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Symptoms of reproductive tract infections and mental distress among women in low-income Urban neighborhoods of Beirut, Lebanon

Khawaja M.; Kaddour A.; Zurayk H.; Choueiry N.; El-Kak F. (NEW ROCHELLE140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA, 2009)

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between symptoms of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and mental distress among women residing in three low-income urban neighborhoods in Greater Beirut. ...
Obtaining informed consent: Observations from community research with refugee and impoverished youth

Nakkash R.; Makhoul J.; Afifi R. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2009)

This paper presents challenges facing researchers in applying basic ethical principles while conducting research with youth in a developing country context. A discussion of the cultural and social challenges to adherence ...
The tobacco health nexus? Health messages in narghile advertisements

Khalil J.; Heath R.L.; Nakkash R.T.; Afifi R.A. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2009)

[No abstract available]
Ethical considerations in HIV-AIDS biobehavioral surveys that use respondent-driven sampling: Illustrations from Lebanon

DeJong J.; Mahfoud Z.; Khoury D.; Barbir F.; Afifi R.A. (WASHINGTON800 I STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3710 USA, 2009)

Respondent-driven sampling is especially useful for reaching hidden populations and is increasingly used internationally in public health research, particularly on HIV. Respondent-driven sampling involves peer recruitment ...
Lebanon: PM sponsors arab women's forum

Nakkash R. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2009)

[No abstract available]
'It won't happen to me': The knowledge-attitude nexus in adolescent smoking

Yeretzian J.S.; Afifi R.A. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2009)

Background Behavioral models state that adolescents need not only to know about the dangers of smoking, but also to perceive themselves as susceptible to those dangers prior to modifying their smoking behavior. However, ...
Domestic violence against women during pregnancy: The case of Palestinian refugees attending an antenatal clinic in Lebanon

Hammoury N.; Khawaja M.; Mahfoud Z.; Afifi R.A.; Madi H. (NEW ROCHELLE140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA, 2009)

Objectives: To determine the factors associated with domestic violence against pregnant Palestinian refugee women residing in Lebanon and currently using the United Nation Relief and Work Agency's (UNRWA) primary healthcare ...
Care-seeking behavior of women with reproductive health problems from low-income areas of Beirut

El-Kak F.; Khawaja M.; Salem M.; Zurayk H. (CLAREELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND, 2009)

Objective: To examine the patterns of care-seeking behavior and provider choice of women with self-reported reproductive health problems from 3 urban communities in Beirut. Methods: The study was based on a sample of 1869 ...
The tobacco industry's thwarting of marketing restrictions and health warnings in Lebanon

Nakkash R.; Lee K. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2009)

Aims: This article outlines how the tobacco industry has undermined tobacco control efforts in Lebanon since the early 1970s. Methods: An analysis of online and on-site tobacco industry documents, reviews of newspapers, ...
DeJong etal respond

Dejong J.; Mahfoud Z.; Khoury D.; Barbir F.; Afifi R.A. (WASHINGTON800 I STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3710 USA, 2010)

[No abstract available]
Building research evidence for policy advocacy: A qualitative evaluation of existing smoke-free policies in Lebanon

Nakkash R.T.; Khalil J.; Chaaya M.; Afifi R.A. (THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2010)

Secondhand smoke is harmful to smokers and nonsmokers, and smoke-free legislation worldwide improves health status. Lebanon has one of the weakest tobacco control regulatory environments in the Eastern Mediterranean region. ...
Gender differences in determinants of weight-control behaviours among adolescents in Beirut

Kanaan M.N.; Afifi R.A. (CAMBRIDGEEDINBURGH BLDG, SHAFTESBURY RD, CB2 8RU CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, 2010)

Objective: To investigate the association between self-esteem, physical activity, engaging in risky behaviours, social and cultural capital, attitudes towards thinness, parental and personal characteristics with weight-control ...
Neighbourhood influences on narghile smoking among youth in Beirut

Afifi R.A.; Yeretzian J.S.; Rouhana A.; Nehlawi M.T.; MacK A. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2010)

Background: Increasingly neighbourhoods are identified as influencing health. Neighbourhood characteristics have been linked to cigarette use. In Lebanon, the water pipe (narghile) use is most frequent among youth. The ...
The influence of parent-child relationship on safety belt use among school children in Beirut

Habib R.R.; Hamdan M.; Al-Sahab B.; Tamim H.; MacK A.; Afifi R.A. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2010)

Parent-child relationships have been linked to the health and social well-being of adolescents. This relationship may be especially influential in areas of the world where family bonds remain the strongest for children. ...
Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen perceived stress scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women

Chaaya M.; Osman H.; Naassan G.; Mahfoud Z. (LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2010)

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the Arabic translation of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) in pregnant and postpartum women.Methods: A sample of 268 women participated. These ...
Expanding Concern for Women's Health in Developing Countries. The Case of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Saliba M.; Zurayk H. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2010)

Background: Women's health is still largely associated with the notion of reproduction in developing countries despite a more varied disease burden, including noncommunicable conditions resulting from consequences of ...
Social and cultural meanings of self-rated health: Arab Immigrants in the United States

Abdulrahim S.; Ajrouch K. (THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2010)

Self-rated health (SRH) is used as an outcome measure in a vast number of epidemiologic studies, yet conceptual research into what the variable captures among diverse ethnic and immigrant groups remains limited. Utilizing ...
Health warning labelling practices on narghile (shisha, hookah) waterpipe tobacco products and related accessories

Nakkash R.; Khalil J. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2010)

Background: Waterpipe tobacco smoking prevalence is increasing around the globe despite current evidence that smoke emissions are toxic and contain carcinogenic compounds. Objective: To evaluate current health warning ...
Starting over from scratch: Social support and youth coping with internal displacement

Makhoul J.; Ghanem M.; Barbir F. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2011)

This article presents findings from a qualitative research study with daughters of internally displaced families, more than a decade and half after the end of the Lebanese civil war. In-depth interviews with these adolescent ...
Evaluating a community based participatory approach to research with disadvantaged women in the southern suburbs of Beirut

Kobeissi L.; Nakkash R.; Ghantous Z.; Saad M.A.; Yassin N. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2011)

This manuscript presents the evaluation of a 3 year community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach involving the testing of a psychosocial intervention to improve reproductive and mental health of married women in ...

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