@article{ref1,
title="Adapting care provision and advocating for unprotected unaccompanied minors in Paris in the context of COVID-19",
journal="Global health promotion",
year="2021",
author="Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie and Bouchon, Magali and Nguengang Wakap, Stéphanie and Poveda, Juan-Diego and Gautier, Lara",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Unaccompanied minors (UMs) are children under 18 who arrive on the territory of a foreign country without the care of a guardian. In many countries their access to  social and health care services depends on their legal recognition as minors. For  instance, in France, high rejection rates of minor status place unprotected UMs in  social precarity, such that in Paris, civil society organizations (CSOs) have  stepped in to offer social, medical, and psychological care to unprotected UMs. In  the context of the COVID-19 pandemic however, CSOs had to adapt their care  provision.We review promising CSO-led initiatives to ensure continuity of care for  this population. In doing so, we highlight how, by promoting UMs' healthy behaviors  in the context of the pandemic, continued social interactions between CSO members  and unprotected UMs may have contributed to disease prevention among UMs. In  addition, CSOs have continued to advocate for sheltering unprotected UMs, calling on  public authorities to take action.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1757-9759",
doi="10.1177/1757975920984193",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975920984193"
}