Mental health of African asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: using the social determinants of health framework

• Main Authors: William Chi Wai Wong (Author), Sealing Cheung (Author), Heidi Yin Hai Miu (Author), Julie Chen (Author), Kelley Ann Loper (Author), Eleanor Holroyd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hong Kong is non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, and has no systematic domestic policies committed to the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees (ASRs). This creates a tenuous setting for African ASRs there. This study explored how mapped social det...