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Young lives disrupted: Gender and well-being among adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon

DeJong, Jocelyn; Sbeity, Farah; Schlecht, Jennifer; Harfouche, Manale; Yamout, Rouham; M. Fouad, Fouad; Manohar, Seema; Robinson, Courtland (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-11-14)

The conflict in Syria that began in 2011 has resulted in the exodus of over 5 million Syrian refugees to neighbouring countries, with more than one million refugees currently registered by UNHCR in Lebanon. While some are ...
A qualitative study exploring child marriage practices among Syrian conflict-affected populations in Lebanon

Schlecht, Jennifer; Dejong, Jocelyn; Mourtada, Rima (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-11-14)

Recent reports have suggested that child marriage among Syrians may be increasing as a result of displacement and conflict. This study sought to gather qualitative data about the factors that promote child marriage practices ...
Reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health in conflict: a case study on Syria using Countdown indicators

DeJong, Jocelyn; Ghattas, Hala; Bashour, Hyam; Mourtada, Rima; Akik, Chaza; Reese-Masterson, Amelia (BMJ global health, 2017-09)

Women and children account for a disproportionate morbidity burden among conflict-affected populations, and yet they are not included in global accountability frameworks for women’s and children’s health. We use Countdown ...
A glance into the hidden burden of maternal morbidity and patterns of management in a Palestinian governmental referral hospital

Hassan, Sahar J.; Wick, Laura; DeJong, Jocelyn (Elsevier Ltd, 2015-12)

Little is known about the burden and patterns of maternal morbidity during childbirth, particularly in the Middle East Region. Investigating the patterns of maternal morbidity can be useful in guiding improvement in the ...
A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

Bashour, Hyam; Saad-Haddad, Ghada; DeJong, Jocelyn; Cherine Ramadan, Mohammed; Hassan, Sahar; Breebaart, Miral; Wick, Laura; Hassanein, Nevine; Kharouf, Mayada (Springer Nature, 2015-11-13)

The maternal near-miss approach has been increasingly used as a tool to evaluate and improve the quality of care in maternal health. We report findings from the formative stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) funded ...
Surviving Testicular Cancer: The Lebanese Lived Experience

Saab, Mohammad; Noureddine, Samar; Abu-Saad Huijer, Huda; DeJong, Jocelyn (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014-05)

Testicular cancer is thought to have a great impact on its survivors, yet there has been limited literature on the topic globally and no literature on the topic in Lebanon and the Arab region. The purpose of this study was ...
Health and ecological sustainability in the Arab world: A matter of survival

El-Zein, Abbas; Jabbour, Samer; Tekce, Belgin; Zurayk, Huda; Nuwayhid, Iman; Khawaja, Marwan; Tell, Tariq; Al Mooji, Yusuf; De-Jong, Jocelyn; Yassin, Nasser; Hogan, Dennis (Elsevier Ltd, 2014-02-01)

Discussions leading to the Rio+20 UN conference have emphasised the importance of sustainable development and the protection of the environment for future generations. The Arab world faces large-scale threats to its ...
The Struggle for Recognition by People Living With HIV/AIDS in Sudan

DeJong, Jocelyn; Mortagy, Iman (SAGE Publications, 2013-03-20)

In settings with high HIV/AIDS-related stigma and where HIV is at low prevalence, the political space is often not conducive to making the epidemic more visible to public debate. In the Middle East and North Africa people ...
HIV/AIDS among female sex workers, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Lebanon: results of the first biobehavioral surveys

Mahfoud, Ziyad; Afifi, Rema; Ramia, Sami; Kassak, Kassem; Ghanem, Maguy; El-Nakib, Mostafa; DeJong, Jocelyn; El Barbir, Farah; El Khoury, Danielle (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010-07)

The aim of this article is to measure HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female sex workers, injecting drug users (IDUs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lebanon and the prevalence of hepatitis B virus ...
The role and limitations of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development

DeJong, Jocelyn (Elsevier Ltd, 2000-09-15)

Population questions have always aroused controversy, but the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which took place in Cairo in September 1994 was particularly contentious. Yet a consensus emerged ...

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