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Submission Number: 102
Submission ID: 896
Submission UUID: 455f7f11-a6c3-4b55-8ce6-132915112e7a
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Wed, 04/30/2025 - 07:22
Completed: Wed, 04/30/2025 - 07:44
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Remote IP address: 102.216.203.227
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Presenters
Ms.
Chukwuemerie
Chimbuzo
University of lagos, akoka, nigeria
Chimbuzo Chukwuemerie is a social work master's student with experience in leading and supporting 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 develop sustainable solutions for international development. Chimbuzo is a member of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASOW) and holds certifications in health research ethics and project management. Her career goal is to influence policy and drive inclusive, sustainable development in Africa.
Yes
Prof.
Adejoh
Samuel
University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria; University of Free State, South Africa.
Prof. Samuel Ojima Adejoh is a trained Sociologist and Social Work Educator with a focus on using sociological methods and analyses to identify the causes and consequences of social problems in Nigerian society. His areas of interest are researching the social structure and social determinants of human health and illnesses, including research on social factors in the management of chronic illnesses; alcohol and drugs misuse; social safeguards; fear of crime and health status; the health context of victims of forced migration; medical social work; and research methods. Prof. Adejoh is the current head of the social work department at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.
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).
Oral 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
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