Introduction: Armed conflict may influence the size and scope of research in Arab countries. We aimed to assess the impact of the 2011 Syrian conflict on health articles about Syria published in indexed journals. Methods: ...
Background: Pharmaceutical companies spend large amounts of money promoting their products to physicians. There is evidence that physicians' interactions with pharmaceutical companies negatively affect their prescribing ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Khamis, Assem M.; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Hakoum, Maram B.; Al-Gibbawi, Mounir; Habib, Joseph R.; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.(BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)
Background: Major research-reporting statements, such as PRISMA and CONSORT, require authors to provide information about funding. The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the reporting of funding in health policy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
Bou-Karroum, Lama; Hakoum, Maram B.; Hammoud, Mira Zein; Khamis, Assem M.; Al-Gibbawi, Mounir; Badour, Sanaa A.; Hasbani, Divina Justina; Lopes, L. C.; El-Rayess, Hebah M.; El-Jardali, Fadi; Gordon, Guyatt H.; Akl, Elie A.(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018)
Background: Systematic reviews are increasingly used to inform health policy-making. The conflicts of interest (COI) of the authors of systematic reviews may bias their results and influence their conclusions. This may in ...
Saad, Rima; Abu Saad Huijer, Huda Huijer; Noureddine, Samar Nayef; Smith, Ellen M.Lavoie; Wolfe, Joanne; Fares, Souha A.; Abboud, Miguel Raul(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)
Background: Parents’ views toward pediatric palliative care (PPC) remain underexplored, especially in low/middle-income countries where care relies heavily on families. A better understanding of parents’ perspectives would ...
Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Naifeh Khoury, May; Arevian, Mary; Al Khatib, Ghina; Fares, Suha(Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2023)
Background: Lebanon is one of the world’s smallest countries, with an area of 10,452 square kilometers. Life expectancy in Lebanon presently stands at about 76.6 years for men and 79.3 years for women. It is well known ...
Background: Oral mucositis (OM) is a significant complication occurring in approximately 40 to 80% of patients receiving chemotherapy regimens. Although a wide variety of agents have been tested to prevent OM or reduce its ...
Introduction The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) developed the Fellowship and Residency Research Program (FRRP) to provide residents and clinical fellows with a supervised and structured research ...
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is often associated with cognitive deficits. Accurate evaluation of the MS patients' cognitive performance is essential for diagnosis and treatment recommendation. The Brief International ...