The long-term health consequences of genocide: developing GESQUQ - a genocide studies checklist.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genocide is an atrocity that seeks to destroy whole populations, leaving empty countries, empty spaces and empty memories, but also a large health burden among survivors is enormous. We propose a genocide reporting checklist to encourage consistent high quality in studies designed to provide robust and reliable data on the long term impact of genocide.

Methods

An interdisciplinary (Public Health, epidemiology, psychiatry, medicine, sociology, genocide studies) and international working committee of experts from Germany, Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom used an iterative consensus process to develop a genocide studies checklist for studies of the long term health consequences.

Results

We created a list of eight domains (A Ethical approval, B

SUBMITTER: Lindert J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6460659 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature