Themed Paper Original Research e ‘Her cry is my cry : resettlement experiences of ’ refugee women at risk recently resettled in Australia L. Vromans a,* , R.D. Schweitzer a , L. Farrell a , I. Correa-Velez b , M. Brough b , K. Murray a , C. Lenette c a School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia b School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia c School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Forced Migration Research Network@UNSW, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia article info Article history: Received 18 October 2017 Received in revised form 20 February 2018 Accepted 7 March 2018 Available online 7 April 2018 Keywords: Refugees Women Qualitative Resettlement abstract Objectives: Refugee women entering resettlement countries on woman-at-risk visas represent a particularly vulnerable population. While their specific gender-based reset- tlement will likely differ from the general refugee population, little is known about their experiences of early resettlement, with which to inform resettlement policy and practice. This research aimed to explore lived experiences of recently resettled refugee women at risk in Australia. Study design: Qualitative research used focus groups and a framework approach to identify and explicate common themes in participants experience. ' Methods: Two focus groups with a purposive sample of African and Afghan refugee women at risk ( 10), aged 22 53 years, were conducted in South East Queensland, Australia N ¼ e (October 2016), recruited with the assistance of a local resettlement service. Discussions were audiotaped, transcribed, and themes explicated. Results: Six superordinate themes emerged: (1) sentiment of gratitude; (2) sense of loneli- ness and disconnection; (3) feeling incapable; (4) experiencing distress and help-seeking; (5) experiencing financial hardship; and (6) anticipating the future. Conclusions: Findings indicate that resettlement policy, programs, and practice that explicitly target the needs of women-at-risk refugees are warranted, including a longer period of active service provision with specific attention to strategies that address the women s social connection, self-efficacy, emotional well-being, and financial hardships. ' © 2018 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. * Corresponding author. Tel.: 61 7 3138 4514; fax: 61 7 3138 0486. þ þ E-mail address: (L. Vromans). l.vromans@qut.edu.au Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Public Health journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/puhe public health 158 (2018) 149 e155 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.010 0033-3506/ 2018 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ©