Browsing Global Health Institute by Subject "Refugees"

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A community-based system dynamics approach for understanding factors affecting mental Health and Health seeking behaviors in Beirut and Beqaa regions of Lebanon

Noubani, Aya; Diaconu, Karin D.; Ghandour, Lilian A.; El Koussa, Maria; Loffreda, Giulia; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2020)

Background: Available evidence on mental health and psychosocial problems in Lebanon is limited. Recent quantitative data suggests a high prevalence among Syrian refugees and their Lebanese host communities, with significant ...
Assessment of the health needs of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Syria's neighboring countries

El Arnaout, Nour; Rutherford, Spencer; Zreik, Thurayya; Nabulsi, Dana; Yassin, Nasser; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

Background: Health needs of displaced Syrians in refugee hosting countries have become increasingly complex in light of the protracted Syrian conflict. The primary aim of this study was to identify the primary health needs ...
Burden of non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees: A scoping review

Naja, Farah A.; Shatila, Hiba; El Koussa, Maria; Meho, Lokman I.; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

Background: The scarcity of evidence-based research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Syrian refugees has hampered efforts to address the high burden of these diseases in host countries. The objective of this study ...
COVID-19: Marking the gaps in migrant and refugee health in some massive migration areas

Matlin, Stephen A.; Karadag, Ozge; Brando, Claudio R.; Góis, Pedro; Karabey, Selma; Khan, Mohammad Mobarak Hossain; Saleh, Shadi S.; Takian, Amirhossein; Saso, Luciano (MDPI, 2021)

The health of migrants and refugees, which has long been a cause for concern, has come under greatly increased pressure in the last decade. Against a background where the world has witnessed the largest numbers of migrants ...
eHealth as a facilitator of equitable access to primary healthcare: the case of caring for non-communicable diseases in rural and refugee settings in Lebanon

Saleh, Shadi S.; Alameddine, Mohamad S.; Farah, Angie; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; Muntañer, Carles J.M.; El Morr, Christo Jamil (Springer International Publishing, 2018)

Objectives: Assess the effect of selected low-cost eHealth tools on diabetes/hypertension detection and referrals rates in rural settings and refugee camps in Lebanon and explore the barriers to showing-up to scheduled ...
Evaluating a capacity building program on women’s health for displaced community health workers in fragile settings in Lebanon

Naal, Hady; Mendelsohn, Rebecca; Brome, Dayana; Noubani, Aya; Nabulsi, Dana; Muhieddine, Dina H.; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)

Background: Displaced populations in fragile settings experience health disparities that are seldom attended to. Task-shifting, which involves training non-specialized community health workers (CHW) to deliver basic education ...
Family systemic psychosocial support for at-risk adolescents in Lebanon: study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled trial

Brown, Felicity Louise; Bosqui, Tania Josiane; Elias, Joseph; Farah, Sally; Mayya, Anas; Abo Nakkoul, Diana; Walsh, Bryony; Chreif, Sarah; Einein, Ahmad; Meksassi, Bassel; Abi Saad, Roula; Naal, Hady; Ghossainy, Maliki Eyvonne; Donnelly, Michael J.C.; Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Carr, Alan; Puffer, Eve S.; El-Chammay, Rabih; Jordans, Mark J.D. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)

Background: Adolescents growing up in communities characterised by adversity face multiple risk factors for poor mental health and wellbeing. There is currently a scarcity of research on effective approaches for preventing ...
Informal healthcare provision in Lebanon: An adaptive mechanism among displaced Syrian health professionals in a protracted crisis

Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Noubani, Aya; El Arnaout, Nour; Ismail, Sharif A.; Nimer, Hana; Menassa, Marilyne; Coutts, Adam P.; Rayes, Diana; Jomaa, Lamis H.; Saleh, Shadi S.; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

Background: Syrian healthcare workers (HCWs) are among those who fled the Syrian conflict only to face further social and economic challenges in host countries. In Lebanon, this population group cannot formally practice, ...
Integrating refugees into national health systems amid political and economic constraints in the EMR: Approaches from Lebanon and Jordan

Saleh, Shadi S.; Ibrahim, Sarah; Diab, Jasmin Lilian; Osman, Mona H. (University of Edinburgh, 2022)
Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon

Dimassi, Hani I.; Alameddine, Mohamad S.; Sabra, Nadine; El Arnaout, Nour; Harb, Ranime; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; El-Kak, Faysal H.; Shanaa, Abed; Mossi, Marta Orozco; Saleh, Shadi S.; Al-Arab, Natally (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

