Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 23;18(9):4480. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094480.
Female refugees are frequently exposed to sexualized, gender-based violence and harassment before, during, and after their flight. Yet female refugee-specific care and protection needs are rarely addressed in host countries. This study aimed to evaluate a mother and child center (MUKI) for female refugees in a reception and registration center in Germany. In 2017, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 16 female refugees attending the MUKI and with its five main staff members. We asked the participants about the MUKI's relevance, encountered difficulties, and suggestions for improvement. The interviewees appreciated the MUKI's sheltered environment, care services, and socializing opportunities, as well as its women-only concept. Overall, the participants saw overexertion, social engagement-related difficulties, and the MUKI's noisy environment as key attendance barriers. Interviewed staff primarily reported problems regarding the working conditions, including the high staff and attendee turnover and low general service awareness. The participants advocated an expansion of the MUKI program. The MUKI project underlines that providing newly arrived, vulnerable female refugees with sheltered surroundings and psychosocial services is an essential step toward addressing female refugees' specific care needs.
女性难民在逃离前、逃离期间和逃离后经常遭受性别暴力和骚扰。然而，在收容国，女性难民的特殊护理和保护需求很少得到解决。本研究旨在评估德国一个接待和登记中心的一个母婴中心（MUKI）为女性难民提供的服务。2017 年，我们对参加 MUKI 的 16 名女性难民和该中心的 5 名主要工作人员进行了半结构化的定性访谈。我们询问了参与者有关 MUKI 的相关性、遇到的困难和改进建议。受访者赞赏 MUKI 的庇护环境、护理服务和社交机会，以及其仅限女性的概念。总的来说，参与者认为过度劳累、与社会参与相关的困难以及 MUKI 的嘈杂环境是主要的出勤障碍。接受采访的工作人员主要报告了与工作条件有关的问题，包括工作人员和参与者的高流动率以及普遍服务意识低。参与者主张扩大 MUKI 项目。MUKI 项目强调，为新抵达的弱势女性难民提供庇护环境和心理社会服务，是满足女性难民特殊护理需求的重要一步。
