Public health, epidemiology and war

Weinberg, Johannes; Simmonds, Stephanie

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(95)00022-y

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“…The literature is replete with examples of quick humanitarian action with dire consequences due to poor assessment [10,24,25]. The need to precede the bulk of interventions with valid assessment data might best be summarized in the phrase "Don't just do something, stand there" (and first assess the situation) [20,26,27]. …”

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“…Despite the inevitable concerns about time, qualitative assessment methods create only a minimal delay in quantitative investigations or services as they require relatively few respondents and can be done in the early stages of response and on a part-time basis. Information gathered in this way makes it less likely that data collected will be misused for political reasons and more likely that samples will be representative and services well targeted [10,26,27]. …”

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The role of the applied epidemiologist in armed conflict

McDonnell

Sunderland

Bellows

et al. 2004

Emerg Themes Epidemiol

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Background: Applied epidemiologists are increasingly working in areas of insecurity and active conflict to define the health risks, suggest feasible means to reduce these risks and, monitor the capacity and reconstruction of the public health system. In 2001, The Carter Center and the United States Institute for Peace sponsored a conference within which "Violence and Health" was discussed and a working group on applied epidemiology formed. The group was tasked to describe the skills that are essential to effective functioning in these settings and thereby provide guidance to the applied epidemiology training programs.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of the applied epidemiologist in armed conflict

McDonnell

Sunderland

Bellows

et al. 2004

Emerg Themes Epidemiol

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“…Some authors argue that civilian casualties constitute a pressing humanitarian issue 9 10 and advocate describing the epidemiology of the issue to address it with a public health approach 11 12…”

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Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study

Meddings

O’Connor

1999

BMJ

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“…The war in Bosnia lasted approximately 3 and 1/2 years, and although military casualties were high on all sides (6), an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 people were killed and 200,000 were wounded (7), by far the greatest impact of the fighting was on civilians. It is estimated that >1.3 million Bosnians were displaced within the country, more than 800 000 became refugees to other nations, and up to one quarter of 1 million were killed (6), 90% of whom were civilian (8). These long-term traumatic and stressful experiences leave an imprint upon people's inner lives and take a long time to heal (4).…”

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Psychological consequences of war-traumatized children and adolescents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hasanović

2011

AMA

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²Research into the psychosocial consequences of war and political violence on children's and adolescent's developmental wellbeing has shown a steady increase over the last decades. Numerous studies, from differing cultures in different war zones around the world, have documented the effect on children of exposure to war atrocities. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) 1992-1995, at the end of 20 th century found the citizens of BH and the world mental health professionals and scientists unprepared to deal with the adverse consequences for the entire BH population and especially for its most vulnerable part, children and adolescents, to be able to take adequate measures of sufficient mental health care to prevent devastating consequences of severe multiple traumas. Only a few research studies were done during and after this war in BH, the United States, Sweden, Norway, the UK and Germany focusing on the relationship between war trauma, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, suicidal thoughts, acculturation, repatriation, poverty, behavioral problems, school adjustment, relational problems of children and their mothers after deployment of war PTSD veterans and war prisoners, and treatment of psychological consequences in examined children and adolescents from BH. The major part of this paper reviewed available literature on Medline that reported national and international studies which investigated the psychological consequences of war on BH children and adolescents and several papers about children and adolescents from Srebrenica, that were not indexed on Medline, but showed very crucial results for the issue described.

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Public health, epidemiology and war

Cited by 58 publications

References 9 publications

The role of the applied epidemiologist in armed conflict

The role of the applied epidemiologist in armed conflict

Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study

Psychological consequences of war-traumatized children and adolescents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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