Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jan 10, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Feb 5, 2024 - Feb 7, 2024
Date Accepted: Feb 8, 2024
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Homestay Hosting Dynamics and Refugee Wellbeing: A scoping Review Protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
Understanding the experiences of refugees and their host families is vital for effective refugee settlement, integration and wellbeing. However, the intricacies of refugee hosting, their interactions with host families, and the impact on their wellbeing are still unclear and ambiguous.
Objective:
The overall objective of this scoping review is to explore the experiences of refugees with their host families and understand the dynamics of homestay hosting and its impact on refugee wellbeing.
Methods:
This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. The following databases will be searched: Via EBSCO interface: CINAHL, SOCIndex, Medline, Academic Search Complete, Via OVID interace: APA PsycInfo, Scopus, Web of Science interface: Web of Science Core Collection, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, SciELO Citation index. The search will include the English language and only publications published in 2011 or after. The search will utilize the concept of hosting within refugee accommodation and family hosting in relation to refugee groups in different host countries including all literature types. Titles, abstracts, and full articles will be independently reviewed by two independent reviewers. Any differences in opinion will be settled through mutual agreement or consultation with a third reviewer. The research team will develop a specialized tool for data extraction.
Results:
The results will be organized in tables or diagrams, accompanied by a narrative overview, emphasizing the main synthesized findings related to the dynamics of homestay hosting with host families and refugee wellbeing. No critical appraisal will be conducted. This scoping review is expected to identify research gaps that will inform the development of homestay refugee hosting models, policies and practices. The final completed review is planned for submission to an indexed journal in April 2024.
Conclusions:
To our knowledge, this review will be the first review to provide knowledge about the dynamics and intricacies of homestay refugee hosting, their interactions with host families, and the impact on their wellbeing and the value that this work adds to refugees’ hosting practices and models. Clinical Trial: Open Science Framework review protocol registration: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WFSJR
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