Paul L. Geltman|Wanda Grant-Knight|Supriya D. Mehta|Christine Lloyd?Travaglini|Stuart L. Lustig|Jeanne M. Landgraf|Paul H. Wise
The “Lost Boys of Sudan”
assess functional behavioral health unaccompanied sudanese refugee minors approximately 1 year resettlement united statesa descriptive surveylocal refugee foster care programs affiliated us unaccompanied refugee minors programa total 304 sudanese refugee minors enrolled us unaccompanied refugee minors programhealth outcomes assessed using harvard trauma questionnaire child health questionnaire outcomes included diagnosis posttraumatic stress disorder scores child health questionnaire subscales global singleitem assessmentstwenty percent minors diagnosis posttraumatic stress disorder likely lower worse scores child health questionnaire subscales low functional behavioral health scores seen mainly functioning home subjective health ratings social isolation history personal injury associated posttraumatic stress disorderunaccompanied sudanese minors done well general minors function well school activities however behavioral emotional problems manifest home lives emotional states subset children traumatic symptoms characteristics may distinguish peers may inform future resettlement services unaccompanied minors united states