During the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-existing inequalities have been compounded among refugee adolescents in Jordan, who experience increased stress and high rates of depression
Credit: Nathalie Bertrams & Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE), CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-existing inequalities have been compounded among refugee adolescents in Jordan, who experience increased stress and high rates of depression
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261773
Article Title: Compounding inequalities: Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author Countries: U.K., U.S.A., Palestine, Pakistan, Jordan
Funding: Funding was received from the Research and Evaluation Division of the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) longitudinal study. In addition, supplementary funding was provided by BMGF through the EMERGE PROJECT: OPP1163682 and INV018007 and Research Grants on Women, Victimization, and COVID-19 (# INV-003527). Dr Sarah Baird is the recipient of the latter. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0261773
Article Title
Compounding inequalities: Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Article Publication Date
2-Feb-2022
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
