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0000-0002-1878-8145
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
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Wellesley College
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Public Health and Policy
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Nottingham Trent University
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Publications
Research challenges in evaluating gender-based violence response services in a refugee camp
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-10-2020
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2015
Disability, violence, and mental health among Somali refugee women in a humanitarian setting
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1017/GMH.2020.23
Abstract: There is limited evidence on the relationship between disability, experiences of gender-based violence (GBV), and mental health among refugee women in humanitarian contexts. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of baseline data ( n = 209) collected from women enrolled in a cohort study of refugee women accessing GBV response services in the Dadaab refugee c s in Kenya. Women were surveyed about GBV experiences (past 12 months, before the last 12 months, before arriving in the refugee c s), functional disability status, and mental health (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress), and we explored the inter-relationship of these factors. Among women accessing GBV response services, 44% reported a disability. A higher proportion of women with a disability (69%) reported a past-year experience of physical intimate partner violence and/or physical or sexual non-partner violence, compared to women without a disability (54%). A higher proportion of women with a disability (32%) experienced non-partner physical or sexual violence before arriving in the c compared to women without a disability (16%). Disability was associated with higher scores for depression (1.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.54–3.33), PTSD (2.26, 95% CI 0.03–4.49), and anxiety (1.54, 95% CI 0.13–2.95) after adjusting for age, length of enc ment, partner status, number of children, and GBV indicators. A large proportion of refugee women seeking GBV response services have disabilities, and refugee women with a disability are at high risk of poor mental health. This research highlights the need for mental health and disability screening within GBV response programming.
Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 04-11-2020
Abstract: In conflict-affected settings, women and girls are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV). GBV is associated with poor long-term mental health such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding the interaction between current violence and past conflict-related violence with ongoing mental health is essential for improving mental health service provision in refugee c s. Using data collected from 209 women attending GBV case management centres in the Dadaab refugee c s, Kenya, we grouped women by recent experience of GBV using latent class analysis and modelled the relationship between the groups and symptomatic scores for anxiety, depression and PTSD using linear regression. Women with past-year experience of intimate partner violence alone may have a higher risk of depression than women with past-year experience of non-partner violence alone (Coef. 1.68, 95% CI 0.25 to 3.11). Conflict-related violence was an important risk factor for poor mental health among women who accessed GBV services, despite time since occurrence (average time in c was 11.5 years) and even for those with a past-year experience of GBV (Anxiety: 3.48, 1.85–5.10 Depression: 2.26, 0.51–4.02 PTSD: 6.83, 4.21–9.44). Refugee women who experienced past-year intimate partner violence or conflict-related violence may be at increased risk of depression, anxiety or PTSD. Service providers should be aware that compared to the general refugee population, women who have experienced violence may require additional psychological support and recognise the enduring impact of violence that occurred before, during and after periods of conflict and tailor outreach and treatment services accordingly.
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Related Organisations
The London School Of Economics And Political Science
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine Faculty Of Public Health And Policy
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Nottingham Trent University
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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