Peer Reviewed Publications

 
 

GENERAL ASYLUM RELATED

  1. McKenzie KC, Thomas A. Assisting asylum seekers in a time of global forced displacement: Five clinical cases. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2017;49(2017):37-41. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2017.04.007

  2. Moreno A, Grodin MA. Torture and its neurological sequelae. Spinal Cord. 2002;40(5):213-223. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101284

  3. McKenzie KC, Bauer J, Reynolds PP. Asylum Seekers in a Time of Record Forced Global Displacement: the Role of Physicians. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018. doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4524-5

  4. Loutan L, Bollini P, Pampallona S, Bierens De Haan D, Gariazzo F. Impact of Trauma and Torture on asylum seekers. European Journal of Public Health. 1999;9:93-96.

  5. Kalt A, Hossain M, Kiss L, Zimmerman C. Asylum seekers, violence and health: A systematic review of research in high-income host countries. American Journal of Public Health. 2013;103(3). doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.301136

  6. Moisander PA, Edston E. Torture and its sequel--a comparison between victims from six countries. Forensic science international. 2003;137(2-3):133-140. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14609648. Accessed January 2, 2017.

  7. Lustig SL, Kureshi S, Delucchi KL, Iacopino V, Morse SC. Asylum grant rates following medical evaluations of maltreatment among political asylum applicants in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2008;10(1):7-15. doi:10.1007/s10903-007-9056-8

  8. Magli, F., Franceschetti, L., Maggioni, L., Muccino, E., Merelli, V., Cerutti, E., Marzagalia, M., Armocida, A., Kustermann, A., & Cattaneo, C. (2019). The medico-legal assessment of asylum seeker victims in Italy. Torture Journal, 29(1), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.111067

  9. Aarts, R., Wanrooij, L., Bloemen, E., & Smid, G. (2019). Expert medico-legal reports: The relationship between levels of consistency and judicial outcomes in asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Torture Journal, 29(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.111205

  10. Stadtmauer, G. J., Singer, E., & Metalios, E. (2010). An analytical approach to clinical forensic evaluations of asylum seekers: the Healthright International Human Rights Clinic. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 17(1), 41-45.

  11. De Jesus-Rentas G, Boehnlein J, Sparr L. 2010. Central American victims of gang violence as asylum seekers: the role of the forensic expert. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law.38:490-498.

  12. Herlihy, J., Scragg, P., & Turner, S. (2002). Discrepancies in autobiographical memories—implications for the assessment of asylum seekers: repeated interviews study. BMJ, 324(7333), 324-327.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

  1. Park R, Oomen J. Context, evidence and attitude: The case for photography in medical examinations of asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Social Science and Medicine. 2010;71(2):228-235. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.049

  2. Magazine NF, Aug R, Scintigraphy B. Confirming Torture : The Use of Imaging in Victims of Falanga. 2014:1-4.

  3. Danielsen, L., & Rasmussen, O. V. (2006). Dermatological findings after alleged torture. Torture, 16(2), 108-127.

  4. Danielsen L, Rasmussen OV. Dermatological findings after alleged torture. Torture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture. 2006;16(2):108-127.

  5. Arnold F. 2009. Treatment and management of wounds and scars of torture. Wounds UK Wounds UK.5:60-71

PROVIDER EXPERIENCE

  1. Mishori R, Mujawar I, Ravi N. 2014. Self-reported Vicarious Trauma in Asylum Evaluators: A Preliminary Survey. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.16:1232-1237.

  2. Mishori R, Hannaford A, Mujawar I, Ferdowsian H, Kureshi S. 2016. “Their Stories Have Changed My Life”: Clinicians’ Reflections on Their Experience with and Their Motivation to Conduct Asylum Evaluations. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.18:210-218.

  3. Baranowski KA, Moses MH, Sundri J. Supporting Asylum Seekers: Clinician Experiences of Documenting Human Rights Violations Through Forensic Psychological Evaluation. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2018:1-10. doi:10.1002/jts.22288

GENERAL CARE CONSIDERATIONS

  1. Forrest, D. M. (1999). Examination for the late physical after effects of torture. Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, 6(1), 4-13.

  2. Asgary RG, Metalios EE, Smith CL, Paccione GA. 2006. Evaluating asylum seekers/torture survivors in urban primary care: a collaborative approach at the Bronx Human Rights Clinic. Health Hum Rights.9:164-179. Epub 2007/02/03.

