scholarly journals Effect of Sanitary-Environmental Conditions of Diabetic Hypertension Incidence in Displaced Persons

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muamer Muraspahić ◽  
Isaja Kastrat ◽  
Semsudin Plojović ◽  
Mirsad Imamovic ◽  
Sonja Ketin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
The Past ◽  
Autoimmune Antibodies ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
High Level

BACKGROUND: The abnormal conditions of life and genetic factors often play a major role in the incidence of "diabetes - diabetes", heart disease and vascular disease, jaundice and posttraumatic stress.AIM: Trauma and posttraumatic stress are most common in the displaced persons, and the focus of this paper is to focus on this issue regarding cases in former Yugoslavia, and now in our country. These diseases are caused by increased beta-cell sensitivity to viruses, the development of autoimmune antibodies attacking their pancreas cells, degenerative changes in cells that result in the change of structure and of insulin production.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this paper, we have taken into account the traumatic events and long-term psychosocial consequences for internally displaced persons, several years after displacement, and found a high level of PTSD symptoms.RESULTS: This stress is present in almost 1/3 of internally displaced persons, and every sixth person has suffered from PTSD in the past. Respondents suffer from symptoms of intrusion, but there was a large number of symptoms, such as avoidance and increased arousal. We also found that gender, age and education are related to the symptoms.CONCLUSION: Females, and older respondents and internally displaced persons with lower levels of education show a higher level of PTSD symptoms.

scholarly journals Exploring the Livelihoods of Internally Displaced Persons in Kachin State, Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Htu Tawng Lazum
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Partial Solution ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Emergency Assistance

<p>The issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is a global crisis yet little research has been focused on the issue of the livelihoods of IDPs. Providing short-term emergency assistance is not enough when the period of displacement becomes permanent or longer than expected. IDPs need long-term solutions in order to resume a normal life. Pursuing appropriate livelihoods in urban areas is a big challenge yet constructing potential livelihoods is fundamental to achieving decent living not only for short-term situations but also for the long run. The lack of access to livelihoods is one of the most serious obstacles to durable solutions for IDPs, and long-term livelihood strategies are needed to lay the foundation for future development.  This study explores Kachin IDPs in Myanmar and their livelihood strategies and activities in urban camps by applying qualitative methods, the study focuses on how IDPs have been building their livelihoods during their displacement and who has been involved in supporting their livelihoods. This research also seeks insight into the effectiveness and sustainability of those livelihood activities and other potential strategies.   Results show that most livelihood activities are supported by both local and international humanitarian and development agencies and are mainly undertaken through local organisations. Agriculture and livestock rearing are preferred livelihoods of IDPs although getting appropriate land is challenging in urban areas. Income-generating programmes such as food processing, carpentry and bamboo handicrafts are also popular and successful activities. Moreover, tailoring, brick making, and pig rearing are also effective and helpful livelihoods for individuals. Those who are involved in livelihood support activities receive benefits and advantages for their family and daily needs while the majority of IDPs are working in day labouring. Respondents believe current livelihood activities can become sustainable as long as they maintain the quality of the products. Some IDPs have adapted to the city environment quite well by applying their capacity and the skills they learnt from humanitarian organisations. Supporting livelihood strategies may not resolve the problems of IDPs, however, it is an effective partial solution.</p>

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
О. Fedorenko
Keyword(s):  
State Aid ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
High Level

The article presents the results of sociodemographic research features of internally displaced persons from Donetsk and Lugansk regions that were forced to migrate to other regions of Ukraine due to the military conflict. The following features are considered: point of displacement, financial status, housing type and its satisfaction, employment type, education and the need to retrain, communication with local people and community trust, involvement in political life and seeking for the state aid. Current financial status is almost completely affects all other spheres of life. As for the results – 45.3% of the respondents have enough money for only the most necessary things; 27.4% of respondents have material difficulties and only 4.5% have an opportunity to save money. The majority of the respondents have migrated to the places where they were able to get a job. Almost 70% of the respondents (145 people) said that their work activity changed after relocation. The most satisfied respondents are those, which professional activity has not changed significantly. Most respondents have high level of trust to the community and believe that they need to trust the community. The financial condition also forces respondents to apply for state aid and receive social payments, material childcare assistance etc. The obtained results have shown that financial conditions do not allow to determine and plan the future due to lack of material resources. Therefore, the majority of respondents with material difficulties are not sure of their future. An important feature for further integration of internally displaced persons into the new community is certainty or uncertainty of their future.

scholarly journals Integrative program of psychocorrection of mental disorders in internally displaced persons

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Natalia Maruta ◽  
Galyna Kalenska ◽  
Tamara Panko
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Resistance To Stress ◽  
Severity Of Depression ◽  
Mental Trauma ◽  
High Level

The article presents the results of screening for factors of mental trauma, anxiety and depression, psychological characteristics of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who needed medical help. It was determined that most IDPs were distinguished by a decrease in resilience, low level of resistance to stress, the actualization of non-adaptive coping strategies, moderate severity of depression and high level of anxiety, which can be considered as goals of psychocorrection intervention in violation of the adaptation process in IDPs. A program for the psychocorrection of mental disorders of IDPs was developed and consisted of a combination of trainings of resilience and effective coping strategies. The results of its testing are presented and it is proved that its use can significantly reduce level of depression and anxiety, increase vitality, resistance to stress and contribute to the updating of more adaptive coping strategies. Key words: internally displaced persons, adaptation, medical care, psychocorrection, mental disorders

