Humiliation: the invisible trauma of war for Palestinian youth

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 563-571

  Giacaman, Rita ^a   Abu Rmeileh, Niveen M E ^a   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a   Saab, Hana ^b   Boyce, William ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Humiliation; Palestinian youth; War and conflict

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WAR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PALESTINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ARABS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

EID: 34347220155     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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