Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T23:43:39 RDF description of Somali and Oromo refugees: correlates of torture and trauma history - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn18612 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Somali and Oromo refugees: correlates of torture and trauma history Needs Assessment 94 Psychiatric Status Rating Scales 10.2105/ajph.94.4.591 document-rn18612 *Health Status Mass Screening *Torture/psychology/statistics & numerical data Ethiopia/ethnology 4 *Refugees/psychology/statistics & numerical data <p>OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional, community-based, epidemiological study characterized Somali and Ethiopian (Oromo) refugees in Minnesota to determine torture prevalence and associated problems. METHODS: A comprehensive questionnaire was developed, then administered by trained ethnic interviewers to a nonprobability sample of 1134. Measures assessed torture techniques; traumatic events; and social, physical, and psychological problems, including posttraumatic stress symptoms. RESULTS: Torture prevalence ranged from 25% to 69% by ethnicity and gender, higher than usually reported. Unexpectedly, women were tortured as often as men. Torture survivors had more health problems, including posttraumatic stress. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the need to recognize torture in African refugees, especially women, identify indicators of posttraumatic stress in torture survivors, and provide additional resources to care for tortured refugees.<p> Surveys and Questionnaires Population Surveillance Multivariate Analysis Cross-Sectional Studies 14891 Logistic Models *Survivors/psychology/statistics & numerical data Linear Models 24362 public Prevalence Somalia/ethnology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/*ethnology/etiology/therapy Social Problems Minnesota/epidemiology Life Change Events American Journal of Public Health