title: Outreach to internally displaced persons in Bogotá, Colombia: challenges and potential solutions.
abstract: Programs that provide services for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia, South America face challenges when attempting to engage and enroll the target population of forced migrants they intend to serve. Innovative multi-strategy outreach approaches must be used in order to effectively seek, recruit, provide services, monitor, and retain IDPs.
authors.affiliation: Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center); University of Miami Miller School of Medicine ; Miami, FL USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shultz
authors.affiliation: Program in Clinical and Health Psychology; School of Social Sciences; Universidad de Los Andes ; Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Natalia Muñoz
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Program in Public Health; Schools of Medicine and Government; Universidad de Los Andes ; Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Ángela Milena Gómez
authors.initials: ÁM
authors.lastname: Ceballos
authors.affiliation: Program in Public Health; Schools of Medicine and Government; Universidad de Los Andes ; Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Luis Jorge Hernandez
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Florez
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Mental Health; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; London, UK.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Araya
authors.affiliation: Teachers College and Department of Psychiatry; Columbia University & The New York State Psychiatric Institute ; New York, NY USA.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verdeli
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital ; Miami, FL USA.
authors.forename: Zelde
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Espinel
authors.affiliation: Hospital Centro Oriente ; Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Sandra Patricia Cipagauta
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bolivar
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology; Columbia University; New York, NY USA; Trauma and PTSD Program; Columbia University; New York, NY USA; Department of Psychiatry; The New York State Psychiatric Institute; New York, NY USA.
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Neria
keywords: complex emergency; forced displacement; forced migration; humanitarian crisis; internal displacement; internally displaced persons; outreach; victims of armed conflict