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标题：The mental health of populations directly and indirectly exposed to violent conflict in Indonesia
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作者：Sherly S Turnip ; Ole Klungsøyr ; Edvard Hauff 等
期刊名称：Conflict and Health
印刷版ISSN：1752-1505
电子版ISSN：1752-1505
出版年度：2010
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：14
DOI：10.1186/1752-1505-4-14
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Large disasters affect people who live both near and far from the areas in which they occur. The mental health impact is expected to be similar to a ripple effect, where the risk of mental health consequences generally decreases with increasing distance from the disaster center. However, we have not been able to identify studies of the ripple effect of man-made disaster on mental health in low-income countries. The objective was to examine the hypothesis of a ripple effect on the mental health consequences in populations exposed to man-made disasters in a developing country context, through a comparison of two different populations living in different proximities from the center of disaster in Mollucas. Cross-sectional longitudinal data were collected from 510 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in Ambon, who were directly exposed to the violence, and non-IDPs living in remote villages in Mollucas, Indonesia, who had never been directly exposed to violence in Mollucas. Data were collected during home visits and statistical comparisons were conducted by using chi square tests, t-test and logistic regression. There was significantly more psychological distress
关键词：Psychological Distress ; Traumatic Experience ; Ripple Effect ; Asset Ownership ; Violent Conflict