Handbook of refugee health : for healthcare professionals and humanitarians providing care to forced migrants / editors, Miriam Orcutt, Clare Shortall, Sarah Walpole, Aula Abbara, Sylvia Garry and Rita Issa ; senior editors, Alimuddin Zumla and Ibrahim Abubakar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orcutt, Miriam, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Medical care.

Refugees.

Refugees--Health and hygiene.

Health Services--standards.

Needs Assessment.

Relief Work--standards.

Transients and Migrants.

Vulnerable Populations.

Medical Subjects:

Refugees.

Health Services--standards.

Needs Assessment.

Relief Work--standards.

Transients and Migrants.

Vulnerable Populations.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Dr Miriam Orcutt (MBBS, MSc), Lead Editor, is a Senior Research Fellow in Forced Migration and Health at the Institute for Global Health, University College London, a humanitarian consultant, and trained physician. Dr Clare Shortall (BSc MBBS MRCPCH DMCC DTMH MSc) is a Health Adviser for Premir̈e Urgence Internationale (PUI), France. Dr Sarah Walpole (BSc, MBChB, MRCP, PG Cert, MSc(Res), DTM&H) is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine in the North East of England Deanery. Dr Aula Abbara MBBS DTMH MD(Res) is a consultant in Infectious Diseases/ General Internal Medicine at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London and an Honorary Researcher at Imperial College. Dr Sylvia Garry (BA BMBCh MRCPCH DTMH MSc (PH) MFPH) is a Public Health Registrar in North London in the National Health Service (NHS). Dr Rita Issa BSc MBBS DTMPH is an Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice in London. Sir Professor Alimuddin Zumla GCDS., MD., MSc., PhD., FRCP(Lond)., FRCP(Edin)., FRCPath., FAAS.,FRSB., is Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health in the Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London; and is Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He serves as visiting Professor at several institutions in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (MBBS, DPH, MSc, PhD, FFPH, FRCPE, FRCP.,FMedSci) is Director of the University College London Institute for Global Health (IGH) and Chair of Lancet Migration, and previously of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Contents:

The global reality : forced migration and health

International standards, humanitarian principles and forced migration

Refugee health needs and response

Health needs assessments in the context of forced displacement

Mainstreaming refugee health

Safeguarding and supporting vulnerable groups

The humanitarian practitioner

Emergency Scenarios

Communicable diseases

Mental health and psychosocial support

Non-communicable diseases

Palliative care

Paediatrics

Sexual and reproductive health

Care of survivors of torture, gender-based violence and trafficking.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Handbook of refugee health.

ISBN:

9780429464874

0429464878

9780429876936

0429876939

9780429876929

0429876920

9780429876943

0429876947

Publisher Number:

99989259529

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.