Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies Volume 5 Nubian Women Article 8 2018 The Effects of Relocation on Nubian Women's Health Hanna Paesler
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[email protected]. 99 The Effects of Relocation on Nubian Women’s Health Hanna Paesler “[U]prooting or resettling people is a dramatic human event that creates stress, produces stress reaction, and requires the use of strategies to cope with a wide range of pressures. [...F]orced migration or resettlement constitutes an abrupt form of social change. It is disrup- tive, occasionally tragic, and in many cases generates irreversible problems.”1 Introduction Community relocation schemes have become a worldwide phenom- enon. This quote shows their dramatic effects and some of its prob- lems.