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ArticleFrontiers in public health2026

"I left my country and the people I love. It gave me hypertension": a qualitative study of social support and hypertension management in refugees.

Ariana Khayamian, Carine Tamamian, Lana Bridi, Alissa B Sideman, Nour Makarem, Dahlia A Kaki, Tala Al-Rousan

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Ariana KhayamianDisplacement and Health Research Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Carine TamamianDisplacement and Health Research Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Lana BridiSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Alissa B SidemanPhilip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Nour MakaremDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.
Dahlia A KakiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Tala Al-RousanDisplacement and Health Research Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.

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Abstract

Background: Refugees experience a disproportionately high burden of hypertension, with war-related displacement disrupting their social networks. Countries from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are among the largest producers of refugees globally. While previous research has established the role of social support in improving chronic disease management, little is known about its impact among refugees from Arabic-speaking MENA countries. This study focuses on refugees diagnosed with hypertension from two Arabic-speaking MENA countries, Syria and Iraq, to investigate perceived social connectedness and the influence of social support on hypertension management. Methods: 107 refugees from Iraq ( Results: Mean age was 61.61 years (SD = 9.81), mean years since United States resettlement was 9.6 years (SD = 5.82), and 48.6% ( Conclusion: Findings suggest that prioritizing family reunification during resettlement and integrating social support into public health interventions, such as family-centered care, shared medical appointments, and community-based peer support, may mitigate the loss of social support and related hypertension disparities among refugees.

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HypertensionRefugeesSocial SupportAgedCaliforniaFemaleHumansIraqMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchSyriahealth outcomeshypertension managementmedication adherencerefugee healthsocial connectednesssocial support theory

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