Health Policy and Systems Responses to Forced Migration
Forced migration has yet to be sufficiently addressed from the perspective of health policy and systems research, resulting in limited knowledge on system‐level interventions and policies to improve the health of forced migrants. The contributions within
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Health Policy and Systems Responses to Forced Migration
Kayvan Bozorgmehr • Bayard Roberts Oliver Razum • Louise Biddle Editors
Health Policy and Systems Responses to Forced Migration
Editors Kayvan Bozorgmehr Department of Population Medicine and Health Services Research School of Public Health Bielefeld University Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Department of General Practice and Health Services Research University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Oliver Razum Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health School of Public Health Bielefeld University Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Bayard Roberts Department of Health Services Research and Policy London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK Louise Biddle Department of General Practice and Health Services Research University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Preface
Forced migration is on the increase, and it poses challenges to the health systems of most countries. The health of forced migrants has, to date, mostly been analysed with a focus on specific conditions, most notably infectious diseases and mental health. In this book, we attempt to fill a gap by applying a health policy and systems perspective on forced migration to identify areas of interaction. We determine relationships between elements of health systems and health needs of displaced populations, analyse tensions between policy areas and se
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