A light of hope? Inequalities in mental health before and after the peace agreement in Colombia: a decomposition analysis

• Main Authors: Sebastián León-Giraldo (Author), Germán Casas (Author), Juan Sebastián Cuervo-Sánchez (Author), Catalina González-Uribe (Author), Antonio Olmos (Author), Noemi Kreif (Author), Marc Suhrcke (Author), Oscar Bernal (Author), Rodrigo Moreno-Serra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The present study seeks to evaluate the change in mental health inequalities in the department of Meta after the signing of Colombia's Peace Agreement in 2016 with the FARC guerrilla group. Using a validated survey instrument composed of 20 questions ('SRQ-20'), we...