Journal of Migration and Health (Jan 2021)
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,
- JohnBosco 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
Affiliations
- David Cantor
- Internal Displacement Research Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK; Corresponding author at: Internal Displacement Research Programme, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom.
- Jina Swartz
- Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences, UK
- Bayard Roberts
- Health Services Research and Policy Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Aula Abbara
- Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK; Syria Public Health Network
- Alastair Ager
- Institute for Global Health & Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
- SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Canada
- Karl Blanchet
- Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Derebe Madoro Bunte
- Department of Psychiatry, Dilla University, Ethiopia
- JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji
- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
- Nihaya Daoud
- Department of Public Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Winifred Ekezie
- Diabetes Research Center, University of Leicester, UK
- Cecilia Jimenez-Damary
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Philippines
- Kiran Jobanputra
- Medecins Sans Frontières, UK
- Nino Makhashvili
- Mental Health Centre, Ilia State University, Georgia
- Diana Rayes
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
- Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
- Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
- Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Fundacion Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas, Colombia; Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Peru
- Bukola Salami
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada
- James Smith
- Elrha; Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4
p. 100071
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.