Background and aims: The Lebanese healthcare system faces multiple challenges including limited capacities, shortage of skilled professionals, and inadequate supplies, in addition to hosting a significant number of refugees. ...
Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19

Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Barkil-Oteo, Andres; Diab, Jasmin Lilian (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)

Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, ...
MHealth use for non-communicable diseases care in primary health: Patients' perspective from rural settings and refugee camps

Saleh, Shadi S.; Farah, Angie; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; El Morr, Christo Jamil; Muntañer, Carles J.M.; Ammar, Walid S.; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; Alameddine, Mohamad S. (Oxford University Press, 2018)

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 85% of deaths in Lebanon and contribute to remarkable morbidity and mortality among refugees and underserved populations. This study assesses the perspectives of ...
Minimum initial service package (MISP) for sexual and reproductive health for women in a displacement setting: a narrative review on the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon

Nabulsi, Dana; Abou Saad, Maya; Ismail, Hussein; Doumit, Myrna A.A.; El-Jamil, Fatimah; Kobeissi, Loulou Hassan; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)

Background: Women and girls are disproportionately affected in times of conflict and forced displacement, with disturbance in access to healthcare services leading to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The minimal ...
Outpatient use patterns and experiences among diabetic and hypertensive patients in fragile settings: a cross-sectional study from Lebanon

Saleh, Shadi S.; Muhieddine, Dina H.; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; Dimassi, Hani I.; Diaconu, Karin D.; Noubani, Aya; Arakelyan, Stella; Ager, Alastair K.St C.; Alameddine, Mohamad S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

Objectives Assess and describe the health service use and delivery patterns for non-communicable disease (NCD) services in two contrasting fragility contexts and by other principal equity-related characteristics including ...
Perceived facilitators and barriers to the provision of sexual and reproductive health services in response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon

Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Hashoush, Mahmoud; Diab, Jasmin Lilian; Nabulsi, Dana; Bahr, Sarah; Ibrahim, Sarah; Farhat, Theresa I.; Kobeissi, Loulou Hassan (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2023)

Background: The Syrian crisis has resulted in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. Inadequate access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services is a prevailing issue among adolescent girls ...
Perceived impact of community kitchens on the food security of Syrian refugees and kitchen workers in Lebanon: Qualitative evidence in a displacement context

Ibrahim, Nadiya; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Jomaa, Lamis H. (Public Library of Science, 2019)

Community kitchens (CKs) have been recommended as public health strategies with social and nutritional health benefits for low-income participants and their families in different settings. The benefit of CKs in improving ...
Perspectives of Registered Nurses on refugee healthcare in Lebanon and Jordan (PROfILE): A multi-site cross-sectional study protocol

Dhaini, Suzanne R.; Dumit, Nuhad Yazbik; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Al-Zaru, Ibtisam Moawiah; Gharaibeh, Muntaha K.; Reynolds, Nancy R.; Davidson, Patricia Mary; Nabulsi, Dana (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020)

Aim: This is a study protocol to investigate nurses' perspectives on refugee health care in two countries. The aims are to: (a) explore self-reported work environment factors, including work stressors, self-rated leadership, ...
Prevalence of depression symptoms and associated sociodemographic and clinical correlates among Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Naal, Hady; Nabulsi, Dana; El Arnaout, Nour; Abdouni, Lina; Dimassi, Hani I.; Harb, Ranime; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)

Background: Since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011, close to 6 million Syrian refugees have escaped to Syria’s neighbouring countries, including Lebanon. Evidence suggests rising levels of mental health disorders ...
Reproductive health of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon: a descriptive analysis of the Sijilli electronic health records database

Al-Arab, Natally; Nabulsi, Dana; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; Harb, Ranime; Lahoud, Julien; Nahouli, Lara; Abou Koura, Abdulghani; El Saddik, Ghaidaa; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

Background: The Syrian conflict has been responsible for the highest exodus of refugees, with Lebanon hosting the greatest number of refugees per capita, which placed a significant strain on an already overburdened healthcare ...
Sijilli: A scalable model of cloud-based electronic health records for migrating populations in low-resource settings

Saleh, Shadi S.; El Arnaout, Nour; Abdouni, Lina; Jammoul, Zeinab; Hachach, Noha; Dasgupta, Amlan (JMIR Publications Inc., 2020)

The world is witnessing an alarming rate of displacement and migration, with more than 70.8 million forcibly displaced individuals, including 26 million refugees. These populations are known to have increased vulnerability ...

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