• Work-related injuries among Syrian refugee child workers in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon: A gender-sensitive analysis 

  Habib, Rima R.; Mikati, Diana; Al-Barathie, Josleen; Younes, Elio Abi; Jawad, Mohammed; Asmar, Khalil El; Ziadee, Micheline (Public Library of Science, 2021-09)

  Background: Syrian refugees in Lebanon have endured increasing hardships since the onset of the Syrian war in 2011, with many resorting to child labor. Working refugee children endure socioeconomic deprivation and harsh ...
• A Generation at Risk: The Impacts of Lebanon's Escalating Humanitarian Crisis on Children 

  Abouzeid, Marian; Halwani, Dana A.; Mokdad, Ali H.; Habib, Rima R. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-16)

  Lebanon is in the midst of a rapidly escalating, unprecedented humanitarian crisis that is plunging the country deep into poverty and threatens population well-being, economic development, social welfare and national and ...
• Young lives disrupted: Gender and well-being among adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon 

  DeJong, Jocelyn; Sbeity, Farah; Schlecht, Jennifer; Harfouche, Manale; Yamout, Rouham; M. Fouad, Fouad; Manohar, Seema; Robinson, Courtland (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-11-14)

  The conflict in Syria that began in 2011 has resulted in the exodus of over 5 million Syrian refugees to neighbouring countries, with more than one million refugees currently registered by UNHCR in Lebanon. While some are ...
• A qualitative study exploring child marriage practices among Syrian conflict-affected populations in Lebanon 

  Schlecht, Jennifer; Dejong, Jocelyn; Mourtada, Rima (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017-11-14)

  Recent reports have suggested that child marriage among Syrians may be increasing as a result of displacement and conflict. This study sought to gather qualitative data about the factors that promote child marriage practices ...
• Reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health in conflict: a case study on Syria using Countdown indicators 

  DeJong, Jocelyn; Ghattas, Hala; Bashour, Hyam; Mourtada, Rima; Akik, Chaza; Reese-Masterson, Amelia (BMJ global health, 2017-09)

  Women and children account for a disproportionate morbidity burden among conflict-affected populations, and yet they are not included in global accountability frameworks for women’s and children’s health. We use Countdown ...
• A glance into the hidden burden of maternal morbidity and patterns of management in a Palestinian governmental referral hospital 

  Hassan, Sahar J.; Wick, Laura; DeJong, Jocelyn (Elsevier Ltd, 2015-12)

  Little is known about the burden and patterns of maternal morbidity during childbirth, particularly in the Middle East Region. Investigating the patterns of maternal morbidity can be useful in guiding improvement in the ...
• A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria 

  Bashour, Hyam; Saad-Haddad, Ghada; DeJong, Jocelyn; Cherine Ramadan, Mohammed; Hassan, Sahar; Breebaart, Miral; Wick, Laura; Hassanein, Nevine; Kharouf, Mayada (Springer Nature, 2015-11-13)

  The maternal near-miss approach has been increasingly used as a tool to evaluate and improve the quality of care in maternal health. We report findings from the formative stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) funded ...
• Surviving Testicular Cancer: The Lebanese Lived Experience 

  Saab, Mohammad; Noureddine, Samar; Abu-Saad Huijer, Huda; DeJong, Jocelyn (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014-05)

  Testicular cancer is thought to have a great impact on its survivors, yet there has been limited literature on the topic globally and no literature on the topic in Lebanon and the Arab region. The purpose of this study was ...
• Health and ecological sustainability in the Arab world: A matter of survival 

  El-Zein, Abbas; Jabbour, Samer; Tekce, Belgin; Zurayk, Huda; Nuwayhid, Iman; Khawaja, Marwan; Tell, Tariq; Al Mooji, Yusuf; De-Jong, Jocelyn; Yassin, Nasser; Hogan, Dennis (Elsevier Ltd, 2014-02-01)

  Discussions leading to the Rio+20 UN conference have emphasised the importance of sustainable development and the protection of the environment for future generations. The Arab world faces large-scale threats to its ...
• The Struggle for Recognition by People Living With HIV/AIDS in Sudan 

  DeJong, Jocelyn; Mortagy, Iman (SAGE Publications, 2013-03-20)

  In settings with high HIV/AIDS-related stigma and where HIV is at low prevalence, the political space is often not conducive to making the epidemic more visible to public debate. In the Middle East and North Africa people ...
• HIV/AIDS among female sex workers, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Lebanon: results of the first biobehavioral surveys 

