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

David Cantor; Jina Swartz; Bayard Roberts; Aula Abbara; Alastair Ager; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Karl Blanchet; Derebe Madoro Bunte; John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji; Nihaya Daoud; Winifred Ekezie; Cecilia Jimenez-Damary; Kiran Jobanputra; Nino Makhashvili; Diana Rayes; Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa; Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales; Bukola Salami; James Smith

doi:10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071

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

David Cantor, Jina Swartz, Bayard Roberts, Aula Abbara, Alastair Ager, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Karl Blanchet, Derebe Madoro Bunte, John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji, Nihaya Daoud, Winifred Ekezie, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Kiran Jobanputra, Nino Makhashvili, Diana Rayes, Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Bukola Salami, James Smith

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	100071
Journal	Journal of migration and health
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071
State	Published - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

Conflict
Health
IDPs
Internal displacement
Internally displaced persons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Demography
Sociology and Political Science
Infectious Diseases

UN SDGs

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Cantor, D., Swartz, J., Roberts, B., Abbara, A., Ager, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Blanchet, K., Madoro Bunte, D., Chukwuorji, J. B. C., Daoud, N., Ekezie, W., Jimenez-Damary, C., Jobanputra, K., Makhashvili, N., Rayes, D., Restrepo-Espinosa, M. H., Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Salami, B., & Smith, J. (2021). Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons: A scoping review. Journal of migration and health, 4, Article 100071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071

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