Lancet
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In 2016, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) changed from covering the full cost of secondary care in contracted public and private hospitals in Lebanon, Jordan, to requesting that these hospitals pay 10% of the costs. Meanwhile, services at UNWRA-contracted Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) hospitals remained fully covered. We did a health economics analysis to assess the effects this policy change on the demand for secondary care in UNRWA hospitals. ⋯ None.
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In Palestine, the ongoing Israeli occupation shapes and endangers all spaces that are used by children in their everyday lives. In this study, Palestinian children were considered active agents in their lives, both affecting and being affected by the world around them. Our research aimed to explore the role of resources, competencies, and attitudes of spatial agency in the lives of children in the occupied Palestinian territory. Specifically, we investigated how children use domestic and social spaces to actively maintain positive function and wellbeing despite an environmental backdrop of military violence. ⋯ None.
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Conflict impacts food security and decreases household dietary diversity. However, few studies have explored the routes by which prolonged conflict and social stressors affect food insecurity experience and food diversity. This study examines the influence of political, economic, and agricultural stressors on food insecurity and food diversity, and evaluates variations in food insecurity and food diversity with location of residence for households in the occupied Palestinian territory. ⋯ The Emirates Foundation.
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Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major public health concern because it adversely affects maternal health and children's physical and mental development. The prevalence of PPD in Arab countries is higher than the worldwide prevalence. Additionally, refugee women are more likely to develop PPD than women in the general population, but little research of refugee women in Arab countries is available. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have provided primary health care to Palestine refugees since 1950 and began the Mental Health and Psychosocial (MHPSS) programme in Jordan in 2017 to enhance the psychosocial and social wellbeing of Palestine refugees. We assessed the prevalence of PPD and examined associated factors among Palestine refugee women living in Amman, Jordan. ⋯ Nagasaki University.
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Poor control of cancer pain is a major public health problem worldwide. Many potential barriers can lead to suboptimal treatment of cancer pain. One such barrier is inadequate measurement and assessment of cancer-related pain control. This study aimed to assess current pain control and management for hospitalized adult patients with cancer in the Gaza Strip. ⋯ None.