Psychosocial health and menopausal symptoms in Palestinian women in the West Bank: a pilot study

This study investigates the inaccuracies manifested in the translation of dental terms from English into Arabic by Palestinian dentists. It underscores the fact that the translation of dental terms is part and parcel of technical translation; and accounts for the major causes and provides an adequate solution for such inaccuracies.The findings of the study point out the shortcomings of using different dental translation strategies simultaneously for the same term and point out that the experience and the institutional background of the dentists have a profound impact on the accuracy of translating dental terms. The findings have also underlined the difference between technical and conventional translation rules. While the study points out that dentists have used Arabicisation, transliteration, and descriptive translation strategies for the accomplishment of adequate equivalences in the translation of dental terms, it has shown also that Arabicisation is highly neglected and rarely used by dentists in comparison with the other two translation strategies. Transliteration is the most common especially among specialists and descriptive is mainly used by dentists with non-specialists.The methodology used in this study relied heavily on the data taken from a pilot study, carried out through the distribution of a questionnaire to a hundred dentists at the American University in the city of Jenin and in the city of Nablus on the West Bank, followed with a number of personal interviews with a number of dentists.

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Anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980009005497 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 2416-2420 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

A Khader ◽

H Madi ◽

F Riccardo ◽

G Sabatinelli

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

West Bank ◽

Gaza Strip ◽

Prevalence Rates ◽

The West ◽

Palestinian Women ◽

Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽

Health Centres ◽

The Gaza Strip ◽

Palestinian Territory

AbstractObjectiveTo assess anaemia prevalence and correlated social and biological determinants among pregnant women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).DesignA cross-sectional survey conducted among pregnant women attending/accessing UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) health centres in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in September and October 2006.SettingFifty-five UNRWA health centres in the oPt (eighteen in the Gaza Strip and thirty-seven in the West Bank).SubjectsA random sample of 1740 pregnant women.ResultsOverall anaemia prevalence was 38·6 % (95 % CI 36·3, 40·9 %). A substantial difference in anaemia prevalence was observed between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (44·9 % v. 31·1 %, respectively), as well as a significant increase in anaemia prevalence in the Gaza Strip compared with an Agency-wide survey conducted in 2004 (44·9 % v. 35·7 %, respectively). Anaemia prevalence was found to increase with age, parity and trimester of gestation.ConclusionsAnaemia still appears to be a public health problem among pregnant women in spite of UNRWA interventions. The West Bank shows prevalence rates similar to those observed in neighbouring countries, while the Gaza Strip has higher rates. Prevalence rates of anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women are more than two times higher than those observed in Europe.

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Palestinian women: patriarchy and resistance in the West Bank

Choice Reviews Online ◽

10.5860/choice.39-1258 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 39 (02) ◽

pp. 39-1258-39-1258

Keyword(s):

West Bank ◽

The West ◽

Palestinian Women

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Palestinian Refugees: A Gendered Perspective

Exchanges The Interdisciplinary Research Journal ◽

10.31273/eirj.v3i1.127 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 96-112

Author(s):

Nof Nasser Eddin ◽

Nof Nasser-Eddin

Keyword(s):

West Bank ◽

Gaza Strip ◽

Arab Countries ◽

Feminist Perspective ◽

The West ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Palestinian Refugees ◽

Palestinian Women ◽

Research Interviews ◽

West Bank And Gaza

This article argues that the situation of Palestinian refugees is still relevant till this day. There are around five million refugees living in neighbouring Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt, as well as neighbouring areas in Palestine itself, like the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under very precarious conditions. Their situation is extremely unstable as any changes in the region can influence them directly. The need to address this issue is particularly important because Palestinian refugees (as well as internally displaced Palestinians) have been both historically and politically marginalised. In particular, I will argue for a need to gender the debate around the Palestinian refugees, because the distinct experience of women Palestinian refugees has been overlooked within this context. Most literature has focused on the Palestinian refugees as a holistic population, which assumes all refugees share the same struggle. However, understanding the position of women within the context of the refugees and the unique struggles they face is essential to understanding their particular experiences as refugees and in highlighting their differential needs; this is why a feminist perspective is needed within the field of refugee studies. This article is based on a feminist journey drawing on research interviews with female Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan, and with Syrian Palestinian women in Turkey, Jordan and Europe.

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