Marcella A Raney, Colette F Hendry, Samantha A Yee
Physical Activity and Social Behaviors of Urban Children in Green Playgrounds
American journal of preventive medicine
explore experiences seeking asylum impact mental health among sexual minority forced migrant cisgender men living sweden exploratory qualitative study based individual semistructured interviews 15 adult gay bisexual cisgender men recruited via combination purposeful convenience snowball sampling data analysed systematic text condensation collaborative approach three migrants lived experience seeking asylum emotionally challenging journey participants study involving several procedures negatively impacted mental health expected disclose intimate information asylum interviews significant challenge alongside needing wait long periods uncertainty little information progress asylum case behaviours attitudes professionals involved legal procedures central aspect participants encountered interpreters caseworkers acted disrespectful homophobic asylum interviews participants mentioned behaviours interpreters accuracy interpretation could influence outcome asylum claims comfortable felt sharing information thus participants emphasized importance adequate accurate interpreter services sexual minority men faced unfamiliar emotionally challenging position seeking asylum undergoing asylum interviews findings highlight importance adequate competence among professionals involved asylum interviews including interpreter utilization research needed determine effective methods support men throughout asylum process