Mental Health Challenges Faced by Refugees: A Detailed Report

This report investigates the mental health status of refugees, exploring factors contributing to mental disorders, potential intervention strategies, and barriers to providing mental health support. The research employs a mixed methodology, integrating both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. It outlines the research methodology, including data collection methods such as surveys and interviews, and sampling techniques, specifically random sampling. Ethical considerations are addressed, emphasizing the importance of informed consent and ethical approvals. The report details the data collection process, including building trust with participants through open-ended questions in interviews and the use of questionnaires for statistical data. A Gantt chart is included to visualize the project timeline. The research aims to analyze the mental health challenges faced by refugees and provide insights for improving mental health services. The report also covers the assumptions, conceptual framework, and data analysis processes of the study.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Methodology....................................................................................................................................2
Assumptions....................................................................................................................................3
Conceptual framework.....................................................................................................................3
Data collection method....................................................................................................................4
Sampling..........................................................................................................................................5
Ethical consideration.......................................................................................................................6
Recruitment......................................................................................................................................6
Method.........................................................................................................................................6
Data collection process................................................................................................................7
Summary..........................................................................................................................................7
Gant Chart........................................................................................................................................8
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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Identify a suitable research methodology to address the research aim
Introduction
The main focus of the assignment 1 is to investigate and determine the factors that cause
mental disorder among the refugees, programs and actions that need modification in order to
solve these problems and barriers that could be faced in the context of providing mental support.
The methodology could be used in this research would be the mixed research methodology.
Mixed methodology is one of the common method of research that includes the data collection,
data analysis and integrating both quantitative and qualitative research (McCusker & Gunaydin,
2015). The following section will describe the methodology of the research along with the data
collection method, sampling and ethical consideration of research.
Methodology
Mixed methodology has the integrated consideration of the quantitative and the
qualitative research methods in a single research topic. This method includes the quantitative
data collection method that is the survey, experiments and also the qualitative data collection that
is the interview, target group analysis and other factors as well (McKim, 2017). This research
method helps the researchers in depth analysis of the factors that affects the research topic or has
vast impact on the research topic. The mixed methodology helps in the deep investigation of the
problems and helps in finding a better outcome for the problem as it focuses on both the
qualitative and the quantitative aspect of the research topic. Thus this can be stated as the perfect
method in order to analyse the factors affecting the mental health status of refugees and the
modification of actions to solve the problem along with the barriers of solving the problem.

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Assumptions
The mixed methodology is a useful research method that properly supports the aims of
this study and it allows the researcher in understanding, discovering and explaining the concept
and the aim as well. This methodology would be helpful in the assumptions of the researchers on
the basis of the data collected in the context of non-understandable experiences and facts.
Conceptual framework
Mixed methodology would be helpful in the data collection process in both qualitative
and quantitative way. Thus it helps in the collection of statistical data as well as the views of the
participants in the context of the topic and also finds an idea for the research aim. This
methodology would also helpful in the assumption of non-understandable facts of the data
collected on the basis of the views of the participants in the interview process. Thus it leads to a
better outcome for the researchers and the aspect of ethical research is integrated in this
methodology which requires proper management as well. The outcome of the research procedure
based on this methodology is quite helpful in the manner of data collection and data analysis of
the particular concept. This methodology is also helpful in the process of the data analysis of
differentiated ideologies of the participants and also analyses the amount of people residing for
which ideology.

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refugees
Interview
Mixed
methodology
Qualitative method Quantitative method
Open-ended
questionnaire
Data collection
Close ended
questionnaire
Data
analysis
Survey
Statistical data
collection
Result
Statistical analysis
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Figure 1: Conceptual Framework
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Data collection method
As of the concept of the research and the aims of the research, it suggests the survey
among various people of the targeted group with a questionnaire about the aims of the research.
The research methodology of mixed data collection method also require the face to face

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interview process and it would be helpful in the manner of gathering information about the
experiences of the participants and the view point of them about the concept of the research. It
also helps the researchers to have the knowledge about the engagement of these participants in
the world communities wherever they live in their life span and also helps the process of the
knowledge development about the thought process about the participants in the context of the
fact of the research. On the other hand the survey would help the researcher to get a better idea of
the situations based on the aims of the research and also to determine the fact of the research is
positively effective or negatively effective among the participants. The interviews also have the
aspect of the in depth idea development on the facts and the aims of the research (Palinkas et al.,
2015).
Sampling
The sampling method which would be utilized in this research is namely the random
sampling method. This method would be targeting the participants without any discrimination of
age and gender. This sampling method would target any person from the targeted community
along with the further people whether having idea of the situation or not and assess the data
collected from them in order to gain an idea. This sampling method would allow the researcher
to gather information from Government or other organizational personnel who would be
interconnected with the concept of the research. However, the participants would be recruited
randomly to gain information about the knowledge of people about the situation (Dobson,
Woller-Skar & Green, 2017).

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Ethical consideration
In terms of the data collection method that is the mixed data collection method it is
needed to be surveyed among participants and interviewed them as well. Thus the ethical consent
is needed to be considered seriously in the process (Van Bogaert et al., 2017). Ethical
consideration would include the ethics application would be submitted to the Research Ethics
Office and the approval would be collected. In the period of the interview the consent form the
participants would be needed to be obtained in order to progress the interview process. All these
ethical factors would be done in a honest manner to build a proper relationship with the
participants and gather proper information about the research fact.
Recruitment
This study targets the refugees of the world and thus the researcher needs to converse
with the target population and also build a relationship with them with the help of the
Government consent and recruit a random sample for the survey and interview process in regard
to the research aims.
Method
The interview process of the respondents would be done through the use of open-ended
questions. These open-ended questions would help the respondents to open up about their
feelings and emotions about the condition. This kind of interviewing process is known as the
semi-structured interview and this kind of interview helps in the trust and relationship build up
between the respondent and the interviewer (Maxwell, 2016). However, as a mixed methodology
it also include the survey process which accordingly done through a close-ended questionnaire
with the questions about quantitative approach. This part of the methodology would help in the

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knowledge gaining of statistical data. This data analysis would need 6 to 8 weeks and the data
analysis process would need at least 4 weeks.
Data collection process
Trust and relationship build up between the interviewer and the respondent is a very
important aspect which can be gained by the honesty and openness of the interviewer. The
honesty and the consent of respecting the privacy of the respondent would be the factors that
help the respondents to be open towards the interviewer. The factor of non-judgmental approach
and active listening would also be the helpful factors for this qualitative data collection method.
On the other hand the honesty and the openness about the survey would also help the researcher
to get the respondents participating in the survey (Halcomb & Hickman, 2015).
Summary
The whole methodology of the research is based on the aims of the research and the
methodology would comprise of both the qualitative and the quantitative data collection and
analysis process. This methodology would help the researchers in developing knowledge about
the problems and the facts of the research concept. Data collection method would be dependent
on the ethical and honesty consideration that would help the researcher to gain trust of the
respondents and open up towards them and answer the questions properly. Sampling process
would comprise of random sampling that would help in the data collection about different
aspects and the aims of the research.

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Gant Chart
Criteria 1 to 4 week 5 to 8 week 9 to 12 week 13 to 16 week
Qualitative
data
collection
(Interview)
Quantitative
data
collection
(Survey)
Data analysis
Statistical
data analysis
Figure 2: Gant Chart
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