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Submission Number: 94
Submission ID: 884
Submission UUID: 74cde426-e1ce-44bf-8a9d-acafa387e0b7
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Tue, 04/29/2025 - 20:25
Completed: Tue, 04/29/2025 - 21:05
Changed: Mon, 07/28/2025 - 11:48
Remote IP address: 102.216.203.227
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Ms.
Chukwuemerie
Chimbuzo
University of lagos
Chimbuzo Chukwuemerie is a development professional with a background in social work and project management. She has led and supported initiatives across Nigeria focused on poverty reduction, education access, health, and women’s and youth empowerment. She is passionate about forced displacement, community development, gender equality, and social determinants of health and hopes to influence policy and programs for sustainable development in Africa. Chimbuzo is a member of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASOW) and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in social work.
Yes
Prof.
Adejoh
Samuel
Department of Social Work, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. Affiliations: University of Free State, South Africa; Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Centre of Excellence, University of Lagos, Lagos.
Professor Samuel Ojima Adejoh is a trained social scientist with a strong academic and research background in sociology and social work. My work integrates sociological theories and social work methodologies to explore and address pressing social problems in Nigerian society. I am particularly interested in the intersection of health, illness, social environment. Prof. Adejoh’s research has the following main foci. Medical sociology and medical social work, using sociological and social work concepts such as family and social support, caregiving to understand the management of non-communicable diseases particularly diabetes and cancer. Adejoh also focuses on social problems including alcohol and drug abuse and rehabilitation; environment and social safeguard; fear of crime and health status of urban residents; health and mental health of victims of forced migration and research methods. Finally, maternal and child health issues in Nigeria and research methods.
No
Abstract
Urban Integration Challenges and Coping Strategies of IDPs: A Case Study from Lagos, Nigeria
THEME 2: Social Work and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SUB 2.3 Work with special and vulnerable populations (children, families, women, older persons, LGBTQIA+ etc).
Poster Presentation
Internal displacement has led to an influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into Lagos, where they face housing, livelihood, cultural adaptation, and social exclusion challenges. This study examined the integration challenges and coping strategies of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Epe, Lagos State. A descriptive study was conducted guided by the push-pull, social capital, and resilience theories. Data were collected through in-depth and key informant interviews with 24 participants between 21st February and March 2, 2025. Snowball and convenience sampling were used in this study. Findings indicate that IDPs face frequent rent hikes, eviction threats, unstable informal work, and limited healthcare access. The study further identified that non-recognition and neglect from government relief programs and exclusion from political and social programs impact the well-being of IDPs. IDPs relied on social networks for financial and food assistance, occasional religious support, and self-employment in small-scale businesses and farming as some of the adopted coping mechanisms. Other coping strategies include language adaptation by learning Yoruba or pidgin English, relying on herbal medicine, and informal care from nurses when healthcare is inaccessible. Key informants stressed the need for inclusive policies involving local government leaders and further research on the underlying historical and ethnic tensions that impact the IDP integration across Nigeria. To enhance IDPs' integration and contribute to the “leave no one behind” agenda of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, this study recommends that social workers advocate for an international binding framework that ensures nations support the long-term stability and resilience of IDPs. Social work interventions should include policy advocacy, strengthening IDP support systems, development of social work internal displacement models, updated social work education, indigenous practice approaches, and social assistance programs that assist urban IDPs.
Keywords: Internally Displaced Persons, urban integration, integration challenges, resilience, social work interventions, Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords: Internally Displaced Persons, urban integration, integration challenges, resilience, social work interventions, Sustainable Development Goals
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Zurina
Abdulla
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Emmi
Muleya
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted