Health Care Workers in the setting of the "Arab Spring": a scoping review for the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Health Care Workers in Conflict Areas" emerged as one of the priority themes for a Lancet Commission addressing health in conflict. The objective of our study was to conduct a scoping review on health workers in the setting of the Syrian conflict, addressing four topics of interest: violence against health care workers, education, practicing in conflict setting, and migration.

Methods

Considering the likelihood of scarcity of data, we broadened the scope of the scoping review to include indirect evidence on health care workers from other countries affected by the "Arab Spring". We electronically searched six electronic databases. We conducted descriptive analysis of the general characteristics of the included papers. We also used the results of this scoping revie

SUBMITTER: Bou-Karroum L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6207103 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature