Paper details
| Paper authors | Sneha Krishnan, Ayesha Kadir |
| In panel on | Health Systems Resilience in response to mass displacement, conflict, and disasters |
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Abstract
Armed conflict affects children in a range of ways, with lifelong effects. There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to protect children affected by conflict. This study uses a child rights approach to review the effects of armed conflict on children and caregivers and interventions to mitigate and respond to harms.
We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Global Health and websites using keywords. The searches were run in September 2022 and included original research studies published since January 1, 2012. No restrictions were made for language or geographical location. Refer study CRD42022356007 for study protocol.
After removing duplicates, 1505 records were retrieved from the peer-reviewed literature databases and 456 records from the Grey literature searches. A total of 286 records met criteria for full text review. This systematic review will provide an important contribution to our understanding of recent changes in how conflict impacts children and caregivers and interventions that work to protect and promote their health and wellbeing. Particular attention will be placed on newborns, children of different age groups, children with disabilities, children associated with armed forces and armed groups, and unaccompanied children. The evidence for interventions across different sectors will be presented, including mental health, sexual and reproductive health, protection, and shelter. The review support efforts to tackle these systemic issues in an informed manner.
The study protocol is published here: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=356007
