Conflict driven displacement and child health: Evidence based on mother's nationality from Jordan Population and Family Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Armed conflicts result in greater vulnerability and socioeconomic inequality of populations besides risking their health and well-being. Conflict intensifies the health needs and risks the life and well-being of individuals at large through displacement. Therefore, our study aims to apprise the interventions to which children under-five living in Jordan are especially at risk for acute respiratory infections, diarrhea, and fever in the conflict circumstances.

Materials and methods

Secondary data analysis is used in the present study. We used a weighted sample of around 9650 children from Jordan Population and Family Health Survey (JPFHS), 2017-18. Bivariate analysis including prevalence rates were used to examine the distribution of socio-demographic characteris

SUBMITTER: Malik MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423276 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature