Youth programs are consistently described as settings that offer youth developmental experiences. Summer camps one example of with empirical evidence suggesting positive outcomes participation; however, researchers seldom address how youth’s social development, such attachment, may shape outcomes. By not accounting for differences in be missing reasons why programs, like summer camps, function ...

In 2019, 30,000 people were forced to leave their homes due conflict, persecution, and natural disaster each day. Eighty-five percent of refugees live in developing countries, they often face underfunded inadequate environmental health services. Many displaced persons camps other temporary settlements long after the displacement event occurs. However, there is little evidence on conditions tran...

in an attempt to depict the nutritional status of kurdish refugee children under five years of age. a rapid survey was conducted on 900 children in 9 camps of kurdistan and bakhtaran province in may 1991. the study included anthropometric measurements on all. clinical examination of 731, and biochemical tests for anemia and protein energy malnutrition (pem) on 160 subjects. the results showed h...

and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each year.1 As a result of recent medical advances, death rates for childhood cancer have decreased significantly in the past several decades. However, the importance of addressing challenges faced by children with cancer, such as social impairment or elevated levels of distress still remain critical.2 Childhood cancer greatly affec...

Urbanisation of wildlife populations is a process with significant conservation and management implications. While urban areas can provide habitat for wildlife, some urbanised species eventually come into conflict with humans. Understanding the process and drivers of wildlife urbanisation is fundamental to developing effective management responses to this phenomenon. In Australia, flying-foxes ...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing in developed and developing countries. Diabetes is known to strongly affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL). HRQOL is also influenced by living conditions. We analysed the effects of having diabetes on HRQOL under the living conditions in refugee camps in the Gaza strip. METHODS We studied a sample of 197 diabetic patients wh...

BACKGROUND Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) is a cause of major dysentery outbreaks, particularly among children and displaced populations in tropical countries. Although outbreaks continue, the characteristics of such outbreaks have rarely been documented. Here, we describe the Sd1 outbreaks occurring between 1993 and 1995 in 11 refugee settlements in Rwanda, Tanzania and Democratic Republic ...