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A Group-Based Modeling Approach to Identify Developmental Trajectories of Nicotine Dependence Among Lebanese Adolescents Waterpipe Smokers

Ebrahimi-Kalan, Mohammad; Bahelah, Raed; Bursac, Zoran; Ward, Kenneth D.; BenTaleb, Ziyad; Tleis, Malak; Jebai, Rime; Asfar, Taghrid; Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Maziak, Wasim (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Introduction: Adolescence represents a critical period in which nicotine dependence (ND) symptoms are developing. Little is known about waterpipe (WP) smoking and developmental trajectories of ND criteria across adolescence. ...
Bullying Victimization and Use of Substances in High School: Does Religiosity Moderate the Association?

Afifi, Rima A.; El-Asmar, Khalil; Bteddini, Dima S.; Assi, Moubadda; Yassin, Nasser; Bitar, Sara Al; Ghandour, Lilian A. (Springer, 2020)

Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use continue to pose serious public health concerns among youth. Bullying victimization has been identified as a risk factor and religiosity a protective factor for adolescent substance use. ...
Child and adolescent injury burden in the eastern mediterranean region: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 1990-2017

Al-Hajj, Samar; El-Bcheraoui, Charbel E.; Daoud, Farah; Khalil, Ibrahim A.; Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Hamadeh, Randah R.; Mokdad, Ali H.I. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2020)

Background: Child and adolescent injury is one of the leading causes of child death globally with a large proportion occurring in Low- A nd Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Similarly, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) ...
Child school injury in Lebanon: A study to assess injury incidence, severity and risk factors

Al-Hajj, Samar; Nehme, Ricardo; Hatoum, Firas; Zheng, Alex; Pike, Ian (Public Library of Science, 2020)

Background School-based injuries represent a sizeable portion of child injuries. This study investigated the rates of school-based injuries in Lebanon, examining injury mechanisms, outcomes and associated risk factors. ...
Child transport injuries and deaths in Lebanon: A multicentre retrospective study

Al-Hajj, Samar; Arjinian, Sebouh; Hamadeh, Zahraa; Al-Zaghrini, Elie; El-Asmar, Khalil (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)

Introduction Road traffic injury (RTI) constitutes the leading cause of deaths and disabilities for individuals aged 5-29 years globally. Lebanon suffers from a high toll of transport mortality and morbidity, though accurate ...
Cigarette smoking in a Middle Eastern country and its association with hospitalisation use: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Mehio-Sibai, Abla Mehio; Iskandarani, Mohamad M.; Darzi, Andrea J.; Nakkash, Rima T.; Saleh, Shadi S.; Fares, Souha A.; Hwalla, Nahla C. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)

Objectives: Little is known about the distribution of cigarette smoking by place and persons at the national level or its burden on healthcare expenditure in countries of the Middle East. We examine in this study the pattern ...
Collaborative visual analytics: A health analytics approach to injury prevention

Al-Hajj, Samar; Fisher, Brian D.; Smith, Jen; Pike, Ian (MDPI, 2017)

Background: Accurate understanding of complex health data is critical in order to deal with wicked health problems and make timely decisions. Wicked problems refer to ill-structured and dynamic problems that combine ...
Conspiracy beliefs and vaccination intent for COVID-19 in an infodemic

Ghaddar, Ali; Khandaqji, Sanaa; Awad, Zeinab; Kansoun, Rawad (Public Library of Science, 2022)

Background The massive, free and unrestricted exchange of information on the social media during the Covid-19 pandemic has set fertile grounds for fear, uncertainty and the rise of fake news related to the virus. This ...
Distribution and predictors of emergency department charges: The case of a tertiary hospital in Lebanon

Saleh, Shadi S.; Mourad, Yara; Dimassi, Hani I.; Hitti, Eveline A. (BioMed Central, 2016)

Background: As health care costs continue to increase worldwide, health care systems, and more specifically hospitals are facing continuous pressure to operate more efficiently. One service within the hospital sector whose ...
Does knowing about the long-term health effects of alcohol matter? Evidence from a university sample in Lebanon

Khauli, Nicole; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Anouti, Sirine; Afifi, Rima A.; Nakkash, Rima T.; Chalak, Ali; Yassin, Nasser; Martins, Silvia S. (World Health Organization, 2021)

Background: Research linking awareness of health effects of alcohol and harmful alcohol drinking status is limited. Aims: To investigate the association between awareness of long-term alcohol effects and alcohol use ...
Double trouble: Exploring the association between waterpipe tobacco smoking and the nonmedical use of psychoactive prescription drugs among adolescents

Zahlan, Leona; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Yassin, Nasser; Afifi, Rima A.; Martins, Silvia S. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2014)

