Population-Based Health Access Assessment for Syrian Refugees in Non-Camp Settings Throughout Jordan

Status:	Published 1 December 2013 - 12 December 2013
Funded
Methodology:	Planned, widgets.needs_assessment.status.5
Methodology description:	The IMC Health Access Assessment followed a qualitative, cross-sectional, partially-randomized, cluster survey model.
Sampling:	Random
Sampling size:	600
Target population:	Displaced - Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Urban / Rural Population
Target settlement:	Individual accommodation (not hosted)
Measurement:	Household, Individual

Population-Based Health Access Assessment for Syrian Refugees in Non-Camp Settings Throughout Jordan

Status:	Published 1 December 2013 - 12 December 2013
Funded
Methodology:	Direct Observation, Individual key informant interviews
Methodology description:	The IMC Health Access Assessment followed a qualitative, cross-sectional, partially-randomized, cluster survey model.
Sampling:	Random
Sampling size:	600
Target population:	Displaced - Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Urban / Rural Population
Target settlement:	Individual accommodation (not hosted)
Measurement:	Household, Individual

To conduct a population-based qualitative assessment using focus groups and in-depth interviews with Syrian refugees living in a non-camp setting in Jordan, in order to better understand the current disease profile of the population, identify major barriers preventing them from accessing existing services, and determine any significant gaps in these services.

Needs

Which of these revelations are the most significant and require the most urgent attention depends on each relief organization/agency’s mandate. That said, a number of these themes stand out as particularly crosscutting, referenced consistently and emphatically by Assessment participants of diverse backgrounds in Syria and disparate experiences as refugees in Jordan. This ubiquity suggests that these themes warrant further investigation and/or intervention.

Main Findings

The most frequently mentioned concern (by a large margin) was the lack of availability medication, a recurrent theme across multiple code families. The most frequently mentioned source of healthcare (consultations and medication) was the Jordanian Ministry of Health (MoH). The other most frequently mentioned barriers both pertained to limitations on physical access to facilities: distance to a medical facility and cost of transport to get there. The only positive aspect of the current healthcare situation to figure into the overall top-10 code ranking was availability of vaccinations for children.