ArticleEastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit2018
Health risk behaviours of Palestinian youth: findings from a representative survey.
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- Exposure to political violence and health risk behaviors of Palestinian youth.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the mental health impacts of Israeli occupation infrastructure in the West Bank by combining geospatial data with a representative survey of Palestinian youth.Health & place · 2025Article
- Menstrual health and hygiene among young Palestinian female university students in the West Bank: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Co-payments and equity in care: enhancing hospitalisation policy for Palestine refugees in Lebanon.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Understanding and Responding to Substance Use and Abuse in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon Prior to and During COVID-19 Times.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2021Article
- Public health imperatives in countering drug related health threats and vulnerabilities in contemporary Palestinian refugee camps.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Perceived peer norms, health risk behaviors, and clustering of risk behaviors among Palestinian youth.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is little systematic information about health risk behaviours among youth in Middle Eastern countries, leaving public health authorities unprepared to deal with emerging public health threats at a time of major social change.
aimThe Palestinian Youth Health Risk study investigates patterns of risk behaviours among Palestinian youth, their perceptions of the risks and benefits of such behaviours, and the relationship of exposure to violence with mental health and engagement in risk behaviours.
methodsWe conducted a representative survey among 2500 individuals aged 15-24 years in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, permitting reliable comparison across sex and rural-urban divisions. A stratified 2-stage random sample was drawn from the 2007 population census, with strata formed by crossing the 12 governorates with urban, rural and refugee camp locations. Within strata, 208 survey clusters were sampled with probability proportional to size. Within each cluster, 14 households with youth of the appropriate age were sampled.
resultsAmong youth aged 20-24 years, 22.4% of males and 11.6% of females reported trying alcohol; 10.5% of males and 4.3% of females reported trying drugs. Almost one quarter of unmarried youth aged 20-24 years reported any sexual experience. Tobacco use is high, even among younger youth (45.4% of males and 21.2% of females aged 15-19 smoke). Risk behaviours are higher among males, older youth and in urban areas and refugee camps.
conclusionWhile smoking is of particular concern, prevention outreach for all behaviours should be directed at subgroups and areas identified as highest risk.
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