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ArticleHealth & place2025

Assessing the mental health impacts of Israeli occupation infrastructure in the West Bank by combining geospatial data with a representative survey of Palestinian youth.

Nadia Almasalkhi, Peter Glick, Samer Atshan, Wenjing Huang, Jad Isaac, Umaiyeh Khammash, Daniel Egel

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7 authors.

Nadia AlmasalkhiRAND Corporation, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA. Electronic address: nalmasal@rand.org.
Peter GlickRAND Corporation, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA. Electronic address: glickpj@mcc.gov.
Samer AtshanPardee RAND Graduate School, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, USA. Electronic address: satshan@rand.org.
Wenjing HuangRAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, USA. Electronic address: wenjing_huang@rand.org.
Jad IsaacApplied Research Institute - Jerusalem, P.O. Box 860, Karm Mu'ammar, Karkafeh Street, Bethlehem, Palestine. Electronic address: jad@arij.org.
Umaiyeh KhammashJuzoor for Health and Social Development, Al-Arkan St, Al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestine. Electronic address: ukhammash@juzoor.org.
Daniel EgelRAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, USA. Electronic address: degel@rand.org.

Funding

Health Risk Behaviors Among Palestinian YouthR01HD067115 · NICHD · RAND CORPORATION · PI GLICK, PETER L · 2011 to 2013
$1.5M
Impact of Conflict on Mental Health and Risk Behaviors of Palestinian YouthR03HD094017 · NICHD · RAND CORPORATION · PI EGEL, DANIEL · 2018 to 2019
$162k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD067115NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD094017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palestinian youth in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) live in proximity to various forms of Israeli occupation infrastructure, such as checkpoints, road obstructions, a separation barrier, and Israeli settlements. We investigated the effect of proximity to such infrastructure on youth mental health and health risk behaviors by linking geospatial data on the locations of occupation infrastructure to geocoded survey data collected from a representative sample of Palestinian youth living in the West Bank. We estimated the relationship of youth mental health and proximity to each type of occupation infrastructure with controls for exposure to conflict-related violence and a range of demographic factors. We found that youth mental health is strongly negatively impacted by proximity to manned checkpoints (for males and females) and proximity to settlements (for females), and these impacts appear to be direct rather than mediated by conflict-related trauma exposure. The results indicate the importance of environmental aspects of the conflict for youth mental health, in addition to conflict-related violence itself.

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ArabsMental HealthAdolescentChildExposure to ViolenceFemaleHumansIsraelMaleMiddle EastSurveys and QuestionnairesViolenceYoung AdultBehavioral healthBuilt environmentMental healthOccupied Palestinian TerritoryYouth

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PMID39987888
PMCPMC13248938

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