Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons: A scoping review.

Journal: Journal of migration and health

Volume: 4

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Affiliated Institutions:  Internal Displacement Research Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences, UK. Health Services Research and Policy Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK; Syria Public Health Network. Institute for Global Health & Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Canada. Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychiatry, Dilla University, Ethiopia. Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. Department of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Diabetes Research Center, University of Leicester, UK. UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Philippines. Medecins Sans Frontières, UK. Mental Health Centre, Ilia State University, Georgia. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Fundacion Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas, Colombia. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada. Elrha; Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Abstract summary 

We seek to strengthen understanding of the health needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in contexts of conflict or violence. Based upon a scoping review, our paper identified limited evidence on IDP health, but nevertheless indicates that IDPs tend to experience worse health outcomes than other conflict-affected populations across a range of health issues; and this is due to the particularly vulnerable situation of IDPs relative to these other populations, including reduced access to health services. Further research is required to better understand these needs and the interventions that can most effectively address these needs.

Authors & Co-authors:  Cantor David D Swartz Jina J Roberts Bayard B Abbara Aula A Ager Alastair A Bhutta Zulfiqar A ZA Blanchet Karl K Madoro Bunte Derebe D Chukwuorji JohnBosco Chika JC Daoud Nihaya N Ekezie Winifred W Jimenez-Damary Cecilia C Jobanputra Kiran K Makhashvili Nino N Rayes Diana D Restrepo-Espinosa Maria Helena MH Rodriguez-Morales Alfonso J AJ Salami Bukola B Smith James J

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Abubakar A., Azman A.S., Rumunu J., Ciglenecki I., Helderman T., West H., et al. The First Use of the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Emergency Stockpile: lessons from South Sudan. PLoS Med. 2015;12(11)
Authors :  19
Identifiers
Doi : 100071
SSN : 2666-6235
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Conflict;Health;IDPs;Internal displacement;Internally displaced persons
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
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Country of Study
Publication Country
England