The impact of refugees on the health status and health services of host communities
Compounding bad with worse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Dick (0000-0003-0404-4927, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 259-269 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1985.tb00948.x |
| PMID | 20958608 |
| OpenAlex | W2084117029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Although there have been a number of recent developments in our understanding of refugee health problems that have influenced policies and action, the effects of refugees on the health status and services of host communities remain relatively neglected. This article sets out to explain why this is an important issue with implications for policy, planning surveillance and evaluation, training and research.The first sections outline some of the problems facing host governments and communities in Africa and discuss the changing rhetoric between the first and second International Conferences for Assistance to Refugees in Africa. A number of possible ways in which refugees could affect the individual, agent and environmental causes of disease are considered, as are the characteristics of the refugees, the host communities and the response which may all modify this impact.Policy implications of the impact of the refugees, both negative and positive, are discussed, and detailed consideration is given to the pros and cons of integrated and parallel approaches to health care provision. The need to monitor carefully the health status and services of host communities is emphasized and recommendations are made for this and other essential developments relating to training and research
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Host (biology · Political science · Public relations · Refugee · Rhetoric · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |