• Health Care Workers in the setting of the Arab Spring: A scoping review for the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; Daou, Karim N.; Nomier, Mohamed A.; El Arnaout, Nour; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (University of Edinburgh, 2019)

  Background Health Care Workers in Conflict Areas emerged as one of the priority themes for a Lancet Commission addressing health in conflict. The objective of our study was to conduct a scoping review on health workers in ...
• Interventions to combat or prevent drug counterfeiting: A systematic review 

  El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; Fadlallah, Racha; Oliver, Sandy R.; Saleh, Nadine G.; El-Bawab, Lamya; Rizk, Rana G.; Farha, A. A.; Hamra, Rasha (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)

  Objective: Drug counterfeiting has serious public health and safety implications. The objective of this study was to systematically review the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to combat or prevent drug ...
• Strategies and Systems-Level Interventions to Combat or Prevent Drug Counterfeiting: A Systematic Review of Evidence Beyond Effectiveness 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Annan, Farah; Azzam, Hayat; Akl, Elie A. (Springer International Publishing, 2016)

  Background: A recent systematic review suggested that drug registrations and onsite quality inspections may be effective in reducing the prevalence of counterfeit and substandard drugs. However, simply replicating the most ...
• Mental health research in the Arab region: challenges and call for action 

  Maalouf, Fadi T.; Alamiri, Bibi; Atweh, Samir F.; Becker, Anne E.; Cheour, Majda; Darwish, Hala; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Ghuloum, Suhaila Ali; Hamzé, Mouïn H.; Karam, Elie Georges; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Khoury, Samia J.; Mokdad, Ali H.I.; Meho, Lokman I.; Okasha, Tarek A.; Reed, Geoffrey M.; Sbaity, Eman; Zeinoun, Pia; Akl, Elie A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

  Although mental disorders are a leading cause of disability in the Arab region, which includes 5·54% of the global population, Arab countries produce only 1·0% of the global output of peer-reviewed publications in mental ...
• Exploring resident-staff relationships in nursing homes in Lebanon 

  Adra, Marina Gharibian; Aharonian, Zepur; Mehio-Sibai, Abla Mehio (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2019)

  Objectives: To explore the prevailing relationships between residents and staff in nursing homes in Lebanon, and to elicit factors that influence these relationships. Method: Using a qualitative phenomenological design, ...
• Surviving testicular cancer: The lebanese lived experience 

  Saab, Mohamad M.; Noureddine, Samar Nayef; Abu Saad Huijer, Huda Huijer; DeJong, Jocelyn (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)

  Background: 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. Objective: The ...
• Barriers to the use of dental services by children in lebanon and association with parental perception of oral health care 

  Karam, Ingrid A.; Jaffa, Miran A.; Ghafari, Joseph George (World Health Organization, 2020)

  Background: Oral health is important to general health but use of dental services varies considerably, particularly for children. Aims: We aimed to determine factors associated with parents’ use of dental services for their ...
• Malocclusion in Elementary School Children in Beirut: Severity and Related Social/Behavioral Factors 

  Hanna, Antoine Elias; Shaya, Monique; Moukarzel, Celine; El-Asmar, Khalil; Jaffa, Miran A.; Ghafari, Joseph George (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)

  Aim. To assess severity of malocclusion in Lebanese elementary school children and the relationship between components of malocclusion and sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Methods. Dental screening was performed ...
• Mapping breast cancer journal publications in conflict settings in the MENA region: a scoping review 

  Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; El Achi, Nassim; Kayyal, Walaa; Elamine, Ahmad; Noubani, Aya; Menassa, Marilyne; Ahmed, Fahad; Sullivan, Richard; Mukherji, Deborah M. (ecancer Global Foundation, 2020)

  Background: Breast cancer is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among women in the the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Conflict and political instability in the region may affect medical ...
• A conceptual framework for capacity strengthening of health research in conflict: The case of the Middle East and North Africa region 

  El Achi, Nassim; Papamichail, Andreas; Rizk, Anthony; Lindsay, Helen; Menassa, Marilyne; Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Ekzayez, Abdulkarim M.; Dewachi, Omar; Patel, Preeti P. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  Background: In conflict settings, research capacities have often been de-prioritized as resources are diverted to emergency needs, such as addressing elevated morbidity, mortality and health system challenges directly ...
• Systematic review of major osteoporotic fracture to hip fracture incidence rate ratios worldwide: implications for Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX)-derived estimates 

  Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic; Dagher, Hiba; Sharara, Sima Lynn; Ajjour, Sara; Chamoun, Nariman; Cauley, Jane A.; Mahfoud, Ziyad R.; Boudreau, Robert M.; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021)

  The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) is the most widely used tool for fracture prediction. It provides 10-year probabilities for hip and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF). It uses country-specific hip fracture incidence ...
• The political economy of health in conflict: Lessons learned from three states in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during COVID-19 

  Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Soares, Lurdes; Diab, Jasmin Lilian; Abouzeid, Alaa (University of Edinburgh, 2022)

  Background The Eastern Mediterranean Region continues to face a severe scale of emergencies as a direct result of conflict and political instability in a number of countries. As of 2020, nine countries out of 22 countries ...
• Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 

  Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Barkil-Oteo, Andres; Diab, Jasmin Lilian (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)

  Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, ...
• A community-based system dynamics approach for understanding factors affecting mental Health and Health seeking behaviors in Beirut and Beqaa regions of Lebanon 

  Noubani, Aya; Diaconu, Karin D.; Ghandour, Lilian A.; El Koussa, Maria; Loffreda, Giulia; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2020)

  Background: Available evidence on mental health and psychosocial problems in Lebanon is limited. Recent quantitative data suggests a high prevalence among Syrian refugees and their Lebanese host communities, with significant ...
• Informal healthcare provision in Lebanon: An adaptive mechanism among displaced Syrian health professionals in a protracted crisis 

  Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Noubani, Aya; El Arnaout, Nour; Ismail, Sharif A.; Nimer, Hana; Menassa, Marilyne; Coutts, Adam P.; Rayes, Diana; Jomaa, Lamis H.; Saleh, Shadi S.; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  Background: Syrian healthcare workers (HCWs) are among those who fled the Syrian conflict only to face further social and economic challenges in host countries. In Lebanon, this population group cannot formally practice, ...
• The economic burden of cancer care for Syrian refugees: a population-based modelling study 

  Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Guo, Ping; Sharp, Forbes; Gheorghe, Adrian; Shamieh, Omar M.; Kutluk, Tezer; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Coutts, Adam P.; Aggarwal, Ajay K.; Mukherji, Deborah M.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Sullivan, Richard (Lancet Publishing Group, 2020)

  Background: Cancer represents a substantial health burden for refugees and host countries. However, no reliable data on the costs of cancer care for refugees are available, which limits the planning of official development ...
• The landscape of urban cemeteries in Beirut: Perceptions and preferences 

  Al-Akl, Nayla M.; Karaan, Elias Nasser; Al-Zein, Mohammad Souheil; Assaad, Sarah (Elsevier GmbH, 2018)

  Cemeteries constitute some of oldest and largest green and open spaces in Beirut. With the rapid densification of the city, and the extensive loss of green space, understanding the potential of these sites, as multifunctional ...
• Impact of minimum unit pricing on youth alcohol consumption: insights from Lebanon 

  Chaaban, Jad M.; Haddad, Joanne; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Chalak, Ali (Oxford University Press, 2022)

  This paper analyses the impact of introducing an alcohol minimum unit pricing policy on youth's off-premise alcohol consumption. We rely on price elasticities derived using stated preference alcohol purchase data from a ...
• The impact of broad-based vs targeted taxation on youth alcohol consumption in Lebanon 

  Chalak, Ali; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Anouti, Sirine; Nakkash, Rima T.; Yassin, Nasser; Afifi, Rima A. (Oxford University Press, 2020)

  This study aims to model youth's off-premise alcohol demand and forecasts ethanol intake responsiveness to alcohol taxes. Using stated preference alcohol purchase data from a survey of 1024 university students in Lebanon, ...
• Interactive community-based theatre to address social barriers to accessing reproductive health services in patriarchal societies: the case of Jordan 

  El-Dirani, Zeinab; Akik, Chaza; Attel, Lina; Kamhawi, Rania; Nawafleh, Muhannad; Essaid, Aida Asim; DeJong, Jocelyn (Routledge, 2023)

  Interactive community-based theatre is used to engage with audience members and allow for free exchange of ideas relevant to context. It aims to bring about a new understanding of an issue while challenging people’s attitudes ...

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