Successful Refugee Cohabitation With Host Families: A Concept Analysis and Model Development.
Areej Al-Hamad, Yasin M Yasin, Kateryna Metersky and 3 others
PMID 39212144WHAT IT FOUND
Refugee cohabitation with host families is framed by peaceful coexistence, power dynamics, hospitality and cultural tolerance.
No validated measure captures the full concept, so this is a framework, not tested care.
Key findings
01The concept analysis identified four defining attributes of successful refugee cohabitation: peaceful coexistence, power dynamics, hospitality and cultural tolerance.
02It framed antecedents as refugee shelter needs, societal acceptance, humanitarian solidarity and legal support, and consequences as refugee inclusion and integration, social cohesion, psychological well-being and refugee-host acceptance.
03The authors report no validated scales capture the full complexity of refugee cohabitation, although some existing tools measure hospitality, attitudes, advocacy intentions or host satisfaction.
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What it does not show
This is a concept analysis, not a clinical study; it did not measure refugee or host family outcomes. The authors say they did not evaluate research quality and their analysis may not capture all facets of the concept. The cases used to illustrate the model are developed examples from prior qualitative work, not new patient cases. No validated scales exist for the full concept, so the model cannot yet be measured in practice.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. No funder is named.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the model as proof that refugee cohabitation or holistic nursing interventions improve health. The paper analysed concepts from existing literature and did not test outcomes in patients or host families.