Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Electronic Literature Search in Scientific Databases
2.2. Selection and Inclusion Criteria
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- Persecution by ISIS and actual situation of the Yezidi community;
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- Gender-specific aspects of the persecution and its consequences;
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- (Mental) Health of the affected women;
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- Cultural–historical and religious context.
2.3. Gray Literature
2.4. Handsearching
3. Results
3.1. Persecution by ISIS and Actual Situation of the Yezidi Community
3.2. Gender-Specific Aspects
3.3. (Health and) Mental Health of Yezidi Women
3.4. Cultural–Historical and Religious Context
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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07/11/2018 | PUBMED | No restrictions | Yezidi OR Yazidi OR Ezidi | in title/abstract | 16 |
07/11/2018 | PUBMED | Since 2014 | Yezidi OR Yazidi OR Ezidi AND mental | in title/abstract | 10 |
08/11/2018 | SCHOLAR | No restrictions | Yezidi OR Yazidi OR Ezidi | in title/abstract, excluding citations and patents | 158 |
08/11/2018 | DIMDI (DATAH & AMIS) | No restrictions | Yezidi OR Yazidi OR Ezidi | no restrictions | 0 |
08/11/2018 | Cochrane Library | No restrictions | Yezidi OR Yazidi OR Ezidi | in title/abstract/keyword | 0 |
Persecution by ISIS and actual situation of the Yezidi community | |
Systematic literature search | |
Research article | 5 |
Book/Chapter | 1 |
Working paper | 1 |
Additional handsearch | |
Book/Chapter | 1 |
Research article | 1 |
Graduate works | 1 |
Gray literature | |
Reports | 1 |
Newspaper article | 5 |
Gender-specific aspects of the persecution and their consequences | |
Systematic literature search | |
Research article | 9 |
Graduate works | 1 |
Comment | 1 |
Gray literature | |
Report | 1 |
Additional handsearch | |
Research article | 3 |
Book/Chapter | 1 |
Gray literature | |
Book/Chapter | 4 |
Research article | 1 |
Reports | 2 |
Graduate works | 1 |
Working paper | 1 |
(Mental) Health of the affected women | |
Systematic literature search | |
Reviews | 3 |
Research article | 12 |
Graduate works | 1 |
Gray literature | |
Working paper | 1 |
Additional handsearch | |
Research article | 2 |
Gray literature | |
Interview | 1 |
Newspaper article | 1 |
Cultural–historical and religious context | |
Systematic literature search | |
Research article | 13 |
Books | 10 |
Graduate works | 3 |
Case reports | 1 |
Gray literature | |
Congress contribution | 1 |
Additional handsearch | |
Books | 5 |
Gray literature | |
Report | 1 |
Newspaper article | 1 |
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Jäger, P.; Rammelt, C.; Ott, N.; Brand, A. Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132435
Jäger P, Rammelt C, Ott N, Brand A. Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(13):2435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132435
Chicago/Turabian StyleJäger, Pia, Claudia Rammelt, Notburga Ott, and Angela Brand. 2019. "Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 13: 2435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132435
APA StyleJäger, P., Rammelt, C., Ott, N., & Brand, A. (2019). Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(13), 2435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132435