The Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Kampala: Perceived Satisfaction of Their Human Needs

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dc.contributor.authorBalyejjusa, Moses Senkosi
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-18T09:45:37Z
dc.date.available2019-03-18T09:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAlthough there is substantial research on the psychological wellbeing of refugees in psychology, especially in acculturation research, there is very little research assessing refugees‘ objective conditions of living. This study aims to bridge this gap by assessing the perceived satisfaction of Somali refugees‘ objective elements in Kampala, Uganda. Drawing on qualitative data from 92 Somali refugee and Ugandan participants, the paper shows that the participants assessed the perceived satisfaction of Somali refugees‘ four objective wellbeing elements (peace and security, housing, education, and employment). These objective elements can be seen to represent human needs when analysed in relation to Doyal and Gough‘s (1991) theory of human need, particularly the intermediate needs. The study participants perceived most Somali refugees as having adequate satisfaction to these objective elements. In this paper, I argue that this is the case because of the non-discriminatory and accepting host environment, Somali refugees‘ financial resources and the culture of social support. These are instrumentally important in promoting Somali refugees‘ wellbeing since they guarantee adequate satisfaction of the human needs of Somali refugees.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSenkosi B. Moses (2017). The Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Kampala: Perceived Satisfaction of their Human Needs. Journal of Science & Sustainable Development, 6 (1), 94-111. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jssd.v6i1.6en_US
dc.identifier.issn2070-1748
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/780
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrica Journals Onlineen_US
dc.subjectRefugeesen_US
dc.subjectWellbeingen_US
dc.subjectHuman needsen_US
dc.subjectSomali refugeesen_US
dc.subjectHuman wellbeingen_US
dc.subjectHost communityen_US
dc.titleThe Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Kampala: Perceived Satisfaction of Their Human Needsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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