TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons
T2 - A scoping review
AU - Cantor, David
AU - Swartz, Jina
AU - Roberts, Bayard
AU - Abbara, Aula
AU - Ager, Alastair
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Blanchet, Karl
AU - Madoro Bunte, Derebe
AU - Chukwuorji, John Bosco Chika
AU - Daoud, Nihaya
AU - Ekezie, Winifred
AU - Jimenez-Damary, Cecilia
AU - Jobanputra, Kiran
AU - Makhashvili, Nino
AU - Rayes, Diana
AU - Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
AU - Salami, Bukola
AU - Smith, James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Conflict
KW - Health
KW - IDPs
KW - Internal displacement
KW - Internally displaced persons
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125166532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071
DO - 10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125166532
SN - 2666-6235
VL - 4
JO - Journal of migration and health
JF - Journal of migration and health
M1 - 100071
ER -