Bassam Abu Hamad
Biographic Data
| ID | 4471636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bassam Abu Hamad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bassam Abu |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamad |
| SIGNATURE | HAMAD B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Al-Quds University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4506-3289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"They just make sure you are breathing": Exploring the intersecting health and psychosocial risks of young people with disabilities in the war on Gaza
(250 words) Background Beyond a general recognition that persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by conflict and forced displacement, there is limited evidence on physical and mental health risks facing young people with disabilities in humanitarian settings. To address this evidence lacuna, this article examines the effects of conflict on the physical and mental health of young people with pre-existing and/or conflict-acquired …
Researching Social Protection With Diverse Young People in Crisis Contexts: Methodological Reflections From Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, Gaza and Lebanon
Research focusing on humanitarian crises is vital for informing the design and targeting of humanitarian relief and social protection, particularly as both the nature of emergencies and the types of programming that are needed will evolve over time. This is particularly the case for social protection programming aimed at adolescents and young people, who encounter emergencies at a point in the life course characterised by rapid physical and socia…
Adolescence, Interrupted: A narrative review of the impact of Covid-19 on adolescent wellbeing
Child marriage in contexts of forced displacement: Exploring drivers and decision-making in Jordan through a gender and generational lens
Given the importance of economic precarity, ending child marriage in contexts of forced displacement will require expanding girls' access to education and improving refugees' access to work, which will provide a route through which fathers and young men can demonstrate their adult masculinity, and to allow girls and women some measure of financial independence. Given that displacement now often lasts for decades, the humanitarian sector also need…
Reducing non-communicable diseases among Palestinian populations in Gaza: A participatory comparative and cost-effectiveness modeling assessment
We sought to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of potential new public health and healthcare NCD risk reduction efforts among Palestinians in Gaza. We created a microsimulation model using: (i) a cross-sectional household survey of NCD risk factors among 4,576 Palestinian adults aged ≥40 years old in Gaza; (ii) a modified Delphi process among local public health experts to identify potentially feasible new interventions; and (iii) r…
Can social protection contribute to social connectedness in contexts of forced displacement and crisis? Lessons from Jordan’s labelled cash transfer for education
Social protection programming can help address gender- and lifecycle-specific vulnerabilities, particularly in humanitarian contexts. Although adolescents are disproportionately affected by crises, there remains limited evidence about how such programming can mitigate risks they face, including social isolation. This article explores how a 'cash-plus' social protection response enhances refugee adolescents' social connectedness and contributes to…
Identifying barriers and facilitators of translating research evidence into clinical practice: A systematic review of reviews
Adolescent access to health services in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: The case of the Gaza Strip
The article highlights the importance of designing and implementing conflict-sensitive and age- and gender-appropriate adolescent services and information and promoting preventive services targeted at adolescents
No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!’ Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises Among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees
Exacerbated by 9 years of conflict and displacement, child marriage among Syrian refugees appears to be increasing, while in Gaza, the noticeable reduction in child brides over the past two decades has recently plateaued. This comparative study explores drivers and consequences of child marriage in protracted crises, drawing on mixed-methods research from Gaza and Jordan with married adolescent girls and their parents. Our findings suggest that c…
Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind
Given increasing policy attention to the consequences of youth marginalisation for development processes, engaging with the experiences of socially marginalised adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (including those who are out of school, refugees, married, with disabilities or adolescent parents) is a pressing priority. To understand how these disadvantages—and adolescents’ abilities to respond to them—intersect to shape opportunities …
Ensuring no voices are left behind: The Use of Digital Storytelling and Diary Writing in Times of Crisis
Do restrictive gender attitudes and norms influence physical and mental health during very young Adolescence? Evidence from Bangladesh and Ethiopia
Adolescence is seen as a window of opportunity for intervention but also as a time during which restrictive gender attitudes and norms become more salient. This increasingly gendered world has the potential to profoundly influence adolescents' capabilities, including their physical and mental health. Using quantitative data on 6,500 young adolescents (10-12) from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) program, this paper analyses the …
Psychosocial support for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings: Beyond a health systems approach
Adaptive and adequately resourced health systems are necessary to achieve good health outcomes in post-conflict settings, however domains beyond the health system are also critical to ensure broader wellbeing. This paper focuses on the importance of psychosocial support services for adolescent girls in fragile contexts. Its starting point is that adolescence is a pivotal time in the life course but given the physical, cognitive and emotional chan…
Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind
Given increasing policy attention to the consequences of youth marginalisation for development processes, engaging with the experiences of socially marginalised adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (including those who are out of school, refugees, married, with disabilities or adolescent parents) is a pressing priority. To understand how these disadvantages—and adolescents’ abilities to respond to them—intersect to shape opportunities …
Can social protection contribute to social connectedness in contexts of forced displacement and crisis? Lessons from Jordan’s labelled cash transfer for education
Social protection programming can help address gender- and lifecycle-specific vulnerabilities, particularly in humanitarian contexts. Although adolescents are disproportionately affected by crises, there remains limited evidence about how such programming can mitigate risks they face, including social isolation. This article explores how a 'cash-plus' social protection response enhances refugee adolescents' social connectedness and contributes to…
