COVID-19 and its prevention in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Somalia: impact on livelihood, food security and mental health

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRed Sea Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationIGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary Schoolen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSaint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAmoud Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationQueen's University Belfasten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Challenges Research Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen_US
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countrySomaliaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SOen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSiobhan Mor: 0000-0003-0121-2016en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14878-zen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1471-2458en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalBMC Public Healthen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriCOVID19en_US
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume22en_US
dc.contributor.authorMumin, F.I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWesonga, F.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHanduleh, J.I.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, R.G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMor, Siobhan M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-23T12:17:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-12-23T12:17:13Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126291en_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 and its prevention in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Somalia: impact on livelihood, food security and mental healthen_US
dcterms.abstractBackground Somalia has over 2.6 million internally displaced people (IDP) that depend on daily wages and humanitarian assistance for their livelihoods. This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods, food security and mental health of Somalia’s IDPs. Methods A questionnaire was conducted with “breadwinners” (n = 585) residing in 15 randomly selected IDP camps. Mental health was assessed using the 5-item World Health Organization Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Multivariable regression was used to explore the effect of depressive symptoms on soap use and ability to pay for food/medicine/rent. Results Knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms, transmission and prevention was relatively high, however only 55% reported using soap for hand washing. Around one third perceived that prohibition of public gatherings had negatively impacted weekly earnings. Participants reported difficulty buying food (85%), medicine (82%) and paying rent (51%) because of COVID-19. The majority were assessed as having low wellbeing and high depressive symptoms (mean WHO-5 = 44.2/100; mean PHQ-9 = 18.6/27), with most (74%) indicating that they felt worse than before the pandemic. Compared to people with low depressive symptoms, people with high depressive symptoms were less likely to use soap (aOR = 0.3, 95% CI = 0.2, 0.7; P < 0.001) and more likely to report difficulty buying food (aOR = 2.2; 95% CI = 1.1, 4.3; P = 0.02). Conclusion COVID-19 and associated restrictions have negatively impacted Somalia’s internally displaced population. Livelihood and mental health support is urgently needed in the recovery phase of the pandemic and should be factored into future pandemic planning.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-12-22en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMumin, F.I., Wesonga, F.D., Handuleh, J.I.M., White, R.G. and Mor, S.M. 2022. COVID-19 and its prevention in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Somalia: impact on livelihood, food security and mental health. BMC Public Health 22(1): 2414.en_US
dcterms.extent2414en_US
dcterms.issued2022-12-22en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en_US
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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