• Health care workers in conflict and postconflict settings: Systematic mapping of the evidence 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; El-Harakeh, Amena; Kassamany, Inas; Ismail, Hussein; ElArnaout, Nour; Charide, Rana; Madi, Farah; Jamali, Sarah F.; Martineau, Tim; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  Background Health care workers (HCWs) are essential for the delivery of health care services in conflict areas and in rebuilding health systems post-conflict. Objective The aim of this study was to systematically identify ...
• Prioritization approaches in the development of health practice guidelines: A systematic review 

  El-Harakeh, Amena; Morsi, Rami Z.; Fadlallah, Racha; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Lotfi, Tamara; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  Background: Given the considerable efforts and resources required to develop practice guidelines, developers need to prioritize what topics and questions to address. This study aims to identify and describe prioritization ...
• The implementation of prioritization exercises in the development and update of health practice guidelines: A scoping review 

  El-Harakeh, Amena; Lotfi, Tamara; Ahmad, Ali; Morsi, Rami Z.; Fadlallah, Racha; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  Background The development of trustworthy guidelines requires substantial investment of resources and time. This highlights the need to prioritize topics for guideline development and update. Objective To systematically ...
• A common framework of steps and criteria for prioritizing topics for evidence syntheses: a systematic review 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Harakeh, Amena; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Lotfi, Tamara; El-Jardali, Fadi; Hishi, Lama; Akl, Elie A. (Elsevier USA, 2020)

  Objective: The objective of the study was to systematically review the literature for proposed approaches and exercises conducted to prioritize topics or questions for systematic reviews and other types of evidence syntheses ...
• 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 ...
• Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; Khabsa, Joanne; Jabbour, Mathilda; Hilal, Nadeen; Haidar, Zeinab; Abi Khalil, Pamela; Khalek, Rima Abdul; Assaf, Jana; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Abou Samra, Clara; Hneiny, Layal; Al-Awlaqi, Sameh; Hanefeld, Johanna; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; El-Bcheraoui, Charbel E. (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2021)

  Objectives: To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual factors. Design: Policy mapping and ...
• Using narratives to impact health policy-making: A systematic review 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Nomier, Mohamed A.; Hemadi, Nour; Arif, Khurram; Langlois, Étienne V.; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  Background: There is increased interest in using narratives or storytelling to influence health policies. We aimed to systematically review the evidence on the use of narratives to impact the health policy-making process. ...
• 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 ...
• Using media to impact health policy-making: An integrative systematic review 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; El-Jardali, Fadi; Hemadi, Nour; Faraj, Yasmine; Ojha, Utkarsh; Shahrour, Maher; Darzi, Andrea J.; Ali, Maha; Doumit, Carine; Langlois, Étienne V.; Melki, Jad; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

  Introduction: Media interventions can potentially play a major role in influencing health policies. This integrative systematic review aimed to assess the effects of planned media interventions-including social media-on ...
• 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 ...
• Association between physicians' interaction with pharmaceutical companies and their clinical practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Brax, Hneiné; Fadlallah, Racha; Al-Khaled, Lina; Kahale, Lara A.; Nas, Hala; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2017)

  Background: Pharmaceutical company representatives likely influence the prescribing habits and professional behaviors of physicians. The objective of this study was to systematically review the association between physicians' ...
• The relationship between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, chronic occupational fatigue, and work organization: A multi-hospital cross-sectional study 

  Younan, Lina Sabbagh; Clinton, Michael E.; Fares, Souha A.; El-Jardali, Fadi; Samaha, Helen (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)

  Aims: To identify the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, levels of chronic occupational fatigue, and how they vary with individual and work organization factors. Design: A multi-hospital cross-sectional ...
• Rasch Measurement Analysis of a 25-Item Version of the Mueller/McCloskey Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale in a Sample of Nurses in Lebanon and Qatar 

  Clinton, Michael E.; Dumit, Nuhad Yazbik; El-Jardali, Fadi (SAGE Publications Inc., 2015)

  The Mueller/McCloskey Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) is widely used, but its psychometric characteristics have not been sufficiently validated for use in Middle Eastern countries. The objective of our methodological ...
• Long Term Weight Loss Diets and Obesity Indices: Results of a Network Meta-Analysis 

  Jabbour, Jana; Rihawi, Yasmin; Khamis, Assem M.; Ghamlouche, Layal; Tabban, Bayan; Safadi, Gloria; Hammad, Nour M.; Hadla, Ruba; Zeidan, Marwa; Andari, Dana; Azar, Riwa Nour; Nasser, Nadine; Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

  Background: Scientists have been investigating efficient interventions to prevent and manage obesity. This network meta-analysis (NMA) compared the effect of different diets [moderate macronutrients (MMs), low fat/high ...
• Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon 

  Dimassi, Hani I.; Alameddine, Mohamad S.; Sabra, Nadine; El Arnaout, Nour; Harb, Ranime; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; El-Kak, Faysal H.; Shanaa, Abed; Mossi, Marta Orozco; Saleh, Shadi S.; Al-Arab, Natally (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  Background and aims: The Lebanese healthcare system faces multiple challenges including limited capacities, shortage of skilled professionals, and inadequate supplies, in addition to hosting a significant number of refugees. ...
• Outpatient use patterns and experiences among diabetic and hypertensive patients in fragile settings: a cross-sectional study from Lebanon 

  Saleh, Shadi S.; Muhieddine, Dina H.; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; Dimassi, Hani I.; Diaconu, Karin D.; Noubani, Aya; Arakelyan, Stella; Ager, Alastair K.St C.; Alameddine, Mohamad S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

  Objectives Assess and describe the health service use and delivery patterns for non-communicable disease (NCD) services in two contrasting fragility contexts and by other principal equity-related characteristics including ...
• Reproductive health of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon: a descriptive analysis of the Sijilli electronic health records database 

  Al-Arab, Natally; Nabulsi, Dana; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; Harb, Ranime; Lahoud, Julien; Nahouli, Lara; Abou Koura, Abdulghani; El Saddik, Ghaidaa; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  Background: The Syrian conflict has been responsible for the highest exodus of refugees, with Lebanon hosting the greatest number of refugees per capita, which placed a significant strain on an already overburdened healthcare ...
• The determinants of the quality of clinical management among diabetic and hypertensive patients in a context of fragility: A cross-sectional survey from Lebanon 

  Saleh, Shadi S.; Muhieddine, Dina H.; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; Dimassi, Hani I.; Diaconu, Karin D.; Arakelyan, Stella; Ager, Alastair K.St C.; Alameddine, Mohamad S. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

  Introduction: The management of NCDs is a growing challenge in low- and middle-income settings with the increasing prevalence and the associated demands that such conditions make on health systems. Fragile settings both ...
• Integrating refugees into national health systems amid political and economic constraints in the EMR: Approaches from Lebanon and Jordan 

  Saleh, Shadi S.; Ibrahim, Sarah; Diab, Jasmin Lilian; Osman, Mona H. (University of Edinburgh, 2022)
• Political Economy of Health in fragile and conflict-affected regions in the Middle East and North Africa region 

  Saleh, Shadi S.; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad (University of Edinburgh, 2022)

  The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), is an epicentre of many different types of conflicts [1]. Twelve countries are facing humanitarian crises with unfortunate results ranging from fragility to massive refugees ...

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