Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory

Batniji, Rajaie; Rabaia, Yoke; Nguyen‐Gillham, Viet; Giacaman, Rita; Sarraj, Eyad El; Punamäki, Raija‐Leena; Saab, Hana; Boyce, William

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60110-0

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“…Palestinian culture has a large emphasis on gender roles, thus it is important to take note of the participating camps which had mixed sex attendance, and others had groups for each sex. Palestinian women are often seen to be the primary caregivers; generally they adopt the role of the housewife, whereas men are traditionally the bread winners of the family [4]. Our results found that sex had no effect on our study's results [14], which suggests that despite the clear gender roles set in Palestinian culture, there is no effect of it in children's emotional and cognitive functioning when considering summer camp attendance.…”

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“…The prohibition of right of movement is reinforced through Israeli military incursions and restrictions, inducing a severe limitation on fuel, water and electricity supplies, as well as sanitation issues. Consequently, Palestinians suffer from one of the world's most severe water shortages [4]. The wall is accompanied by 600 checkpoints in the West Bank which also inhibit Palestinians' right of movement to visit loved ones, work, educational institutions, Holy sites and health-care facilities [5].…”

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“…Having repeated exposure to factors relating to a traumatic experience will reinforce feelings of fear or distress. For example, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme has stated that continued exposure to sonic booms from Israeli air force jets has presented symptoms similar to PTSD in Gazan Palestinians including feelings of fear, loss of concentration and appetite, bedwetting and stomach aches [4]. Being exposed to these factors repeatedly is detrimental to one's wellbeing; the living environment in the oPT helps to reinforce this exposure through house incursions and demolitions, military attacks, checkpoints and the separation wall.…”

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“…For example, when ambulances cannot get to patients due to roadblocks or checkpoints, members of the community will transport the patients [4]. This support provides families with coping mechanisms and becomes a protective factor that safeguards the traumatic experience from individuals [20].…”

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“…It has been found that youth, in particular, benefit from a strong network of support by peers and family, reinforced through schools and clubs [4]. This helps them keep a sense of hope for the future, which in turn keeps them from developing negative appraisals of the world, a tendency in patients of mental health problems like PTSD [23].…”

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Well‐being and pressures of daily life in two West Bank villages—Exploring context and history

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Interest in the well-being of people exposed to long-term violence and conflict has tended to focus on measurable effects of acute traumatic events, while attention to the pressures of their daily living context is relatively new. Using qualitative and quantitative data from a 2005 survey of all female family caretakers in 2 neighbouring Israeli-occupied West Bank villages (n = 820), we explored the associations of demographic, health-related and contextual factors with reported pressures and WHO-5 well-being index scores. The final model explained 17.8% of the variance with negative associations between health-related factors ("back-aches," "stomach aches" "psychological illness in the family") and family-related factors ("male head of household aggressive", "male head of household physically violent") and the WHO-5 well-being index scores. We found positive associations between socio-economic factors ("standard of living"; "number of rooms") and village-related factors ("residency in village A/B") and the WHO-5 well-being index score. Exploring the daily living context of villages A and B illuminated how the impact of historical and political events differed, even in villages that are geographically close. The paper lends support to calls for including politics and history in research on well-being in contexts of long-term violence and conflict.

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Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Palestine

Abu-Ras

Mohamed

2018

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Poverty has been defined as a set of risk factors that damage an individual's mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual development. However, the debate about the effects of poverty on the growth, development, and health of Palestinian youth and children specifically is as much involved with the culture and the economics of poverty as it is with the political context of poverty. This article examines the overall levels, trends, and negative effects of poverty among Palestinian children and youth, identifying the drivers of poverty since the Israeli occupation and its effects on the children and youth residing in the West Bank and Gaza. In addition, it demonstrates the strong links between the political and economic environment and poverty among family and children as well as individual well-being in the West Bank and Gaza. By examining this important topic, it identifies the main reasons for poverty and clarifies the process by which the Israeli occupation and policies have transformed the Palestinian social and economic structures, thereby adding more constraints on the Palestinian people and government. The time period covered includes the expansion of Israeli occupation, the resultant economic and political hardship, and the rise of the Palestinian intifada as well as the current anti-poverty programs in place.

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Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory

Cited by 116 publications

References 15 publications

Social and Political Context of Summer Camps in Occupied Palestine: A Brief Commentary

Social and Political Context of Summer Camps in Occupied Palestine: A Brief Commentary

Well‐being and pressures of daily life in two West Bank villages—Exploring context and history

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Palestine

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