This article compares the frequencies of some mental health disorders between Syrian refugees living in Turkey and IDPs in Syria, and identifies factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder. The authors carried out a...
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Mechanisms of Change for Interventions Aimed at Improving the Wellbeing, Mental Health and Resilience of Children and Adolescents Affected by War and Armed Conflict: A Systematic Review of Reviews
Children and adolescents exposed to war, armed conflict or political violence have higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders, e.g. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, depression and anxiety. They also experience cognitive, emotional and behavioral impacts, such as...
Peace Education and Psychosocial Support for Social Cohesion
Conflict has extensive psychological impacts on refugees, particularly youth and children, which are exacerbated by the “daily stressors of displacement, poverty, lack of resources and services to meet basic needs, risks of violence and exploitation, discrimination...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in FCV Situations
Many FCV countries now have higher mortality due to NCDs than communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutrition related conditions, due to changing disease epidemiology. This note highlights best practices in designing, implementing and evaluating a project that...
Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
This literature review summarizes: (a) evidence on the impact of forced displacement on economic outcomes for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); and (b) existing knowledge on jobs interventions for refugees and IDPs. The authors include both...
Refugee camps and COVID-19: Can we prevent a humanitarian crisis?
In this brief article, the authors argue that refugee camps pose a serious threat to the health of their residents, especially during a pandemic. For example, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, currently Europe’s largest refugee camp, suffers from...
COVID-19 and the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: The Challenges and Recommendations
This short article describes the current challenges facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and suggests possible prevention measures to avoid COVID-19 outbreaks in these vulnerable areas. The authors identify the following challenges: (a) the difficulty of...
Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms, risk factors, and health behaviors in host and refugee
This paper examines the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms and associated risk factors in Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The analysis draws on a phone‐based survey conducted in April 2020 with a sample of 899 households. The...