  Mahfoud, Ziyad; Afifi, Rema; Ramia, Sami; Kassak, Kassem; Ghanem, Maguy; El-Nakib, Mostafa; DeJong, Jocelyn; El Barbir, Farah; El Khoury, Danielle (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010-07)

  The aim of this article is to measure HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female sex workers, injecting drug users (IDUs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lebanon and the prevalence of hepatitis B virus ...
• The role and limitations of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development 

  DeJong, Jocelyn (Elsevier Ltd, 2000-09-15)

  Population questions have always aroused controversy, but the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which took place in Cairo in September 1994 was particularly contentious. Yet a consensus emerged ...
• Mistreatment at work and musculoskeletal pain in male and female working Syrian refugee children 

  Habib, Rima R.; Katrib, Reem S.; Katrib, Farah S.; Abi Younes, Elio; Ziadee, Micheline; Al Barathie, Josleen (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022)

  Since the Syrian war in 2011, Syrian refugees in Lebanon have continued to experience socioeconomic deprivation, resorting many families to child labour as a form of survival. Adopting a gender-sensitive analysis, this ...
• Impacts of Climate Change and Heat Stress on Farmworkers' Health: A Scoping Review 

  El Khayat, Moussa; Halwani, Dana A.; Hneiny, Layal; Alameddine, Ibrahim; Haidar, Mustapha A.; Habib, Rima R. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-08)

  Due to the continuous rise of global temperatures and heatwaves worldwide as a result of climate change, concerns for the health and safety of working populations have increased. Workers in the food production chain, ...
• Patterns of change of multisite pain over 1 year of follow-up and related risk factors 

  Ntani, Georgia; Coggon, David; Felli, Vanda E.; Harari, Florencia; Barrero, Lope H.; Felknor, Sarah A.; Rojas, Marianela; Serra, Consol; Bonzini, Matteo; Merisalu, Eda; Habib, Rima R.; Sadeghian, Farideh; Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha; Matsudaira, Ko; Nyantumbu-Mkhize, Busisiwe; Kelsall, Helen L.; Harcombe, Helen; Walker-Bone, Karen (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022-08)

  Background: Multisite musculoskeletal pain is common and disabling. This study aimed to prospectively investigate the distribution of musculoskeletal pain anatomically, and explore risk factors for increases/reductions in ...
• Evaluating a capacity building program on women’s health for displaced community health workers in fragile settings in Lebanon 

  Naal, Hady; Mendelsohn, Rebecca; Brome, Dayana; Noubani, Aya; Nabulsi, Dana; Saleh, Shadi; Muhieddine, Dina (Human Resources for Health, 2021)

  Background: Displaced populations in fragile settings experience health disparities that are seldom attended to. Task-shifting, which involves training non-specialized community health workers (CHW) to deliver basic ...
• Work-related Injuries among Syrian Refugee Child Workers in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon: A Gender-sensitive Analysis 

  Habib, Rima; Mikati, Diana; Al-Barathie, Josleen; Abi Younes, Elio; Jawad, Mohammed; El Asmar, Khalil; Ziadee, Micheline (PLOS ONE, 2021)

  Background Syrian refugees in Lebanon have endured increasing hardships since the onset of the Syrian war in 2011, with many resorting to child labor. Working refugee children endure socioeconomic deprivation and harsh ...
• Funding for health policy and systems research in the Eastern Mediterranean region: amount, source and key determinants 

  El-Rabbat, Maha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Fadlallah, Racha; Sameh, Sorourd; Elham, Ahmadnezhad; Elsheikh, Badr; Jennifer, Dabis (2021-11)
• The Arabic Version of the Mobile App Rating Scale - MARS-Ar 

  Bardus, Marco; Awada, Nathalie; Ghandour, Lilian; Fares, Elie-Jacques; Gherbal, Tarek; Al-Zanati, Tasnim; Stoyanov, Stoyan (Journal of Medical Internet Research Publications, 2020-03)

  Background: With thousands of health apps in app stores globally, it is crucial to systemically and thoroughly evaluate the quality of these apps due to their potential influence on health decisions and outcomes. The Mobile ...
• Survey on Child Labour in Agriculture in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon: The Case of Syrian Refugees 

  Habib, Rima R. (American University of Beirut Press, 2019-06)

  This report explores the experiences of child labour among Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley. The report is based on data collected on 12,708 refugees living in 1,902 informal tented settlements. These refugees are among ...

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