Data from: Children in the Syrian civil war: the familial, educational, and public health impact of ongoing violence

The Syrian civil war since 2011 has led to one of the most complex humanitarian emergencies in history. The objective of this study was to document the impact of the conflict on the familial, educational, and public health state of Syrian children.
A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in May 2015. Health care workers visited families with a prospectively designed data sheet in 4 Northern Syrian governorates.
The 1001 children included in this study originated from Aleppo (41%), Idleb (36%), Hamah (15%), and Lattakia (8%). The children’s median age was 6 years (range, 0-15 years; interquartile range, 3-11 years), and 61% were boys. Almost 20% of the children were internally displaced, and 5% had deceased or missing parents. Children lacked access to safe drinking water (15%), appropriate sanitation (23%), healthy nutrition (16%), and pediatric health care providers (64%). Vaccination was inadequate in 72%. More than half of school-aged children had no access to education. Children in Idleb and Lattakia were at greater risk of having unmet public health needs. Younger children were at greater risk of having an incomplete vaccination state.
After 4 years of civil war in Syria, children have lost parents, live in substandard life quality circumstances, and are at risk for outbreaks because of worsening vaccination states and insufficient availability of health care providers.

2011年以来的叙利亚内战已然酿成了人类历史上最为复杂的人道主义危机之一。本研究旨在记录这场冲突对叙利亚儿童的家庭状况、教育状态以及公共健康水平所造成的影响。
本研究于2015年5月开展了一项横断面观察性研究。医疗工作者携预先设计好的数据采集表，前往叙利亚北部4个省份的家庭开展调研。
本次研究纳入的1001名儿童分别来自阿勒颇（Aleppo，41%）、伊德利卜（Idleb，36%）、哈马（Hamah，15%）以及拉塔基亚（Lattakia，8%）。这些儿童的年龄中位数为6岁（年龄范围0~15岁；四分位间距3~11岁），其中男性占比61%。近20%的儿童为国内流离失所者，另有5%的儿童父母已故或失踪。
儿童群体存在安全饮用水获取不足（15%）、卫生设施不达标（23%）、健康营养供给匮乏（16%）以及儿科医护人员短缺（64%）的问题。疫苗接种不充分的比例达72%。半数以上学龄儿童无法接受正规教育。伊德利卜与拉塔基亚地区的儿童面临未被满足的公共卫生需求的风险更高。低龄儿童则更易出现疫苗接种不完全的情况。
在叙利亚内战持续四年之后，当地儿童或已痛失双亲，生活在低劣的生活质量环境之中，且由于疫苗接种状况恶化、医护人员供给不足，他们面临传染病暴发的风险。