Open AccessEvidence in Support of Foster Care During Acute Refugee Crises
Author(s) -
Ann Duerr,
Samuel F. Posner,
Mark Gilbert
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.93.11.1904
Subject(s) - refugee , malnutrition , medicine , logistic regression , marital status , foster care , demography , environmental health , political science , population , nursing , sociology , law , pathology
The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) policy encourages foster care during refugee emergencies. We examined evidence to support this policy using data from the 1994 Rwandan refugee crisis.