COVID-19 pandemic in shelters for asylum seekers: a scoping review of preventive measures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate which measures are recommended by guidelines on prevention and management of infectious disease outbreaks in refugee shelters, how outbreaks have been dealt with in these facilities in the past and how measures taken compare with the recommendations identified in the literature.

Design, data sources and eligibility criteria

The review comprised German and English language literature on refugees residing in shelters located in high-income countries, published between 1990 and 2021. We searched PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science.

Data extraction and synthesis

We extracted information concerning the characteristics of the setting and the study population, measures for outbreak prevention and reported difficulties with implementing these measures.

SUBMITTER: Fuhrer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10098256 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature