GLOBAL VIEWS OF LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: The Fatal Synergy of War and Drought in the Eastern Mediterranean by Rami Zurayk

“…These countries today host, in addition to their populations, 3 millions Palestinian and 2.5 millions Syrian refugees. The region is also ecologically fragile and water deficient, and is expected to suffer as climate change unfolds. …”
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Measuring and mitigating behavioural segregation using Call Detail Records by Daniel Rhoads, Ivan Serrano, Javier Borge-Holthoefer, Albert Solé-Ribalta

“…Here, we advocate for such an approach to assess and alleviate the segregation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Using a large dataset of mobile phone records provided by Turkey’s largest mobile phone service operator, Türk Telekom, in the frame of the Data 4 Refugees project, we define, analyse and optimise inter-group integration as it relates to the communication patterns of two segregated populations: refugees living in Turkey and the local Turkish population. …”
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Community coherence and acculturation strategies among refugee adolescents: How do they explain mental-health symptoms? by Sarah Abu-Kaf, Khaled Al-Said, Orna Braun-Lewensohn

“…Background: Against the backdrop of 10 years of civil war in Syria, with millions of refugees, this study aimed to explore sense of community coherence and the acculturation strategies of separation and competition as factors that might explain mental-health problems among adolescent Syrian refugees in Greece. Methods: Data were gathered from 173 adolescents aged 13–18 (M = 15.85; SD = 1.49); female adolescents accounted for 60.7% of the sample. …”
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Barriers to Refugee Adolescents' Educational Access during COVID-19: Exploring the Roles of Gender, Displacement, and Social Inequalities by Nicola Jones, Kate Pincock, Silvia Guglielmi, Sarah Baird, Ingrid Sánchez Tapia, Erin Oakley, Jennifer Seager

“…We examine two refugee populations: the Rohingya, who have been excluded from formal education opportunities in Bangladesh, and Syrian refugees in Jordan, who have access to formal education in their host country. …”
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Measles and mumps outbreaks in Lebanon: trends and links by Talal El Zarif, Mohamed Faisal Kassir, Nazih Bizri, Ghida Kassir, Umayya Musharrafieh, Abdul Rahman Bizri

“…Presence of a large number of Syrian refugees in the country may further complicate the situation. …”
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A combination sampling approach for epidemiologic research in humanitarian settings: a case analysis of a study of depressive disorder prevalence among refugees in Greece by Danielle N. Poole, Nathaniel A. Raymond, Jos Berens, Mark Latonero, Julie Ricard, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

“…This case analysis describes a sampling approach developed for a survey study of depressive disorder in a Syrian refugee camp in Greece (n = 135). Discussion Syrian refugees face an extraordinarily high burden of depressive disorder during the asylum process (43%), necessitating population screening, prevention, and treatment. …”
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Notifiable Communicable Diseases in Turkey and Their Notification Status: Antakya Sample by Ömer Alışkın, Nazan Savaş

“…Results: Having made 30 different types of 3923 NID diagnoses, 75.2% of the NIDs were in Group A, 15.0% in Group D, and 9.8% in Group C; 16.4% of the diagnoses were gotten in Syrian refugees. The wrong ICD-10 diagnostic code was given to 59.8% of the NIDs. 41.9% of the NIDs were notified; 51.7% of Group A, 17.7% of Group D and 0.6% of Group C were notified. …”
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Adult Asylum Seekers from the Middle East Including Syria in Central Europe: What Are Their Health Care Problems? by Carmen Andrea Pfortmueller, Miriam Schwetlick, Thomas Mueller, Beat Lehmann, Aristomenis Konstantinos Exadaktylos

“…There were no differences between Syrian and non-Syrian refugees concerning surgical or medical admissions. …”
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EAPB0503: An Imiquimod analog with potent in vitro activity against cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. by Rana El Hajj, Hanady Bou Youness, Laurence Lachaud, Patrick Bastien, Carine Masquefa, Pierre-Antoine Bonnet, Hiba El Hajj, Ibrahim Khalifeh

“…The large-scale displacement of Syrian refugees exacerbated the spread of CL into neighboring countries. …”
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Poverty, Child Labor, and Hope: The Relationship between Hope and Perceived Social Support in Children Working in Street Markets in TRC2 Region of Turkey by Mehmet Reşit Sevinç, Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu, Mehmet Cançelik, Turan Binici, Muhammed Ali Palabıçak

