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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, )

"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 ...
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., )

"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. ...
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, )

"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 ...
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, )

"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' ...
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, )

"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 ...
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., )

"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 ...
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., )

"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 ...
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., )

"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 ...
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."

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...
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, )

"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: ...
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., )

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...
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., )

"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 ...
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, )

"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 ...

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