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Associations between Mode of HIV Testing and Consent, Confidentiality, and Referral: A Comparative Analysis in Four African Countries

Obermeyer C.M.; Neuman M.; Desclaux A.; Wanyenze R.; Ky-Zerbo O.; Cherutich P.; Namakhoma I.; Hardon A. (SAN FRANCISCO1160 BATTERY STREET, STE 100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 USA, 2012)

Background: Recommendations about scaling up HIV testing and counseling highlight the need to provide key services and to protect clients' rights, but it is unclear to what extent different modes of testing differ in this ...
Attitudes of men and women towards wife beating: Findings from palestinian refugee camps in Jordan

Khawaja M.; Linos N.; El-Roueiheb Z. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2008)

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors associated with the acceptance of wife beating among currently married men and women living in disadvantaged Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. The study uses data from ...
Caesarean section rates in the Arab region: A cross-national study

Jurdi R.; Khawaja M. (OXFORDGREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, 2004)

This study had a dual purpose of estimating population- and hospital-based caesarean section rates in 18 Arab countries and examining the association between these rates and important indicators of socio-economic development. ...
Cultural capital and self-rated health in low income women: Evidence from the urban health study, Beirut, Lebanon

Khawaja M.; Mowafi M. (CARYJOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA, 2006)

This paper examines the association between cultural capital and self-rated psychosocial health among poor, ever-married Lebanese women living in an urban context. Both self-rated general and mental health status were ...
Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

Khawaja M.; Dawns J.; Meyerson-Knox S.; Yamout R. (LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2008)

Background. While Arab countries showed an impressive decline in child mortality rates during the past few decades, gaps in mortality by gender and socioeconomic status persisted. However, large socioeconomic disparities ...
Domestic violence in refugee camps in Jordan

Khawaja M. (CLARECUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER, BAY 15, SHANNON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CO, CLARE, IRELAND, 2004)

[No abstract available]
Health professionals for a new century: Ttransforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

Frenk J.; Chen L.; Bhutta Z.A.; Cohen J.; Crisp N.; Evans T.; Fineberg H.; Garcia P.; Ke Y.; Kelley P.; Kistnasamy B.; Meleis A.; Naylor D.; Pablos-Mendez A.; Reddy S.; Scrimshaw S.; Sepulveda J.; Serwadda D.; Zurayk H. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2010)

Background Activation of renal sympathetic nerves is key to pathogenesis of essential hypertension. We aimed to assess eff ectiveness and safety of catheter-based renal denervation for reduction of blood pressure in patients ...
Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory

Giacaman R.; Khatib R.; Shabaneh L.; Ramlawi A.; Sabri B.; Sabatinelli G.; Khawaja M.; Laurance T. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2009)

We describe the demographic characteristics, health status, and health services of the Palestinian population living in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory, and the way they have been modified by 60 years of continuing ...
Hospital-based caesarean section in the Arab region: An overview

Khawaja M.; Choueiry N.; Jurdi R. (, 2009)

This article provides an overview of hospital-based rates of caesarean delivery in 18 Arab countries and the association between these rates and selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Data on caesarean ...
Khat (Catha edulis) chewing during pregnancy in Yemen: Findings from a national population survey

Khawaja M.; Al-Nsour M.; Saad G. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2008)

Aims: This study examines the prevalence of khat chewing among women during pregnancy and some of the risk factors for this habit in Yemen. Methods: Survey data on 7,343 ever-married women from the Yemen Demographic and ...
Maternal and child health in the occupied Palestinian territory

Rahim H.F.A.; Wick L.; Halileh S.; Hassan-Bitar S.; Chekir H.; Watt G.; Khawaja M. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2009)

The Countdown to 2015 intervention coverage indicators in the occupied Palestinian territory are similar to those of other Arab countries, although there are gaps in continuity and quality of services across the continuum ...
Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: Evidence from an urban health study

Khawaja M.; Barazi R.; Linos N. (OXFORD9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND, 2007)

Background: The negative effect of poverty on child health has been well established. However, rapid urbanization in developing countries prompts new research questions relating to socio-cultural practices and other related ...
Poverty

Mowafi M.; Khawaja M. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2005)

[No abstract available]
Predictors of displacement behaviour during the 2006 lebanon war

Khawaja M.; Assaf S.; Yamouta R. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2011)

The July 2006 war in Lebanon was one of the country's shortest wars. Yet perhaps it was also the worst interstate war in the history of Lebanon. Over the course of 33 days, the war resulted in over 1000 deaths, thousands ...
Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women

Khawaja M.; Barazi R. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2005)

[No abstract available]
Rethinking gender-based violence during war: Is violence against civilian men a problem worth addressing?

Linos N. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2009)

Gender-based violence during conflict and post-conflict situations has received increased attention in research and in the work of development agencies. Viewed primarily as a form of violence against women, this commentary ...
Syrian women's perceptions and experiences of ultrasound screening in pregnancy: Implications for antenatal policy

Bashour H.; Hafez R.; Abdulsalam A. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2005)

Ultrasound scanning is firmly embedded in antenatal maternity care around the world. This paper reports on a qualitative study carried out in 2003 of 30 Syrian women's perceptions and experiences of routine ultrasound in ...
The extraordinary decline of infant and childhood mortality among Palestinian refugees

Khawaja M. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2004)

This article documents the levels and patterns of infant and child mortality among Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas based on comparable data from household sample surveys conducted since ...
The transition to lower fertility in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Evidence from recent surveys

Khawaja M.; Assaf S.; Jarallah Y. (2009)

Using recent data from three national-level surveys conducted in 1995, 2000, and 2004, we provide evidence that Palestinian fertility rates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, historically among the highest in the world, began ...
Women's Acceptance of Spousal Abuse in Iraq: Prevalence Rates and the Role of Female Empowerment Characteristics

Linos N.; Khawaja M.; Kaplan R.L. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2012)

This study examines the acceptance of spousal abuse among women living in Iraq and tests whether attitudes condoning abuse are associated with low female empowerment. Of 15,875 married women surveyed, 63 percent agreed ...

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