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

Journal of Migration and Health

Jina Swartz¹  Derebe Madoro Bunte²  JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji³  Zulfiqar A. Bhutta⁴  Alastair Ager⁵  Cecilia Jimenez-Damary⁶  Kiran Jobanputra⁷  Nino Makhashvili⁸  Diana Rayes⁹  Bayard Roberts^1,10  Winifred Ekezie^1,11  Aula Abbara^1,12  Karl Blanchet^1,13  David Cantor^1,14  James Smith^1,15  Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales^1,16  Bukola Salami^1,17  Nihaya Daoud^1,18  Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa^1,19 

[1] Corresponding author at: Internal Displacement Research Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom.;Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK;Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA;Syria Public Health Network;Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK;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;Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences, UK;Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland;Health Services Research and Policy Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK;;Institute for Global Health &Internal Displacement Research Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK;Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA;Medecins Sans Frontières, UK;Mental Health Centre, Ilia State University, Georgia;SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Canada;UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Philippines;

关键词: Health;    Internal displacement;    Internally displaced persons;    IDPs;    Conflict;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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