Socio-economic status and chronic disease in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip: in and outside refugee camps

Marie Jonassen (), Amira Shaheen, Mohammed Duraidi, Khaled Qalalwa, Bernard Jeune and Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
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Marie Jonassen: University of Copenhagen
Amira Shaheen: An-Najah National University
Mohammed Duraidi: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Khaled Qalalwa: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Bernard Jeune: Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
Henrik Brønnum-Hansen: University of Copenhagen

International Journal of Public Health, 2018, vol. 63, issue 7, No 11, 875-882

Abstract: Abstract Objectives The study investigated the association between socio-economic status (SES) and self-reported chronic disease (CD) among the Palestinian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and whether this association was similar in the refugee camps. Methods We used data from representative samples in 2006 and 2010 collected by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. SES was defined by education, wealth and employment status. Associations between SES and CD were analysed and stratified by living in or outside refugee camps. Results CD prevalence increased among men and decreased among women in all SES categories and the Odds Ratio for CD was higher inside than outside the refugee camps, except for women in 2006. In both 2006 and 2010 the odds ratio of CD was higher among the lowest SES groups. The pattern of the negative association between SES and CD was similar in and outside the refugee camps. Conclusions We found that the highest burden of CD is among those with low SES. In spite of a higher CD Odds Ratio in the refugee camps, the pattern of association between SES and CD did not differ in the refugee camps.

Keywords: Palestinian; Socio-economic factors; Chronic disease; Refugees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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