Objective: This study investigates the impact of ongoing traumatic events on Palestinian adolescents‟ posttraumatic stress according to event-related and demographic factors. Method: A sample of 368 Palestinian adolescents (49.2% males, mean age 17.03) was drawn from different areas of the Gaza Strip. Students were investigated on exposure to traumatic events and posttraumatic stress symptoms (...

BACKGROUND During the last two decades, waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), also known as hookah, witnessed a global increase in use, especially among youth. Little information is known about the burden of WTS among Palestinian youth. A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of WTS and cigarette smoking and explore the associated factors among a sample of Palestinian univer...

OBJECTIVE Over the past decade, there has been an increase in reports of health research from Palestine, but no assessment of their quality. We have assessed the quality of reports of Palestinian health research and factors associated with it. DESIGN This is a systematic review. INCLUSION CRITERIA We searched Medline and Scopus for reports of original research relevant to human health or he...

palestinian women have not only collaborated with men in issues such as social, political and cultural affairs but also in literary fields. they have even been pioneer in some fields. a number of senses of contemporary palestinian poetries have been considered by both genders which include different types of sentimental poetries such as ghazals and love poems. although ghazal has been among the...

the main purpose of this research is pondering and explaining the place of women in the process of palestine’s resistance by analyzing related symbols in fadwa touqan’s poetry. she is known as the representative and the exemplary personality of women’s poetry and to some extent her reputation has been in the shadow of the literary characteristic of her brother, ibrahim touqan. fadwa has a promi...

BACKGROUND Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanomaterials that may have an infinite size with the range less than 100 nm. This science has provided solutions to many of the current limitations in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Therefore, the pharmacist's knowledge and awareness of nano-pharmaceutical drugs will increase their availability in the market, and will improve the ...

e6 www.thelancet.com Vol 383 January 25, 2014 2·7 million Palestinians live in the West Bank (including 404 000 in East Jerusalem), occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), and 1·7 million in the Gaza Strip, oPt; an estimated 5·1 million Palestinians live in Arab countries, mainly Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria (many now refugees again in Lebanon); and 1·4 million Palestinians live in Israel, where th...

BACKGROUND The burden of cancer is difficult to study in the context of the occupied Palestinian territory because of the limited data available. This study aims to evaluate the quality of mortality data and to investigate cancer mortality patterns in the occupied Palestinian territory's West Bank governorates from 1999 to 2009. METHODS Death certificates collected by the Palestinian Ministry...

BACKGROUND There has been no reported research comparing Jewish Israeli and Palestinian adolescents regarding the effect of ongoing political violence on adolescent psychosocial, family, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and aggression problems. AIMS To compare Israeli and Palestinian responses regarding the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and psychosocial, behavioural, ...