Table 2 Characteristics of 288 articles in review of ethical considerations: health topic, data source, participant demographics
Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Primary Health Topic | |
 Mental health | 139 (48.3) |
 Access to healthcare | 22 (7.6) |
 General health profile | 21 (7.3) |
 Maternal and child health | 15 (5.2) |
 Nutrition and physical activity | 15 (5.2) |
 Injury and violence | 10 (3.5) |
 Other | 66 (22.9) |
 Primary Data Source | |
 Surveys/questionnaires | 120 (41.7) |
 Individual interviews | 96 (33.3) |
 Focus groups | 27 (9.4) |
 Human specimen samples | 25 (8.7) |
 Medical records/programmatic databases1 | 12 (4.2) |
 Observations | 5 (1.7) |
Other | 3 (1.0) |
 Age | |
  ≥ 18 years old | 160 (55.6) |
  < 18 years old | 20 (6.9) |
 Both | 92 (31.9) |
 Unknown/not mentioned | 16 (5.6) |
Special Populations (not mutually exclusive, n = 141) | |
 Over 65 years old | 77 (26.7) |
 Under 5 years old | 30 (10.4) |
 Pregnant women | 17 (5.9) |
 LGBTQ | 5 (1.7) |
 Disabled | 2 (0.7) |
 Other | 29 (10.1) |
Sex | |
 Females | 50 (17.4) |
 Males | 7 (2.4) |
 Both | 228 (79.2) |
 Unknown/not mentioned | 3 (1.0) |
Pre-resettlement Country, top four and multiple countries | |
  > 1 country | 151 (52.4) |
 Syria | 25 (8.7) |
 Burma/Myanmar | 15 (5.2) |
 North Korea | 12 (4.2) |
 Iraq | 11 (3.8) |
 Other | 74 (25.7) |
Post-resettlement Country, top four and other (n = 193 that included refugees that has resettled after displacement period) | |
 United States | 64 (33.2) |
 Australia | 32 (16.6) |
 Germany | 15 (7.8) |
 Canada | 12 (6.2) |
 Other | 70 (36.3) |