  3. Keller AS. Caring and advocating for victims of torture. Lancet. 2002;360(SUPPL. 1). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11823-X

  4. Burnett A. Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: The health of survivors of torture and organised violence. Bmj. 2001;322(7286):606-609. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7286.606

  5. Asgary R, Segar N. Barriers to Health Care Access among Refugee Asylum Seekers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2011;22(2):506-522. doi:10.1353/hpu.2011.0047

MENTAL HEALTH

  1. Sen P. The mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugees – challenges and solutions. British Journal of Psychiatry International. 2016;13(2):30-32.

  2. Arnold FW (2007). Detained asylum seekers may be being re-traumatised. BMJ 2007;334:916 

  3. Prabhu M, Baranoski M. Forensic Mental Health Professionals in the Immigration Process. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2012;35(4):929-946. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2012.08.012

  4. Assessing the efficacy and experience of in-person versus telephonic psychiatric evaluations for asylum seekers in the U.S https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31630041/#

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

  1. Devries KM, Mak JYT, García-Moreno C, Petzold M, Child JC, Falder G, Lim S, Bacchus LJ, Engell RE, Rosenfeld L, et al. 2013. The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women. Science. 2013-06-28 00:00:00;340:1527-1528.

FGM

  1. Akinsulure-Smith AM, Chu T. 2017. Exploring Female Genital Cutting Among Survivors of Torture. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.19:769-773.

  2. Reisel D, Creighton SM. 2015. Long term health consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Maturitas. Jan;80:48-51.

  3. UNICEF. 2016. Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Concern. 2016.

  4. UNICEF. Female Genital Mutilation: What Might the Future Hold? In.

  5. Rouzi AA, Alturki F. 2015. Female genital mutilation/cutting: an update. Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology.42:300-303.

  6. Stein K, Chou D, World Health O, Reproductive H, Research, World Health O. 2016. WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation.

  7.  Invisible and Involuntary: Female Genital Mutilation as a Basis for Asylum. http://cornelllawreview.org/articles/invisible-and-involuntary-female-genital-mutilation-as-a-basis-for-asylum/. Accessed June 1, 2018.

  8. Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C). USCIS. https://www.uscis.gov/fgmc. Accessed June 1, 2018.

  9.  Diallo T. GUIDANCE NOTE ON REFUGEE CLAIMS RELATING TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

  10. Kim Y. Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments.

  11. Schaefer K. Asylum Granted Based on FGM and Domestic Violence. Schaefer Law Firm. https://immigrationidaho.com/asylum-granted-fgm-domestic-violence/. Published May 31, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2018.

  12. Zakari Z. FGM Asylum Cases Forge New Legal Standing. Women’s eNews. https://womensenews.org/2008/11/fgm-asylum-cases-forge-new-legal-standing/. Accessed June 1, 2018.

  13. FGM: challenges for asylum applicants and officials | Forced Migration Review. http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange-disasters/flamand.html. Accessed June 1, 2018.

  14. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting—Pediatric Physician Knowledge, Training, and General Practice Approach https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10903-019-00938-x?author_access_token=1CPPYMsDOj5B5nqSgts-dPe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7nP7rY2I6p9q53MQw0DEwP2D8Ss0XKS6g2JvYa0jKGZe_aakDgZzn4mhnEufk-repCLw6C4gMXAZlV54UoOdtkcDpC2k9VQO2uk-4FEmf98g%3D%3D

EDUCATION/TRAINING

  1. Asgary R, Saenger P, Jophlin L, Burnett DC. 2013. Domestic global health: A curriculum teaching medical students to evaluate refugee asylum seekers and torture survivors. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Oct;25:348-357.

  2. Asgary, R. (2013). A call to teach medical students clinical human rights. Academic Medicine, 88(3), 298-299.

  3. https://www.hhrjournal.org/2019/11/evaluating-the-impact-of-student-run-asylum-clinics-in-the-us-from-2016-2018/

  4. Sharp MBM, Andrew R; Lamneck, Claire; McKenzie, Katherine;. 2019. Evaluating the Impact of Student-run Asylum Clinics in the US from 2016–2018. Health & Human Rights.21.

PEDIATRICS

  1. Mukamel, M., & Cohen, K. (2019). Documenting torture and ill-treatment of children and adolescents: Current practices and challenges. Torture Journal, 29(1), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.113917

  2. Mukamel MaC, Keren. 2019. Documenting torture and ill-treatment of children and adolescents: Current practices and challenges. Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture.29.