Abstract
Background: Internally displaced people in Iraq are still suffering because the solutions were not radical. This study aims to assess the impact of displacement on the socio-economic, well-being, and mental health status of internally displaced families in Anbar province, Iraq.
 Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 3rd to 17th April 2017. Data was collected using a universal sampling technique. A total of 355 households interviewed with a modified questionnaire consisting of 26 close-ended questions related to the socio-economic, demographic, wellbeing, and mental health characteristics.
 Results: At the time of the study, about 55.5% of the surveyed displaced families have not returned home yet. Big families of more than seven members (59.4%) and residency in renting houses (82.8%) are two variables that may contribute to an economic burden. Mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety spread among 62.3% of surveyed families. Significant rise in chronic diseases from 64 (18.0%) cases before displacement to 102 cases (28.7%) after displacement. Few of them (21.6%) were able to access public health services. People who experienced violence are verbally abused at 52.1%. Lack of services (50.3%), the inability to repair the destroyed houses (26.4%), and the loss of houses due to complete destruction (23.3%) were the significant factors that inhibited families to return home back.
 Conclusion: Our findings indicate the need for urgent and strategic plans to improve the quality of logistics, health, and infrastructure services to motivate the displaced families to return back to their homes.
Highlights
Displaced people (IDPs) in Iraq are still suffering because the solutions were not radical
The vast majority (294, 82.8%) of families accommodated in a rental house with a fixed income (221, 62.2%); 66.8% did not receive assistance
Results of this study showed a significant increase in the number of chronic disease and the mental health disorders among the parents after the displacement compares to the situation before
Summary
Displaced people (IDPs) in Iraq are still suffering because the solutions were not radical. This study aims to assess the impact of displacement on the socio-economic, wellbeing and mental health status of internally displaced (ID) families in Anbar province, Iraq. The province was the most affected region because of longlasting occupation and the subsequent destructions of all the private and public facilities, as well as killing many of its youth and displacement of tens of thousands of families. The internally displaced people (IDPs) have resorted to unqualified. Public Domain Dedication waiver (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. This study aimed to assess the impact of displacement on the socio-economic, wellbeing and the mental health status of the displaced families in Anbar province, Iraq
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