Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Six rapid assessments of alcohol and other substance use in populations displaced by conflict. | Ezard et al. Conflict and Health 2011 5 1 http content 5 1 1 CONFLICT AND HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Six rapid assessments of alcohol and other substance use in populations displaced by conflict I I I c -7 s k .r-J 1 c I k k- . r I m Dll k k3 c hỉl k ft r Cl r J 4 A Ỉ I Z S. k k I I5 IV ỉ Z S. k I Ip A I ft I I k 6 Nadine tzard tana Oppenheimer Ann Burton Marian scrniperoora David Macaonaia Moruf Adelekan Abandokoth Sakarati7 Mark van Ommeren8 Abstract Background Substance use among populations displaced by conflict is a neglected area of public health. Alcohol khat benzodiazepine opiate and other substance use have been documented among a range of displaced populations with wide-reaching health and social impacts. Changing agendas in humanitarian response-including increased prominence of mental health and chronic illness-have so far failed to be translated into meaningful interventions for substance use. Methods Stud ies were conducted from 2006 to 2008 in six different settings of protracted displacement three in Africa Kenya Liberia northern Uganda and three in Asia Iran Pakistan and Thailand . We used intervention-oriented qualitative Rapid Assessment and Response methods adapted from two decades of experience among non-displaced populations. The main sources of data were individual and group interviews conducted with a culturally representative non-probabilistic sample of community members and service providers. Results Widespread use of alcohol particularly artisanally-produced alcohol in Kenya Liberia Uganda and Thailand and opiates in Iran and Pakistan was believed by participants to be linked to a range of health social and protection problems including illness injury intentional and unintentional gender-based violence risky behaviour for HIV and other sexually transmitted infection and blood-borne virus transmission as well as detrimental effects to household economy. Displacement experiences including dispossession livelihood
