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

• Main Authors: David Cantor (Author), Jina Swartz (Author), Bayard Roberts (Author), Aula Abbara (Author), Alastair Ager (Author), Zulfiqar A. Bhutta (Author), Karl Blanchet (Author), Derebe Madoro Bunte (Author), JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji (Author), Nihaya Daoud (Author), Winifred Ekezie (Author), Cecilia Jimenez-Damary (Author), Kiran Jobanputra (Author), Nino Makhashvili (Author), Diana Rayes (Author), Maria Helena Restrepo-Espinosa (Author), Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales (Author), Bukola Salami (Author), James Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 oth...