Health needs and health seeking behaviour of Internally Displaced Persons in Dalori camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Abstract

In recent years, thousands of people have been displaced due to conflict and have been forced to live in crowded camps. The study assessed the common health problems, health needs and healthseeking behaviours of internally displaced persons in Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to study 240 randomly selected respondents using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Results: The prevalence of communicable disease outbreak was 59.2% and common health problems of the IDPs were malaria (97.9%), cold and catarrh (65.8%), heart diseases (56.7%), and diarrhoea (53.3%). Findings also revealed that access of IDPs to potable water, insecticide-treated nets (ITN), blankets and health care facility, as well as waste disposal, were generally poor. A large proportion of the respondents reported overcrowding (45.8%), inconducive housing (94.6%), dirty environment (54.6%) and poor food distribution (90%) in the camp. Furthermore, factors that predicted poor health among the IDPs include: educational status (OR: 0.397, p = 0.010), poor water supply (OR: 0.343, p = 0.006), hand washing (OR: 7.064, p = 0.004), and overcrowding (OR: 0.055, p = 0.001). Conclusion: This study concluded that ccommon health problems among the IDPs were malaria, cold and catarrh, heart diseases and diarrhoea and their health needs include lack of access to potable water and inadequate health care services. .

Post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors among internally displaced persons in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…By design, all included studies were cross-sectional. This study included a total of 7,590 participants [2,10,20,21,24,26,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The included articles were published between 2008-2023.…”

“…Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria showed the highest prevalence of PTSD (94.2%) [2]. Three studies were from Ethiopia [20,26,33]; five studies were from Nigeria [2,24,[38][39][40] and the remaining studies were from Kenya [34], Somalia [10], Sudan [35], South Sudan [36], Uganda [21] and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [37]. The included studies were categorized as having a low risk of bias (quality score 6 to 8).…”

“…Factors associated with PTSD were identified based on the pooled effect of two or more studies. In this meta-analysis, factors associated with PTSD were assessed using 14 studies [2,10,20,21,24,26,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The analysis showed that in 4 of these studies [20,21,33,36], female IDPs were found to have a twofold higher risk of developing PTSD compared to male IDPs (OR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.65-2.32).…”

“…Sampling technique used to select study participants Data collection tool used to assess PTSD Methods of data collection b Asnakew et al, 2019 [33] Multistage sampling PCL-C IA b Madoro et al, 2020 [20] Simple random sampling PCL-5 IA b Makango et al, 2023 [26] Systematic random sampling PCL-5 IA b Masau et al, 2018 [34] Purposive sampling NSESSS-PTSD SA b Ali et al, 2023 [10] Multistage sampling HTQ IA a Elhabiby et al, 2014 [35] Purposive sampling SCID-5-CV SCI b Roberts et al, 2009 [36] Multistage sampling HTQ IA b Roberts et al, 2008 [21] Multistage sampling HTQ IA a Veling et al, 2013 [37] Purposive sampling CIDI-PTSD SCI b Sheikh et al, 2014 [24] Systematic random sampling HTQ IA b Aluh et al, 2019 [38] Purposive sampling IES-6 questionnaire IA b Ibrahim et al, 2023 [2] Multistage sampling HTQ IA b Faronbi et al, 2021 [39] Multistage sampling PCL-C IA…”