Pathways to Refugee Wellbeing: Indonesia (HC190494)

Information for Service Providers

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is conducting this study?

The Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, from the University of New South Wales in Sydney is working with HOST International, SUAKA and Universitas Gadjah Mada to conduct this study.

Why is the study important?

We want to learn about the experiences of refugees, and what kinds of things affect their wellbeing. This will help us understand how refugees cope in their everyday life.

This knowledge will help to provide better support for refugees in a similar situation around the world.

What does the study involve?

First, we will ask people to register their interest in participating in this study, on our website.

Second, we will check if they are eligible to participate.

If they are eligible, and they agree to participate in the study, we will invite them to complete an online survey 4 times over 18 months.

The questions are about themselves, their experiences, their thoughts and feelings, and about the relationships they have with other people.

Each survey takes about one hour to complete.

To thank them for sharing their experiences, we will reimburse eligible participants for their time with an Indomaret voucher worth IDR 100,000 after they complete each survey.

Who can take part in this study?

Refugee and asylum-seeker adults (18 years +), who are eligible to participate.

As the surveys are on-line, participants can take part in this study no matter where they live, as long as they have access to the internet.

The surveys are in English, Arabic, Farsi, Dari and Somali.

What will happen to the information we collect about participants?

All information provided by participants is highly confidential and is only accessed by the research team.

Only the UNSW research team, and the HOST International Research Coordinator will have access to any personal information (e.g. contact details), so we can contact participants for future time points.

Identifying information will not be shared with any service providers, UNHCR, or any governments.

These details will be stored separately from survey responses.

Participating in this study will not affect the resettlement process.

Participants can choose to receive regular updates about the study in their own language. If you are interested in learning more about this study, please contact us on: prw@unsw.edu.au