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. 2021 Oct 29:4:100071.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100071. eCollection 2021.

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

David Cantor  1 , Jina Swartz  2 , Bayard Roberts  3 , Aula Abbara  4 , Alastair Ager  5   6 , Zulfiqar A Bhutta  7 , Karl Blanchet  8 , Derebe Madoro Bunte  9 , JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji  10 , Nihaya Daoud  11 , Winifred Ekezie  12 , Cecilia Jimenez-Damary  13 , Kiran Jobanputra  14 , Nino Makhashvili  15 , Diana Rayes  16 , Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa  17 , Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales  18   19 , Bukola Salami  20 , James Smith  21
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Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons: A scoping review

David Cantor et al. J Migr Health. .

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.

Keywords: Conflict; Health; IDPs; Internal displacement; Internally displaced persons.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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