Abstract
Aim: Migration has become one of global human security issues of the 21st century. Women refugees face a unique set of problems and their health is often compromised. The aim of this study was to describe health and family support issues encountered by women refugees in refugee setting and related nursing interventions.
 Methods: A literature review was performed using Academic Search Premier, CINAHL and Medline databases, and the following keywords were used separately and in combination to retrieve related abstracts and articles: `women refugees`, `health`, `nursing`. Only original articles from qualitative studies published in English and focusing on women’s health and family support in the refugee setting were selected for the review.
 Results: Three major themes related to women refugees’ health issues were identified: `Culture sensitivity`, `Seeking life balance` and `Gender-based violence`. In addition, nine major themes related to family support were found: `Family reunion (difficulty to emigrate)`, `Changes in family’s connections and roles`, `Unsatisfactory family life`, `Discrimination and contempt by community`, `Health problems in children`, `Mental health problems in family member`, `Adjustment and adaptation of life pattern in a new country`, `Family time and togetherness` and `Concern about forgetting one’s homeland`. On the other hand, we identified 11 major themes related to nursing interventions implemented for women refugees.
 Conclusion: Disaster nurses have important role to protect and promote human security among women refugees. Future studies should determine how disaster nurses can efficiently promote human security for women in refugee setting.
Highlights
Migration has become one of the global human security issues of the twentyfirst century [1]
Numerous adverse health consequences have been reported in refugee populations especially when relocation is forced in the case of severe conflict in the home country associated with violence and human-made trauma [4]
To better grasp issues faced by women refugees and necessary nursing interventions to be implemented, those categories and related studies are presented in the following lines
Summary
Migration has become one of the global human security issues of the twentyfirst century [1]. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) [2] reported that 45.2 million people were forcibly displaced persons worldwide, including 15.4 million refugees at the end of 2012 Those are people who have been forced to leave their home countries due to the occurrence of a catastrophe (armed conflict, natural disaster), conflict, discrimination or religious oppression and resettling in other countries in search of better living conditions, peace and security; and their number is still increasing. Numerous adverse health consequences have been reported in refugee populations especially when relocation is forced in the case of severe conflict in the home country associated with violence and human-made trauma [4]. These conditions make it difficult for them to adapt to their host communities. They need protection, health, and social assistance, as well as basic needs such as education, food, water, shelter, family reunion and integration in a safe environment
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