Healthcare professionals in war zones are vulnerable too

BackgroundHealth care workers (HCWs) are essential for the delivery of health care services in conflict areas and in rebuilding health systems post-conflict. ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to systematically identify and map the published evidence on HCWs in conflict and post-conflict settings. Our ultimate aim is to inform researchers and funders on research gap on this subject and support relevant stakeholders by providing them with a comprehensive resource of evidence about HCWs in conflict and post-conflict settings on a global scale. MethodsWe conducted a systematic mapping of the literature. We included a wide range of study designs, addressing any type of personnel providing health services in either conflict or post-conflict settings. We conducted a descriptive analysis of the general characteristics of the included papers and built two interactive systematic maps organized by country, study design and theme. ResultsOut of 13,863 identified citations, we included a total of 474 studies: 304 on conflict settings, 149 on post-conflict settings, and 21 on both conflict and post-conflict settings. For conflict settings, the most studied counties were Iraq (15%), Syria (15%), Israel (10%), and the

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Healthcare professionals in war zones are vulnerable too

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Nursing Nurses: Fostering Safety and Belonging for Successful Workplace Assimilation of Displaced Nurses From War and Conflict

Nursing Nurses: Fostering Safety and Belonging for Successful Workplace Assimilation of Displaced Nurses From War and Conflict

Feasibility evaluation of psychosocial intervention for internally displaced youth in Kenya

Health care workers in conflict and post-conflict settings: Systematic mapping of the evidence

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