Publications by authors named "Hanan Abusbaitan"
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- - Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major risk for Somali women with refugee status, highlighting their unique vulnerabilities and barriers to accessing care.
- - A new conceptual framework grounded in postcolonial feminist theory was created to guide research and policy aimed at supporting these women, taking into account the structural and sociocultural challenges they face.
- - By focusing on women-centered interventions, healthcare and social service organizations can effectively address the issue of GBV within this population, improving support for Somali refugee women.
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- Violent behavior against women, especially intimate partner violence (IPV), results in severe long-term physical and mental health effects for women, their children, and communities.
- Indigenous and Black women face additional barriers to seeking help for IPV, including structural racism, limited access to support services, and geographical challenges.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these issues, putting Black and Indigenous women at even greater risk for IPV-related harm during lockdowns and highlighting the need for focused research in these communities.
Objectives: We are in the midst of an overdose epidemic that has grown during the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic. In Wisconsin, overdose deaths increased 11-fold from 2000 to 2020, with over 1200 deaths in 2020. Because of disparities in substance use initiation, relapse, and treatment success among racially minoritized women, this study's purpose was to investigate overdose death rates among Black and Indigenous women in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex and pervasive public health problem disproportionately affecting Indigenous and Black women. During the COVID-19 pandemic, IPV became more complicated for advocates because social distancing, quarantine, and isolation measures further endangered women experiencing IPV. This manuscript is based on an ongoing community-engaged study in an upper Midwestern state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Pain is still undertreated among ICU patients, especially cognitively impaired patients. Nurses play a crucial role in their management. However, previous studies found that nurses had insufficient knowledge about pain assessment and management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Evidence reported inadequate dietary practices among pregnant women and recommended educating pregnant women about their diet to improve pregnancy outcomes. However, studies examining the effect of health education about dietary practices during pregnancy are lacking in Jordan.
Objective: To examine the effect of health education on the levels of dietary knowledge and practices among pregnant women in Jordan.