scholarly journals Health Insecurity among Internally Displaced Persons in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-61
Author(s):  
Grace A. Tonye-Scent ◽  
Endurance Uzobo
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Rivers State

Health insecurity is a major problem affecting the well-being of internally displaced persons in Nigeria. In the Niger Delta region, the situation remains virulent with attendant consequences on the displaced population. This study investigated health insecurity among the internally displaced persons. Data were sourced across three States of the Niger Delta Region, identified among areas with a high rate of internal displacement. Human Security Approach was employed as a theoretical framework. A total of 582 respondents (Bayelsa = 206, Delta = 211, and Rivers = 165) who had been displaced between the year 2012 to 2018 were randomly selected, and a questionnaire was administered. Findings indicated that 51.9% of respondents in Delta state, 50.0% in Rivers state, and 35.7% in Bayelsa state were diagnosed with diseases resulting from flood displacement. The diseases diagnosed were high blood pressure, cholera, hernia, malaria, measles, tuberculosis, and typhoid. While the diagnosis of blood pressure was high in Bayelsa (3.9%) and Delta (3.5%), the diagnosis of cholera was not recorded in Bayelsa and Delta States but Rivers state (3.4%). Those displaced by flood were 0.4 times less likely to experience abnormal health status than those displaced by other causes. The study concluded that displacement has serious implications on the health of internally displaced persons. It, therefore, recommended that medical centres should be cited in displaced camps to cater for the medical needs of the displaced population.

scholarly journals Ethnic Conflicts and Internally Displaced Persons in Rumuekpe and Igwuruta Communities of Rivers State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Blessing O. Edafe ◽  
Kingsley E. Okoye ◽  
Paulinus O. Agbo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Rivers State

The return to democratic dispensation and the surge to acquire political power had led to increase in violence in the Niger Delta region. This assumed different dimension for national issues as competition for scarce resources are being instigated by “inter-elite” rivalries over contradictions of ethnic diversity. These incessant struggles and the competitions had resulted into outright denial of people’s right and privileges as well as displacement of indigene and non indigene in that area. The study contended that the dynamics of internally displaced persons in the Niger Delta region were deeply rooted in the contradictions of ethnic diversity. The study is a documentary research and data were analyzed through qualitative descriptive method. Using human needs theory, the paper noted that, the need for the IDPs to be fully re-integrated into society, and the responsibility of public authorities to avoid neglect, discriminatory practices of marginalization, deprivation as well as the exploitation of the indigene non-indigene issue. It is urgent to meet the social needs of the IDPs, and their recognition and social inclusion into the society in the Rivers state, for peaceful coexistence in assuring freedom for the development of people. The study therefore recommends the following that government should ensure that specific needs of internally displaced persons are reflected in the national and local developmental plan.   Received: 15 February 2021 / Accepted: 1 September 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

Assessing the psychological well-being of caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Niger Delta region, Nigeria

AIDS Care ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Festus Abasiubong ◽  
Emem A. Bassey ◽  
Olawale O. Ogunsemi ◽  
John A. Udobang
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Well Being ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Versifying History and National Trauma in Tanure Ojaide’s The Endless Song

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401983743
Author(s):  
Edwin Onwuka ◽  
Emmanuel Uba ◽  
Isaiah Fortress
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
The Past ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
National Trauma ◽  
Verse Form ◽  
Bad Leadership

The symbiotic relationship between literature and history is most visible in the writer’s deployment of his or her art to document experiences of the past and their impacts on the feelings and well-being of his or her people in the periods represented in the work(s). This article explores the historical content and significance of Tanure Ojaide’s The Endless Song from a new historical perspective. Most studies on Ojaide’s poetry often focus on his critique of bad leadership and his denunciation of exploitation and pillaging of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region with little attention paid to his poems as history in verse form. This article therefore contributes to criticism on the interface between literature and history. This study further highlights significant motifs in Nigeria’s history in the periods documented in The Endless Song and analyses the traumatic impacts of the events on the well-being of Nigeria and her people. These are aimed at showing that Ojaide’s The Endless Song is more than an outcry against the plundering of the Niger Delta region; it represents the spatiotemporal record of Nigeria’s turbulent history.

THE SPECIFIC OF PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

2018 ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
А. Holotenko
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Emotional Detachment ◽  
Scientific Substantiation ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Individual

The article is devoted to the problem of psychosocial well-being of internally displaced persons. The situation of forced internal migration conceals a large number of destructive influences on the psychosocial well-being of the individual. The process of adaptation of forced migrants is accompanied by high levels of stress and requires a large amount of psychological and social resources. In this regard, the research of psychosocial well-being of internally displaced persons is relevant to the scientific substantiation of psychosocial practice of assistance IDP. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the psychosocial well-being of internally displaced persons, which are based on the results of empirical research. The article presents the results of a theoretical and methodological analysis of the concept of psychosocial well-being of internally displaced persons. This concept is interpreted by the author as a multifactorial construct, which encompasses the individual psychological characteristics of internally displaced persons, their subjective attitude to the actual life situation, the nature of social interaction with others and economic factors of life activity. The results of empirical research aimed at identifying the characteristics of psychosocial wellbeing of internally displaced persons point to a reduced level of psychosocial well-being of internally displaced persons, reflected in the manifestations of the tendency to disadaptation. Characteristic features of internally displaced persons are the inability to establish close social contacts with others and emotional detachment and lowered sense of their value to society. The general emotional background of the IDP is at a reduced level and is characterized by tendencies towards negativism.

scholarly journals Pollution Studies on Soils from Crude Oil Producing Areas of Rivers State, Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

OALib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 08 (09) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Chisom Onwuka ◽  
Augustine Nnaluo Eboatu ◽  
Vincent Ishmael Egbulefu Ajiwe ◽  
Ebele Joy Morah
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Rivers State
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