First-Generation Palestinian Refugees in Jordan: Experiences of Occupational Disruption From an Occupational Justice Perspective. 2023

Alyssa A Fabianek, and Jenny Z Li, and Sarah E Laume, and Joseph Mageary, and Tala Al-Rousan, and Claudia A Rosu, and Rawan AlHeresh
Alyssa A. Fabianek, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS, is Occupational Therapist, Rehab Without Walls, Biddeford, ME; afabianek@une.edu.

OBJECTIVE Only a limited amount of research has investigated the impact of prolonged refugee status of Palestinian refugees who have been displaced for more than 70 yr. OBJECTIVE To explore lived experiences of Palestinian refugees in Jordan and understand their occupational disruption. METHODS Thematic analysis guided by descriptive phenomenology with one-on-one and group interviews. METHODS An AlBaqa'a community-based rehabilitation center or participants' homes. METHODS First-generation Palestinian refugees who fled Palestine and live in Jordan. RESULTS Fifteen Palestinians, mainly widowed women in their 70s, participated in this study. Ten completed interviews, and five participated in two group interviews. Four themes emerged: (1) Palestinian pride, (2) trauma leaving one's home country, (3) challenges of living in a host country, and (4) internalized prejudice. CONCLUSIONS After 70 yr, prolonged refugeeism has led to occupational disruption and negative implications for occupational justice, especially in the absence of social justice. The area most negatively affected was social participation; however, participants still had a great sense of pride about their homeland and their heritage. What This Article Adds: This foundational research explores the occupational injustices of the protracted refugee status of first-generation Palestinians in Jordan and identifies meaningful interventions to promote the alleviation of occupational disruption.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007597 Jordan A country in the MIDDLE EAST, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel and Iraq. The capital is Amman.
D012036 Refugees Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence. Asylum Seekers,Displaced Persons,Internally Displaced Persons,Political Asylum Seekers,Political Refugees,Asylum Seeker,Asylum Seeker, Political,Asylum Seekers, Political,Displaced Person,Displaced Person, Internally,Displaced Persons, Internally,Internally Displaced Person,Person, Displaced,Persons, Displaced,Political Asylum Seeker,Political Refugee,Refugee,Refugee, Political,Refugees, Political,Seeker, Asylum,Seekers, Asylum,Seekers, Political Asylum
D004644 Emotions Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties. Feelings,Regret,Emotion,Feeling,Regrets
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012935 Social Justice An interactive process whereby members of a community are concerned for the equality and rights of all. Food Justice,Common Good,Justice,Obligations of Society,Good, Common,Justice, Food,Justice, Social
D018912 Arabs Members of a Semitic people inhabiting the Arabian peninsula or other countries of the Middle East and North Africa. The term may be used with reference to ancient, medieval, or modern ethnic or cultural groups. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Bedouin People,Bedouins,Palestinians,Arab,Bedouin,Bedouin Peoples,Palestinian,People, Bedouin

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