No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!’ Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises Among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees
Exacerbated by 9 years of conflict and displacement, child marriage among Syrian refugees appears to be increasing, while in Gaza, the noticeable reduction in child brides over the past two decades has recently plateaued. This comparative study explores drivers and consequences of child marriage in protracted crises, drawing on mixed-methods research from Gaza and Jordan with married adolescent girls and their parents. Our findings suggest that c…
Psychosocial support for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings: Beyond a health systems approach
Adaptive and adequately resourced health systems are necessary to achieve good health outcomes in post-conflict settings, however domains beyond the health system are also critical to ensure broader wellbeing. This paper focuses on the importance of psychosocial support services for adolescent girls in fragile contexts. Its starting point is that adolescence is a pivotal time in the life course but given the physical, cognitive and emotional chan…
Psychosocial support for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings: Beyond a health systems approach
Adaptive and adequately resourced health systems are necessary to achieve good health outcomes in post-conflict settings, however domains beyond the health system are also critical to ensure broader wellbeing. This paper focuses on the importance of psychosocial support services for adolescent girls in fragile contexts. Its starting point is that adolescence is a pivotal time in the life course but given the physical, cognitive and emotional chan…
Do restrictive gender attitudes and norms influence physical and mental health during very young Adolescence? Evidence from Bangladesh and Ethiopia
Adolescence is seen as a window of opportunity for intervention but also as a time during which restrictive gender attitudes and norms become more salient. This increasingly gendered world has the potential to profoundly influence adolescents' capabilities, including their physical and mental health. Using quantitative data on 6,500 young adolescents (10-12) from the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) program, this paper analyses the …
Ensuring no voices are left behind: The Use of Digital Storytelling and Diary Writing in Times of Crisis
Adolescent access to health services in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: The case of the Gaza Strip
The article highlights the importance of designing and implementing conflict-sensitive and age- and gender-appropriate adolescent services and information and promoting preventive services targeted at adolescents
No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!’ Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises Among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees
Exacerbated by 9 years of conflict and displacement, child marriage among Syrian refugees appears to be increasing, while in Gaza, the noticeable reduction in child brides over the past two decades has recently plateaued. This comparative study explores drivers and consequences of child marriage in protracted crises, drawing on mixed-methods research from Gaza and Jordan with married adolescent girls and their parents. Our findings suggest that c…
Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind
Given increasing policy attention to the consequences of youth marginalisation for development processes, engaging with the experiences of socially marginalised adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (including those who are out of school, refugees, married, with disabilities or adolescent parents) is a pressing priority. To understand how these disadvantages—and adolescents’ abilities to respond to them—intersect to shape opportunities …
Identifying barriers and facilitators of translating research evidence into clinical practice: A systematic review of reviews
Reducing non-communicable diseases among Palestinian populations in Gaza: A participatory comparative and cost-effectiveness modeling assessment
We sought to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of potential new public health and healthcare NCD risk reduction efforts among Palestinians in Gaza. We created a microsimulation model using: (i) a cross-sectional household survey of NCD risk factors among 4,576 Palestinian adults aged ≥40 years old in Gaza; (ii) a modified Delphi process among local public health experts to identify potentially feasible new interventions; and (iii) r…
Can social protection contribute to social connectedness in contexts of forced displacement and crisis? Lessons from Jordan’s labelled cash transfer for education
Social protection programming can help address gender- and lifecycle-specific vulnerabilities, particularly in humanitarian contexts. Although adolescents are disproportionately affected by crises, there remains limited evidence about how such programming can mitigate risks they face, including social isolation. This article explores how a 'cash-plus' social protection response enhances refugee adolescents' social connectedness and contributes to…
Adolescence, Interrupted: A narrative review of the impact of Covid-19 on adolescent wellbeing
Child marriage in contexts of forced displacement: Exploring drivers and decision-making in Jordan through a gender and generational lens
Given the importance of economic precarity, ending child marriage in contexts of forced displacement will require expanding girls' access to education and improving refugees' access to work, which will provide a route through which fathers and young men can demonstrate their adult masculinity, and to allow girls and women some measure of financial independence. Given that displacement now often lasts for decades, the humanitarian sector also need…
"They just make sure you are breathing": Exploring the intersecting health and psychosocial risks of young people with disabilities in the war on Gaza
(250 words) Background Beyond a general recognition that persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by conflict and forced displacement, there is limited evidence on physical and mental health risks facing young people with disabilities in humanitarian settings. To address this evidence lacuna, this article examines the effects of conflict on the physical and mental health of young people with pre-existing and/or conflict-acquired …
Researching Social Protection With Diverse Young People in Crisis Contexts: Methodological Reflections From Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, Gaza and Lebanon
Research focusing on humanitarian crises is vital for informing the design and targeting of humanitarian relief and social protection, particularly as both the nature of emergencies and the types of programming that are needed will evolve over time. This is particularly the case for social protection programming aimed at adolescents and young people, who encounter emergencies at a point in the life course characterised by rapid physical and socia…
Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Health and Conflict Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works)