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A retrospective health policy analysis of the development and implementation of the voluntary health insurance system in Lebanon: Learning from failure

El-Jardali, Fadi; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Ataya, Nour F.; el-Ghali, Hana Addam; Hammoud, Rawan A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2014)

Public policymaking is complex and suffers from limited uptake of research evidence, particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). In-depth case studies examining health policymaking in the EMR are lacking. This ...
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 ...
The making of nursing practice Law in Lebanon: A policy analysis case study

El-Jardali, Fadi; Hammoud, Rawan A.; Younan, Lina Sabbagh; Nuwayhid, Helen S.; Abdallah, Nadine; Alameddine, Mohamad S.; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Salman, Lana (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)

Background: Evidence-informed decisions can strengthen health systems, improve health, and reduce health inequities. Despite the Beijing, Montreux, and Bamako calls for action, literature shows that research evidence is ...
Constraints to applying systems thinking concepts in health systems: A regional perspective from surveying stakeholders in Eastern Mediterranean countries

El-Jardali, Fadi; Adam, Taghreed; Ataya, Nour F.; Jamal, Diana; Jaafar, Maha (Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2014)

Background: Systems Thinking (ST) has recently been promoted as an important approach to health systems strengthening. However, ST is not common practice, particularly in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This paper ...
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 ...
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 ...
An institutional approach to support the conduct and use of health policy and systems research: The Nodal Institute in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

El-Jardali, Fadi; Saleh, Shadi S.; Khodor, Rawya; Al Rub, Raeda Abu; Arfa, Chokri; Ben Romdhane, Habiba; Hamadeh, Randah R. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)

Background: The use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support decision making in health systems is limited in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This is partly due to the lack of effective initiatives ...
Health reporting in print media in Lebanon: Evidence, quality and role in informing policymaking

El-Jardali, Fadi; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Bawab, Lamya; Kdouh, Ola; El-Sayed, Farah; Rachidi, Hala; Makki, Malak (Public Library of Science, 2015)

Background: Media plays a vital role in shaping public policies and opinions through disseminating health-related information. This study aims at exploring the role of media in informing health policies in Lebanon, identifying ...
Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of patients and the general public towards the interactions of physicians with the pharmaceutical and the device industry: A systematic review

Fadlallah, Racha; Nas, Hala; Naamani, Dana; El-Jardali, Fadi; Hammoura, Ihsan; Al-Khaled, Lina; Brax, Hneiné; Kahale, Lara A.; Akl, Elie A. (Public Library of Science, 2016)

Objective To systematically review the evidence on the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of patients and the general public towards the interactions of physicians with the pharmaceutical and the device industry. Methods ...
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 ...
Pharmacists' views and reported practices in relation to a new generic drug substitution policy in Lebanon: A mixed methods study

El-Jardali, Fadi; Fadlallah, Racha; Morsi, Rami Z.; Hemadi, Nour; Al-Gibbawi, Mounir; Haj, Magda; Khalil, Suzan; Saklawi, Youssef; Jamal, Diana; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)

Background: Governments in both developed and developing countries have adopted generic drug substitution policies to decrease pharmaceutical expenditures and improve access to medicine. In August 2015, the Ministry of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Contractual health services performance agreements for responsive health systems: From conception to implementation in the case of Qatar

Al-Katheeri, Huda Amer; El-Jardali, Fadi; Ataya, Nour F.; Salem, Noura Abdulla; Badr, Nader Abbas; Jamal, Diana (Oxford University Press, 2018)

Objective: Despite their use worldwide, strategy-based performance management is limited in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This article explores Qatar's experience, the first from the Region, in implementing contractual ...
Public health journals' requirements for authors to disclose funding and conflicts of interest: A cross-sectional study

Daou, Karim N.; Hakoum, Maram B.; Khamis, Assem M.; Bou-Karroum, Lama; Ali, Ahmed K.; Habib, Joseph R.; Semaan, Aline T.; Gordon, Guyatt H.; Akl, Elie A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)

Background: Public health journals need to have clear policies for reporting the funding of studies and authors' personal financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COI) disclosures. This study aims to assess the ...

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