“…According to the results, 61.2% of working children are students, but most of them do not go to attend school; 8.7% of working children are the children of the Syrian refugees. Children work an average of 4.3 days a week and 8.6 h a day, with an average income of USD 1.6/day. …”
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Bat-Borne Coronaviruses in Jordan and Saudi Arabia: A Threat to Public Health? by Laith N. AL-Eitan, Amneh H. Tarkhan, Mansour A. Alghamdi, Denise A. Marston, Guanghui Wu, Lorraine M. McElhinney, Ian H. Brown, Anthony R. Fooks

“…The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are two countries that have witnessed mass gatherings due to the arrival of Syrian refugees and the annual Hajj season. The mass migration of people not only brings exotic diseases to these regions but also brings new diseases back to their own countries, e.g., the outbreak of MERS in South Korea. …”
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Innovations in Addressing Mental Health Needs in Humanitarian Settings: A Complexity Informed Action Research Case Study by Susan Parrish-Sprowl, John Parrish-Sprowl, Samia Alajlouni

“…The focus of this participatory action research project, presented here as a case study, was the collaborative elaboration of an MHPSS intervention in an urban primary healthcare clinic serving mostly Syrian refugees. The intervention capitalizes on the synergistic effects generated from the systemic nature of communication where every interaction is an intervention, and the health implications of research demonstrating communication is bioactive. …”
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How integration of refugees into national health systems became a global priority: a qualitative policy analysis by Shatha Elnakib, Caitlin Jackson, Ummekulsoom Lalani, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, Sara Bennett

“…While political context was influenced through several global movements, it was ultimately the influx of Syrian refugees into Europe and the increasing securitization of the refugee crisis that led to key policies, and critically, global funding to support integration within refugee hosting nations. …”
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Design and implementation of a cost-aware and smart oyster mushroom cultivation system by Abdullah Elewi, Abdulsalam Hajhamed, Rasheed Khankan, Sonay Duman, Amina Souag, Asma Ahmed

“…Many international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working for Syrian refugees, work on mushroom cultivation projects. …”
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Tuberculosis-related knowledge, behaviors, stigmatizing attitude, and discrimination among refugees, migrants, and the general population in Jordan by Majd A Alsoukhni, Yousef Khader, Hiba Abaza, Nevin Wilson, Srinath Satyanarayana

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Jordanians, Syrian refugees, and migrants living in four governorates including Amman, Zarqa, Mafraq, and Irbid during the study period of June to September 2021. …”
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SYRIAN CRISIS AND ITS EFFECTS ON MEDICAL COMMUNITY by Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Habibullah Khan

“…Seventy-five percent of Syrian refugees are women and children, and 716,492 are women and girls of reproductive age. …”
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SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF EARTHEN HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE AS RESPONSIVE REFUGEE SHELTERS (CASE STUDY: DOMES OF NORTHERN SYRIA) by S. Ibrahim, S. Ibrahim, M. Ali, M. Ali, B. Baranyai, B. Baranyai, I. Kistelegdi, I. Kistelegdi

“…This long-term encampment is a growing aspect of a growing refugee crisis. The Syrian refugees have to face another crisis in the camps due to a significant shortage of resources and support. …”
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Evaluation of Emergency Department Admissions in Syrian Patients Aged Under Eighteen Years of Age Between 2012 and 2016 in the City of Hatay by Ezgi Atalay, Ali Karakuş, Galip Usta

“…Our study was conducted in order to reveal the reasons for intensive care unit admission and epidemiological characteristics of Syrian refugees under 18 years old who presented to Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Health Practice and Research Hospital.Methods:In this descriptive study, records of Syrian patients under 18 years of age, who were admitted to the emergency department at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Medical Practice and Research Hospital between 01.07.2012 and 01.05.2016, were analyzed. …”
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Considerations for Using Multiple Imputation in Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis – A Tutorial with Applied Example by Eiset AH, Frydenberg M

“…Throughout we apply the theory to a research project about post-traumatic stress disorder in Syrian refugees.Patients and Methods: We detail how we used logistic regression-based propensity scores to produce “standardized mortality ratio”-weights and Substantive Model Compatible-Full Conditional Specification for multiple imputation of missing data to get the estimate of association. …”
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Maximising impactful, locally relevant global mental health research conducted in low and middle income country settings: ethical considerations [version 2; peer review: 2 approved... by Amit Chakrabarti, Clara Calia, Anna Chiumento, Emmanuel Sarabwe

“…The case studies include research with refugees Rwanda and Uganda; a neurodevelopmental cohort study in a low resource setting in India, and research with Syrian refugees displaced across the Middle East. Results: Key considerations highlighted across the case studies include how mental health is understood and experienced in diverse contexts to ensure respectful engagement with communities, and to inform the selection of contextually-appropriate and feasible research methods and tools to achieve meaningful data collection.  …”
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