Health Requirements For LGBTIQ+ Refugees

Öz

Where conflicts often turn to aggression, the heaviest losses are primarily in groups that need support, such as women and children, while the LGBTIQ+ population is among these vulnerable groups. Like other groups outside the boundaries that society accepts as 'normal', LGBTIQ+ population are struggling for their basic human rights, while potential risks are getting stronger if they are under a war and refugee conditions where continuity of life is threatened. Today, Turkey has opened its border crossing about four million war victimized Syrian, and maintains the role as one of the most important countries that provides refugee and life safety support to them. Nurses are at the forefront of healthcare system and play a key role in this challenge, as they are organizers of this service, as well as their roles of educator and advocate. Also, Turkey can be considered as an important partner of this struggle for the LGBTIQ+ population. This review’s aimed to investigate the health care needs of LGBTIQ+ refugees with a physical and psychosocial approach, who had to leave their countries due to the war. In according to view of Syrian LGBTIQ+ refugees in Turkey, LGBTIQ+ refugees' general health requirements will be shed light on and suggestions were presented for the practices of nursing discipline, which is the primary force of the healthcare team. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• lgbtq
• refugee
• asylum seeker
• health requirement
• nursing care

LGBTİQ+ Mültecilerde Sağlık Gereksinimleri

Öz

Çatışmaların sıklıkla saldırganlığa döndüğü durumlarda, en ağır kayıplar öncelikli olarak kadınlar ve çocuklar gibi desteklenmeye gereksinimi olan gruplarda yaşanmaktayken, LGBTİQ+ nüfus da bu incinebilir grupların arasında yer almaktadır. Toplumun ‘normal’ kabul ettiği sınırlar dışında kalan diğer gruplar gibi LGBTİQ+’lar da temel hakları için mücadele etmekteyken, yaşamın devamlılığının tehdit altında olduğu savaş ve mültecilik koşulları altında yaşanabilecek riskler gittikçe güçlenmektedir. Bugün yaklaşık dört milyona yakın Suriyeli savaş mağduru mülteciye kapılarını açan Türkiye, mültecilere sığınma ve can güvenliği desteği veren önemli bir ülke rolünü sürdürmesinin yanında LGBTİQ+ nüfusun haklarına yönelik bu mücadelenin önemli bir ortağı kabul edilebilir. Hemşireler, sağlık hizmeti sunumunun ön saflarında yer alıyor olmaları ve hizmetin planlanması ve yürütülmesinde uygulayıcı, eğitici ve savunucu kimlikleri ile bu mücadelede kilit bir role sahiptirler. Bu derlemede savaş nedeniyle ülkelerinden ayrılmak zorunda kalmış LGBTİQ+ mültecilerin fiziksel ve psikososyal bir yaklaşımla sağlık bakım gereksinimlerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Türkiye’deki Suriyeli LGBTİQ+’lar penceresinden, mülteci LGBTİQ+’ların genel sağlık gereksinimlerine ışık tutulması planlanmış, sağlık ekibinin öncelikli gücü olan hemşirelik disiplini uygulamalarına yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• LGBTQ
• mülteci
• sığınmacı
• bakım gereksinimi
• hemşirelik bakımı

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