J.W.M. Renkens (José)

External PhD candidate - Gender & Diversity
External PhD candidate - Radboud Social Cultural Research

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Cultural psychology
Gender, Feminism; LGBTIQA+; other diversities

Tags: Cultural psychology, Gender, Feminism, LGBTIQA+, other diversities

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Key publications

Refugees' Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources.  Aiming to gain more insight in why it seems harder for refugee parents and minors than for the native population to talk to health professionals about their mental health and wellbeing, we combined two theoretical notions of agency to investigate a broad spectrum of informants’ behaviour. Although sometimes refugees seek (mental) healthcare, at other times they show agency by doing ‘nothing’ or by deliberately using distracting activities to deal with severe stress. Making use of resources available to them, oftentimes refugees show agency in ways that are less visible to healthcare professionals, by surviving, showing resilience, and suffering. Keywords: refugee decision-making agency; inclusiveness; responsiveness; equity; client- and person-centred health care; social inequalities Full text
S. van Hees, S. Boogaarts-de Bruin, L. de Bell, S. de Vries, F. Lange, J. Renkens, F. ten Holder, J. Vermeij (2024). Hoe begeleid je vrouwelijke statushouders naar werk? Handreiking. Nijmegen: Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, lectoraat Arbeid en gezondheid. Full text
R. Çinar, M. de Klein, J.Renkens, R. Akkermans, M. Latify, B. Waalewijn, K. Rieff, M. van den Muijsenbergh & T. van Loenen (2024). Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees - a mixed methods, stepped-wedge design study to assess the impact. Primary Health Care Research & Development (accepted 27 okt.’24)