The special psychiatric problems of refugees

2012 ◽  
pp. 1493-1500
Author(s):  
Richard F. Mollica ◽  
Melissa A. Culhane ◽  
Daniel H. Hovelson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychiatric Evaluation ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World

While the forced displacement of people from their homes has been described since ancient times, the past half-century has witnessed an expansion in the size of refugee populations of extraordinary numbers. In 1970, for example, there were only 2.5 million refugees receiving international protection, primarily through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). By 2006, UNHCR was legally responsible for 8.4 million refugees. In addition, it is conservatively estimated that an additional 23.7 million people are displaced within the borders of their own countries. Although similar in characteristics to refugees who have crossed international borders, internally displaced persons do not receive the same protection of international law. Adding all refugee-type persons together, the world is forced to acknowledge the reality that over the past decade more than 10 000 people per day became refugees or internally displaced persons. The sheer magnitude of the global refugee crisis, the resettlement of large numbers of refugees in modern industrial nations such as Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia, and the increased media attention to civil and ethnic conflict throughout the world has contributed to the medical and mental health issues of refugees becoming an issue of global concern. This chapter will focus on a comprehensive overview of the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of refugees and refugee communities. Although this mental health specialty is in its infancy, many scientific advances have been made that can facilitate the successful psychiatric care of refugee patients.

scholarly journals Some reflections on the IFRC's approach to migration and displacement

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (904) ◽  
pp. 153-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastien Moretti ◽  
Tiziana Bonzon
Keyword(s):  
Migration Policy ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Displaced People

AbstractThis article provides an overview of the development of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) approach to migration and displacement. The focus of the IFRC and its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (National Societies) in this regard has traditionally been on refugees and other so-called “displaced persons” – that is, people who have been compelled to flee their place or country of origin and for this reason are deemed to be particularly vulnerable. However, this focus has been extended recently, in the course of the past decade, to cover all people who find themselves in a vulnerable situation in the context of migration. The IFRC Migration Policy, which was adopted in 2009, has offered much-needed guidance to National Societies in dealing with all migrants, including irregular migrants. However, it is argued that there is a need today – taking into consideration the increasing number of displaced people worldwide and the numerous contexts in which National Societies are dealing with refugees, internally displaced persons or cross-border disaster-displaced persons – to better understand the programmatic aspects that are specific to displacement compared with migration. This is a necessary condition in view of the development of more adequate and effective responses to the vulnerabilities and needs of migrants and displaced persons.

Trapped in the Past: Memories of Georgian Internally Displaced Persons on the Margins of Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malkhaz Toria ◽  
Nino Pirtskhalava ◽  
Elene Kekelia ◽  
Konstantine Ladaria
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Constant Pain ◽  
Imperial Politics

AbstractFrom the early 1990s through the 2008 “Russo-Georgian war,” waves of armed conflicts in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia/Tskhinvali regions of Georgia forced thousands of residents, mainly ethnic Georgians, to leave their homes. More than two decades of protracted internal displacement, marked by tough economic and social problems, led this vulnerable community to a common trap in reckoning with the past: an overwhelming sense of the fundamental ruptures between the idealized past and current, miserable reality. Failures of the displacement policy and “side effects” of numerous humanitarian aid projects hinder internally displaced persons’ social integration and leave them on the margins of Georgian society with almost a singular option: to constantly recall meaningful life in the lost homeland, which they remember as free of ethnic phobias and economic problems. In this article, we suggest that for persons who are internally displaced, memories are defined not only by their past lived experiences and present hardships, but also by the official historical narratives that argue that Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian “endemic” unity and cohabitation was destroyed by Russian imperial politics. Living in constant pain also narrows the future expectations of the internally displaced persons. However, it is the past and the memories that are supposed to be useful in achieving the utopian dream of a return.

Pengungsi — Indonesia's Internally Displaced Persons

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Central Sulawesi

Indonesia currently has one of the largest groups of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of any nation in the world. This paper assesses the scale and patterns of such movement in Indonesia as at the beginning of 2002. It begins by assessing conflict as a cause of internal migration and shows how such movement was significant during the first two decades of independence in Indonesia. The current patterns of movement of IDPs in Indonesia are then outlined with the main origins being in the Outer Island provinces of Maluku, East Timor, Aceh, Central Sulawesi, Central Kalimantan, Papua and West Kalimantan. Around half of the current 1.3 million IDPs are housed in “refugee camps,” often in crowded and unhygienic conditions. Several of the expulsions of IDPs have come from areas where there have been earlier influxes of migrants, especially transmigrants of Java-Bali origins and the so-called BBM (Bugis, Butonese and Makassarese from South Sulawesi), with different ethnoreligious backgrounds than the native residents. The release of central control following the fall of the Suharto regime and the onset of the financial crisis have seen simmering newcomer/native, ethnic, religious and economic tensions rise to the surface to create the large scale expulsions. The Indonesian government has put forward a strategy to “solve” the IDP problem by the end of 2002. This is assessed and some of the medium and long-term implications of the movement discussed.

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