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The impact of mental health and psychosocial support programmes for populations affected by humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review protocol

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Bangpan, Mukdarut, Lambert, Felix, Chiumento, Anna, Dickson, Kelly·2016

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This protocol outlines plans for conducting a mixed-methods systematic review on the impact of mental health and psychosocial support programmes in humanitarian emergencies. It outlines the reasons for the review questions, how the review will be conducted, plans for critical appraisal of included studies and methods of synthesis. This review will identify studies by conducting a bibliographic search of 12 databases and will also draw on the grey literature by hand searching of more than 25 topic-specific websites, as well as contacting experts in the field. This review is commissioned under the Humanitarian Evidence Programme, a UK Aid-funded partnership between Oxfam and the Feinstein International Center that aims to improve humanitarian policy and practice.

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Authors
Bangpan, M., Lambert, F., Chiumento, A., & Dickson, K.
Affiliations
Department for International Development (GB)
Publisher
Oxfam
Published
2016-04-13
OpenAlex
W2336000255
Cited by
30
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Issue Lab (Candid) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Government of the United Kingdom
  • International Development Research Centre
  • Department for International Development
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
mental health programs, psychosocial support, humanitarian crisis, humanitarian aid, program impact, disaster mental health, humanitarian policy

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