The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children

Aim: The aim of the study was to learn the views of parents within the community on asylum seeker children and to learn their solution proposals for their problems. Materials and Methods: Our study was conducted with 231 voluntary parents who were admitted to five different child health clinics betw...

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Main Authors: Damla Mutlu, Gonca Keskindemirci, Öykü Özbörü Aşkan, Pınar Yılmazbaş, Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal, Bahar Kural, Aylin Yetim Şahin, Hacer Nalbant, Emine Gülbin Gökçay
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-09-01
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5FB10907FBDF4128870BCB14BF22458D
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author Damla Mutlu
Gonca Keskindemirci
Öykü Özbörü Aşkan
Pınar Yılmazbaş
Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal
Bahar Kural
Aylin Yetim Şahin
Hacer Nalbant
Emine Gülbin Gökçay
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Gonca Keskindemirci
Öykü Özbörü Aşkan
Pınar Yılmazbaş
Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal
Bahar Kural
Aylin Yetim Şahin
Hacer Nalbant
Emine Gülbin Gökçay
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description Aim: The aim of the study was to learn the views of parents within the community on asylum seeker children and to learn their solution proposals for their problems. Materials and Methods: Our study was conducted with 231 voluntary parents who were admitted to five different child health clinics between June and October 2017. The survey, which consists of demographics information and questions about asylum seeker children were asked to the parents in a face to face interview. Results: Eighty percentage of participants (n=183) thought that asylum seeker children had the opportunity to use the health service. Sixty seven percentage (n=151) thought that they had the opportunity to be involved in the educational system. According to the participants, the biggest problems for asylum seeker children are; housing (34.2%), education (22.6%), poverty and child labour (13.7%), language related problems (11.6%) and health issues (6.3%). Their main solution proposals were; the education of parents and children (32.9%), their deportation back to their country (25%) and to have the asylum seeker children under government protection (15.1%). Conclusion: Health, education and housing were thought to be the biggest problems for asylum seeker children and the solution proposals mostly took place under those topics according to participant parents. They also thought that asylum seeker children had the opportunity to use health and education services. The efficiency of those services was questioned by parents because they also stated that asylum seeker children had problems in accessing those services.
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spelling doaj-art-1e7acf1547df41819b02276de6584dcf2025-08-20T02:15:19ZengIstanbul University PressÇocuk Dergisi1308-84912021-09-0121219119710.26650/jchild.2021.776762123456The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker ChildrenDamla Mutlu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-0438Gonca Keskindemirci1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1797-2802Öykü Özbörü Aşkan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4139-5497Pınar Yılmazbaş3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-1712Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5394-1566Bahar Kural5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9528-1009Aylin Yetim Şahin6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4059-1760Hacer Nalbant7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4246-8547Emine Gülbin Gökçay8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1042-0407İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeSağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, Turkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeSağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, Turkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeAim: The aim of the study was to learn the views of parents within the community on asylum seeker children and to learn their solution proposals for their problems. Materials and Methods: Our study was conducted with 231 voluntary parents who were admitted to five different child health clinics between June and October 2017. The survey, which consists of demographics information and questions about asylum seeker children were asked to the parents in a face to face interview. Results: Eighty percentage of participants (n=183) thought that asylum seeker children had the opportunity to use the health service. Sixty seven percentage (n=151) thought that they had the opportunity to be involved in the educational system. According to the participants, the biggest problems for asylum seeker children are; housing (34.2%), education (22.6%), poverty and child labour (13.7%), language related problems (11.6%) and health issues (6.3%). Their main solution proposals were; the education of parents and children (32.9%), their deportation back to their country (25%) and to have the asylum seeker children under government protection (15.1%). Conclusion: Health, education and housing were thought to be the biggest problems for asylum seeker children and the solution proposals mostly took place under those topics according to participant parents. They also thought that asylum seeker children had the opportunity to use health and education services. The efficiency of those services was questioned by parents because they also stated that asylum seeker children had problems in accessing those services.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5FB10907FBDF4128870BCB14BF22458Dasylum seekerchildchild rightsimmigrant
spellingShingle Damla Mutlu
Gonca Keskindemirci
Öykü Özbörü Aşkan
Pınar Yılmazbaş
Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal
Bahar Kural
Aylin Yetim Şahin
Hacer Nalbant
Emine Gülbin Gökçay
The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children
Çocuk Dergisi
asylum seeker
child
child rights
immigrant
title The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children
title_full The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children
title_fullStr The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children
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title_short The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children
title_sort view of parents about asylum seeker children
topic asylum seeker
child
child rights
immigrant
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