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Infectious diseases in the era of refugees: Hepatitis A outbreak in Lebanon

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2018
Background: The Syrian crisis has altered the epidemiology of infectious diseases in countries hosting large numbers of refugees. Lebanon witnessed several outbreaks linked to the presence of significant numbers of Syrian refugees, namely, Hepatitis A ...
Abdul Rahman Bizri, Jawad Fares, Umayya Musharrafieh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domestic Health Assessment for Syrian Refugees in Rutland, VT [PDF]

, 2017
The Vermont Dept. of Health/Agency of Human Services “Refugee Domestic Health Assessment Form” was reviewed, edited, and reformatted to improve provider work-flow, ensure accuracy, and ease the process of data collection.
Grant, Ian
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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

The Association between Intimate Partner Violence and Female Syrian Refugees’ Mental Health

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the world’s most critical public health issues. Aims: The main aim of the study was (1) to examine the association between IPV and female Syrian refugees’ mental health.
Amani Safwat Elbarazi
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Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach, Marta R. Eidheim, Anne L. Fimreite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

War can harm intimacy: consequences for refugees who escaped Syria. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundSyrians seeking refuge have been exposed to atrocities and trauma beyond comprehension. This study examines how personal, interpersonal, displacement and war-related factors have impacted married refugees' intimate lives.MethodsData included ...
Rizkalla, Niveen, Segal, Steven P
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Risk Analysis in Refugee Resettlement [PDF]

, 2019
Refugees are individuals who hold a well-founded fear of persecution based upon their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group and who have resultingly been forced to flee their country.
Glover, Kelsey
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage rate and molecular characterization of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec among Syrian refugees in Iraq

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: The aim was to investigate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage rates and to characterize the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) among Syrian refugees and the host community in Duhok, Iraq. Methods: A total
Narin A. Rasheed, Nawfal R. Hussein
doaj   +1 more source

Syrian refugees and infectious disease challenges

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2015
Leblebicioglu, Hakan/0000-0002-6033 ...
Leblebicioglu, Hakan, Ozaras, Resat
openaire   +2 more sources