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Abstract Background: Egypt hosts a considerable number of African refugees. They have several post-migration stressors that may affect their mental well-being. The aim of the study: is to assess post-migration stressors and mental well-being among African refugees in Greater Cairo. Descriptive exploratory design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: Egyptian Red Crescent Hubs. Subject: A purposive sample of 360 African refugees. Tools: Data were collected using; first tool was to assess socio-demographic data; second tool was to assess post-migration stressors and third tool was to assess mental well-being. Results: The study results illustrate that most of the study samples 89.4% had Moderate post-migration stressors and 10.6 % of them had sever serious post-migration stressors, more than two –third of the studied samples had an average level of mental well-being .and There is a highly statistically significant relation between sex, duration of stay in Egypt and nationality of studied sample and their post-migration stressors and There is highly statistically significant relation between post-migration stressors and mental well-being.Conculsion: Most of the African refugees in Egypt understudy had moderately serious post-migration stressors and most of these stressors were related to communication problems, discrimination, poverty, and poor access to treatment. And More than two-thirds of them had an average level of mental well-being and only less than one-third of them had a low level of mental well being and there was a highly statistically significant relation between post-migration stressors of the studied sample and their mental health well-being. Recommendation: Utilizing this study finding in designing and implementing counseling program toward African refugees in Egypt to guide them how to overcome post-migration stressors and improve their mental well-being. |