Table 3.

Second step: matrices associated with social groups defined as vulnerable and themes

N	Article and Year	Vulnerable social groups	Theme
I	Tezcan et al.24 2011	Ethnic minorities women; newly arrived migrants; refugee; asylum seekers; women with language difficulties; women from deprived communities.	Immigration AND language difficulties AND demographic characteristics AND lack of resources
II	Glasgow Child Protection Committee20 2008	Asylum seekers; gender-based violence; would benefit from social work support; women who are resistant to professional intervention; learning difficulties that could impact on parenting; domestic violence with child protection issues; homeless; living in supported accommodation; young mothers; substance misuse; involvement in the criminal justice system; positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV+); child protection issues; mental health issues.	Immigration AND poor health status AND substance abuse AND involvement in criminal justice or being violence-prone AND care leaver AND family disruption AND homelessness AND demographic characteristics AND need of welfare/care service
III	Scupholme et al.18 199	Poor women; adolescent; part of a minority ethnicity; immigrant status; living in medically unserved areas.	Demographic characteristics AND immigration AND lack of resources AND distance from care service
IV	National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)9 2010	Substance misuse; domestic abuse; immigrants or asylum seekers or refugee or difficulties speaking or understanding English; aged <20 years; homelessness.	Substance abuse AND family disruption AND demographic characteristics AND immigration AND language difficulties AND homelessness
V	Menke et al.19 2014	Young parents; women with substance misuse; past/current mental health issues; refugee and from ethnic minority.	Demographic characteristics AND immigration AND poor health status AND substance abuse
VI	Malebranche et al.26 2017	Refugee women	Immigration