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Tobacco smoking using a waterpipe: A re-emerging strain in a global epidemic

Maziak W.; Ward K.D.; Afifi Soweid R.A.; Eissenberg T. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2004)

Context: The global tobacco epidemic may kill 10 million people annually in the next 20-30 years, with 70percent of these deaths occurring in developing countries. Current research, treatment, and policy efforts focus on ...
Rising trends in cesarean section rates in Egypt

Khawaja M.; Jurdi R.; Kabakian-Khasholian T. (MALDEN350 MAIN ST, MALDEN, MA 02148 USA, 2004)

Background: Cesarean section rates have been increasing worldwide, but little research exists on trends of cesarean section delivery for any country in the Arab world. The purpose of this study was to document recent levels ...
Images of body weight among young men and women: Evidence from Beirut, Lebanon

Khawaja M.; Afifi-Soweid R.A. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2004)

[No abstract available]
Determinants of caesarean section in Egypt: Evidence from the demographic and health survey

Khawaja M.; Kabakian-Khasholian T.; Jurdi R. (CLARECUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER, BAY 15, SHANNON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CO, CLARE, IRELAND, 2004)

This paper examines the impact of near birth complications and socio-demographic, healthcare and spatial characteristics of caesarean section in Egypt, using data on 4032 births from the 2000 Egypt Demographic and Health ...
Gender and sexual health in clinical practice in Lebanon

El-Kak F.; Jurdi R.; Kaddour A.; Zurayk H. (CLARECUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER, BAY 15, SHANNON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CO, CLARE, IRELAND, 2004)

This study examines the readiness of obstetricians-gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) in Lebanon to provide sexual consultation, their degree of comfort when discussing issues of sexual health, and their attitudes regarding assessment, ...
Religious Identity and Smoking Behavior among Adolescents: Evidence from Entering Students at the American University of Beirut

Soweid R.A.A.; Khawaja M.; Salem M.T. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2004)

This survey investigation examines the association between religious identity and smoking behavior in a sample of older adolescents entering the university in Beirut, Lebanon. A culturally appropriate item of religiosity ...
Standardizing questionnaire items for the assessment of waterpipe tobacco use in epidemiological studies

Maziak W.; Ward K.D.; Afifi Soweid R.A.; Eissenberg T. (LONDON32 JAMESTOWN RD, LONDON NW1 7BY, ENGLAND, 2005)

Lessons from surveillance of the smoking epidemic show that the lack of adequate attention to standardizing measures and instruments for epidemiological studies has negatively influenced our ability to assess spatial and ...
A simple way to increase service use: Triggers of women's uptake of postpartum services

Kabakian-Khasholian T.; Campbell O.M.R. (OXFORD9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND, 2005)

Objective: To examine the socio-demographic and service-related determinants of utilisation of postpartum services. Design: Data were used from a single-blind, randomised controlled trial aimed at changing women's knowledge, ...
Distrust, social fragmentation and adolescents' health in the outer city: Beirut and beyond

Khawaja M.; Abdulrahim S.; Soweid R.A.Afifi.; Karam D. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2006)

This study examined the association between place and components of social capital among adolescents living in three impoverished communities outside of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. We utilized a unique data set ...
Obstacles to health in the Arab world [1]

Makhoul J.; El-Barbir F. (, 2006)

[No abstract available]
Symptomatology of menopause among middle-aged women in 3 improverished Lebanese communities

Saliba M.N.; Khawaja M.K.; El-Kak F.H. (, 2006)

[No abstract available]
Making a pie as a metaphor for teaching scale validity and reliability

Nassif N.; Khalil Y. (THOUSAND OAKS2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA, 2006)

Teaching difficulties often require creative approaches. Difficulties are often compounded when students in class show anxiety toward the material presented and, in particular, in the case of quantitative methods - fear ...
What is happening during the postnatal visit?

Kabakian-Khasholian T.; Jurdi R.; El-Kak F. (, 2006)

The authors' purpose in this study is to describe attendance, timing, and content of the postnatal visit in three communities in Lebanon. Data are collected with a household survey in three economically disadvantaged suburbs ...
Why do neighbors have different environmental priorities? Analysis of environmental risk perception in a Beirut neighborhood

El-Zein A.; Nasrallah R.; Nuwayhid I.; Kai L.; Makhoul J. (OXFORD9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND, 2006)

Differences in environmental priorities within an urban neighborhood of Beirut are analyzed. The explanatory capabilities of five categories of contextual variables are compared: socioeconomic status, locality, health, ...
Cigarette and nargileh smoking practices among school students in Beirut, Lebanon

Tamim H.; Al-Sahab B.; Akkary G.; Ghanem M.; Tamim N.; El Roueiheb Z.; Kanj M.; Afifi R. (OAK RIDGE2205-K OAK RIDGE RD, #115, OAK RIDGE, NC 27310 USA, 2007)

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and predictors of smoking nargileh and-or cigarettes among school students in Greater Beirut, Lebanon. Methods: A proportionate random sample of 2443 students from 13 public and ...
Impact of written information on women's use of postpartum services: A randomised controlled trial

Kabakian-Khasholian T.; Campbell O.M.R. (OSLOPO BOX 12 POSTHUSET, NO-0051 OSLO, NORWAY, 2007)

Background. This study evaluates the impact of providing women with written educational material on their satisfaction with care, and use of health services postpartum. Methods. All women having a live birth at 4 private ...
Lebanon: Who do they think they are fooling?

Nakkash R. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2008)

[No abstract available]
Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among Lebanese adolescents, a cross-sectional study, 2003-2004

El-Roueiheb Z.; Tamim H.; Kanj M.; Jabbour S.; Alayan I.; Musharrafieh U. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND, 2008)

waterpipe or argileh is a form of smoking other than cigarettes that is currently spreading among people of all ages. The objective of the present study was to assess tobacco smoking practices (waterpipe and-or cigarette) ...
Patterns of tobacco use: Results from the 2005 global youth tobacco survey in Lebanon

Saade G.; Jaoude S.A.; Afifi R.; Warren C.W.; Jones N.R. (, 2008)

We report the results of the 2005 Global Youth Tobacco Survey in Lebanon which investigated the self-reported attitudes and behaviours related to tobacco among 3314 Lebanese school-children aged 13-15 years. Current use ...
Understanding youth: using qualitative methods to verify quantitative community indicators.

Makhoul J.; Nakkash R. (, 2009)

Community- and individual-level data were collected from interviews with 1,294 boys and girls, 13 to 19 years old, in three impoverished urban communities of Beirut. Univariate analyses of variables provide quantitative ...

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