Acceptability and Barriers to Chronic Pain Treatment in Refugee Torture Survivors.

Importance: Chronic somatic pain is prevalent in refugee torture survivors, yet it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Understanding the acceptability of and barriers to treatment is essential for facilitating access and improving care in this population.

Objective: To assess the acceptability of treatment for chronic somatic pain and to identify factors influencing treatment access among refugee torture survivors.

The psychological impact of displacement and female genital mutilation/cutting.

Although 230 million people worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), its psychological consequences remain understudied. Asylum-seekers may face unique biopsychosocial burdens when migrating to countries where FGM/C is not a cultural norm. We conducted a retrospective observational study of 50 asylum seekers evaluated at the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights between 2010 and 2020 to characterize the psychological sequelae of FGM/C.

Defining blood deserts and access to blood products for 660 million people: a geospatial analysis of eight states in Northern India.

Introduction: Blood transfusion is crucial, but low-income and middle-income countries like India face a severe shortage of banked blood. This study focuses on the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states in India, where healthcare is limited, and health outcomes are poor. Our objective was to assess the blood banking infrastructure and access to blood products in these states.