uncertainty. In addition, these findings highlight the critical barrier that government policy plays in disabling engagement in physical activity, which further compounds social exclusion. This includes the lack of welfare support provided, which hinders people's financial ability to access activities and support in the community.
本文探讨了体育活动作为一种潜在应对策略，对那些生活在澳大利亚社区、没有工作权利且长期面临不确定性的寻求庇护者的作用，以及开展此类活动的益处或障碍。对29名乘船抵达澳大利亚的寻求庇护者进行了半结构化深度访谈，这些人于2013年7月至10月从移民拘留所获释后，居住在珀斯、悉尼或墨尔本等城市的社区中。接受访谈的男性和女性数量比例（23名男性和6名女性）与2012 - 2013年乘船来澳大利亚寻求庇护的男性和女性比例相当。九名参与者表示，他们将参加体育活动作为一种应对策略。另外七名参与者因过于担忧自己及家人的未来，以至于没有精力参与体育活动。另有六名参与者想参加体育活动，但面临诸多障碍。其余七名参与者要么因将讨论重点放在其他挑战上，未被问及体育活动参与情况，要么未详细说明不参与体育活动的原因。研究结果表明，体育活动与其他应对策略相结合，对一些寻求庇护者应对被剥夺工作权利和长期面临不确定性所带来的困扰至关重要。此外，这些研究结果凸显了政府政策在阻碍体育活动参与方面所起的关键作用，这进一步加剧了社会排斥。这包括缺乏福利支持，这阻碍了人们参与社区活动及获得支持的经济能力。