Background: In youth, both waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) and nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) are globally growing concerns. This study assesses for the first time the lifetime and past-year associations ...
Epidemiology of Adult Injuries: A Multi-Center Study in Greater Beirut

Al-Hajj, Samar; Ariss, Abdel Badih; Bachir, Rana H.; El Sayed, Mazen J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2023)

Introduction: Injury accounts for nearly 4 million deaths and 63 million disabilities annually. The injury burden is disproportionally large in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Lebanon. This study aims ...
“Everyone Has the Right to Drink Beer”: A Stakeholder Analysis of Challenges to Youth Alcohol Harm-Reduction Policies in Lebanon

Nakkash, Rima T.; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Yassin, Nasser; Anouti, Sirine; Chalak, Ali; Chehab, Sara; El-Aily, Aida; Afifi, Rima A. (MDPI AG, 2019)

Background: Alcohol use is a major risk factor in premature death and disability, especially among youth. Evidence-based policies to prevent and control the detrimental effect of alcohol use have been recommended. In ...
Gender differences in waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in four eastern mediterranean countries

Hamadeh, Randah R.; Lee, Juhan; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Darawad, Muhammad Waleed; Mostafa, Aya; Kheirallah, Khalid Ahmed; Yusufali, Afzal Hussein; Thomas, Justin; Salama, Mohamed M.; Nakkash, Rima T.; Salloum, Ramzi George (International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020)

INTRODUCTION Males have a higher prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) than females in most Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries, with a smaller gender gap than that of cigarette smoking. The objective of ...
Natural Course of Nicotine Dependence Among Adolescent Waterpipe and Cigarette Smokers

Ebrahimi-Kalan, Mohammad; Behaleh, Raed; DiFranza, Joseph R.; Bursac, Zoran; Ben Taleb, Ziyad; Tleis, Malak; Asfar, Taghrid; Nakkash, Rima T.; Ward, Kenneth D.; Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Maziak, Wasim (Elsevier Inc., 2020)

Purpose: Waterpipe (WP) smoking patterns and setting can result in a unique trajectory of nicotine dependence (ND) compared with cigarette smoking. This longitudinal study compared the development of ND symptoms among ...
Observations on the ministry of public health program of support to the hospitalization of patients in Lebanon

Kronfol, Nabil M.; Khalife, Jade; Romanos, Jenny; Makouk, Jihad; Noun, Peter E.; Ammar, Walid S. (Lebanese Order of Physicians, 2014)

Lebanon has a highly fragmented health care system. The Lebanese population receives its health care services through a system dominated by the private sector that is dependent to a large extent on public sector financing. ...
Perceptions and behaviors of patients and pharmacists towards generic drug substitution in Lebanon

Saleh, Shadi S.; Abou Samra, Clara; Jleilaty, Stewart; Constantin, Joanne; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; Al-Bittar, Dania (Springer Netherlands, 2017)

Background Patients, physicians and pharmacists are key stakeholders in the implementation of generic substitution policies. Objectives To explore Lebanese patients’ perceptions and experience, and pharmacists’ dispensing ...
Perspectives of displaced Syrian women and service providers on fertility behaviour and available services in west Bekaa, Lebanon

Kabakian-Khasholian, Tamar; Mourtada, Rima; Bashour, Hyam Nicola; El-Kak, Faysal H.; Zurayk, Huda C. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2017)

Prior to the conflict, Syria had relatively high fertility rates. In 2010, it had the sixth highest total fertility rate in the Arab World, but it witnessed a fertility decline before the conflict in 2011. Displacement ...
Physical trauma and injury: A multicenter study comparing local residents and refugees in Lebanon

Al-Hajj, Samar; Chahrour, Mohamad A.; Nasrallah, Ali A.; Hamed, Lara; Pike, Ian (University of Edinburgh, 2021)

Background Refugees are susceptible to various types of injury mechanisms associated with their dire living conditions and settlements. This study aims to compare and characterize the emergency department admissions due ...
Predictors of nicotine dependence among adolescent waterpipe and cigarette smokers: A 6-year longitudinal analysis

Ebrahimi-Kalan, Mohammad; Bahelah, Raed; Bursac, Zoran; Ben Taleb, Ziyad; DiFranza, Joseph R.; Tleis, Malak; Nakkash, Rima T.; Jebai, Rime; Alam, Mohammad Masudul; Cano, Miguel Ángel; Sutherland, Matthew T.; Fenni, Kristopher; Asfar, Taghrid; Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Ward, Kenneth D.; Maziak, Wasim (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020)

Objective: Identifying the factors associated with nicotine dependence (ND) is essential to prevent initiation and continued use, and to promote cessation among youth. This study aims to document the predictors of the ...

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