Environmental Displacement and Mental Well-Being in Banjarnegara, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residential moves (displacement) owing to climate- and weather-related disasters may significantly impact mental health. Despite the growing risk from climate change, health impacts of environmental-mobility remain understudied.

Objectives

We assessed the effects of displacement on the association between landslides and changes in perceived mental well-being in Banjarnegara, Indonesia. We also investigated whether sociodemographics (age, sex, level of education, household-level income, or employment in agriculture) and landslide characteristics (number and severity of landslides) were associated with differing odds of relocation after experiencing landslides.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed 420 individuals who experienced landslides betwe

SUBMITTER: Burrows K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575071 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature