Associations between life conditions and multi-morbidity in marginalized populations: the case of Palestinian refugees

• Published in: European journal of public health Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 727 - 733
• Main Authors: Habib, Rima R, Hojeij, Safa, Elzein, Kareem, Chaaban, Jad, Seyfert, Karin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.10.2014; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Acute Disease - epidemiology; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arabs - ethnology; Arabs - statistics & numerical data; Chronic Disease - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Discrimination; Educational Status; Female; Food supply; Food Supply - statistics & numerical data; Health services; Health Status; Households; Housing; Humans; Lebanon - epidemiology; Male; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Migration and Ethnic Minorities; Morbidity; Poverty; Poverty - ethnology; Poverty - statistics & numerical data; Refugees; Refugees - statistics & numerical data; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Syria - ethnology; Young Adult; Lebanon; Syria

Evidence suggests that higher multi-morbidity rates among people with low socioeconomic status produces and maintains poverty. Our research explores the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and multi-morbidity among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, a marginalized and impoverished populatio...