• Health care workers in conflict and postconflict settings: Systematic mapping of the evidence 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; El-Harakeh, Amena; Kassamany, Inas; Ismail, Hussein; ElArnaout, Nour; Charide, Rana; Madi, Farah; Jamali, Sarah F.; Martineau, Tim; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  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 ...
• Health-related articles on Syria before and after the start of armed conflict: a scoping review for The Lancet-American University of Beirut Commission on Syria 

  Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Kayyal, Walaa; Akkawi, Abdul Rahman; Almalla, Mohamad; Arif, Khurram; Bou-Karroum, Lama; El-Harakeh, Amena; Elzalabany, Manal K.; Fadlallah, Racha; Ghaddar, Fatima; Kashlan, Danna; Kassas, Sara; Khater, Tania; Mobayed, Nisreen O.; Rahme, Dalal; Saifi, Omran; Jabbour, Samer; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; Jawad, Mohammed (BioMed Central Ltd, 2020)

  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: ...
• A common framework of steps and criteria for prioritizing topics for evidence syntheses: a systematic review 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Harakeh, Amena; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Lotfi, Tamara; El-Jardali, Fadi; Hishi, Lama; Akl, Elie A. (Elsevier USA, 2020)

  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 ...
• The reporting of funding in health policy and systems research: A cross-sectional study 

  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 ...
• Prioritization approaches in the development of health practice guidelines: A systematic review 

  El-Harakeh, Amena; Morsi, Rami Z.; Fadlallah, Racha; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Lotfi, Tamara; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  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 ...
• Using narratives to impact health policy-making: A systematic review 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Nomier, Mohamed A.; Hemadi, Nour; Arif, Khurram; Langlois, Étienne V.; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  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. ...
• The implementation of prioritization exercises in the development and update of health practice guidelines: A scoping review 

  El-Harakeh, Amena; Lotfi, Tamara; Ahmad, Ali; Morsi, Rami Z.; Fadlallah, Racha; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  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 ...
• Extent of physician-pharmaceutical industry interactions in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review 

  Fadlallah, Racha; Alkhaled, Lina H.; Brax, Hneiné; Nasser, Mayse; Rajabbik, Mhd Hashem; Nass, Hala; Kahale, Lara A.; Akl, Elie A. (Oxford University Press, 2018)

  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 ...
• Health Care Workers in the setting of the Arab Spring: A scoping review for the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; Daou, Karim N.; Nomier, Mohamed A.; El Arnaout, Nour; Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (University of Edinburgh, 2019)

  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 ...
• Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; Khabsa, Joanne; Jabbour, Mathilda; Hilal, Nadeen; Haidar, Zeinab; Abi Khalil, Pamela; Khalek, Rima Abdul; Assaf, Jana; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Abou Samra, Clara; Hneiny, Layal; Al-Awlaqi, Sameh; Hanefeld, Johanna; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; El-Bcheraoui, Charbel E. (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2021)

  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 ...
• Interventions to combat or prevent drug counterfeiting: A systematic review 

  El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; Fadlallah, Racha; Oliver, Sandy R.; Saleh, Nadine G.; El-Bawab, Lamya; Rizk, Rana G.; Farha, A. A.; Hamra, Rasha (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)

  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 ...
• Requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: A cross-sectional study 

  Khamis, Assem M.; Hakoum, Maram B.; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Habib, Joseph R.; Ali, Ahmed K.; Gordon, Guyatt H.; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

  Background: The requirements of the health policy and services journals for authors to report their financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COI) are unclear. The present article aims to assess the requirements ...
• Using media to impact health policy-making: An integrative systematic review 

  Bou-Karroum, Lama; El-Jardali, Fadi; Hemadi, Nour; Faraj, Yasmine; Ojha, Utkarsh; Shahrour, Maher; Darzi, Andrea J.; Ali, Maha; Doumit, Carine; Langlois, Étienne V.; Melki, Jad; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

  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 ...
• Strategies and Systems-Level Interventions to Combat or Prevent Drug Counterfeiting: A Systematic Review of Evidence Beyond Effectiveness 

  Fadlallah, Racha; El-Jardali, Fadi; Annan, Farah; Azzam, Hayat; Akl, Elie A. (Springer International Publishing, 2016)

  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 ...
• Systematic reviews addressing identified health policy priorities in Eastern Mediterranean countries: a situational analysis 

  El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A.; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Kdouh, Ola; Akik, Chaza; Fadlallah, Racha; Hammoud, Rawan A. (2014)

  BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews can offer policymakers and stakeholders concise, transparent, and relevant evidence pertaining to pressing policy priorities to help inform the decision-making process. The production and the ...
• Association between physicians' interaction with pharmaceutical companies and their clinical practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Brax, Hneiné; Fadlallah, Racha; Al-Khaled, Lina; Kahale, Lara A.; Nas, Hala; El-Jardali, Fadi; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2017)

  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' ...
• Reporting of financial and non-financial conflicts of interest in systematic reviews on health policy and systems research: A cross sectional survey 

  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 ...
• A review of national policies and strategies to improve quality of health care and patient safety: A case study from Lebanon and Jordan 

  El-Jardali, Fadi; Fadlallah, Racha (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

  Background: Improving quality of care and patient safety practices can strengthen health care delivery systems, improve health sector performance, and accelerate attainment of health-related Sustainability Development ...
• Applying knowledge translation tools to inform policy: The case of mental health in Lebanon 

  Yehia, Farah; El-Jardali, Fadi (BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

  Background: Many reform efforts in health systems fall short because the use of research evidence to inform policy remains scarce. In Lebanon, one in four adults suffers from a mental illness, yet access to mental healthcare ...
• The SPARK Tool to prioritise questions for systematic reviews in health policy and systems research: Development and initial validation 

  Akl, Elie A.; Fadlallah, Racha; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Kdouh, Ola; Langlois, Étienne V.; Lavis, John Norman; Schunëmann, Holger J.; El-Jardali, Fadi (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

  Background: Groups or institutions funding or conducting systematic reviews in health policy and systems research (HPSR) should prioritise topics according to the needs of policymakers and stakeholders. The aim of this ...

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