Sawsan Abdulrahim, PhD

Assistant Professor - Health Behavior and Education
Phone: 4656
Email: sawsana@aub.edu.lb
Office: Van Dyck - Room 312 A

 Educational Background

 

PhD, Health Behavior and Health Education, 2005, University of Michigan School of Public Health
MPH, Epidemiology, 1996, San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health
BA, 1991, University of California, Berkeley

 
Research Interests

 

Social inequalities and health
Immigration and health
Social identity formations
The health of Arab immigrants in the United States, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and low-wage migrant workers

 
 Selected Publications

Abdulrahim, S. and Baker, W. (In press). Immigrant Status, Language, and Self-Rated Health: Results from the Detroit Arab American Study.

Abdulrahim, S. (Forthcoming). “White” or “Other”: Racial Subjectivity and the Arab Immigrant Experience in the United States. In A. Jamal and N. Naber (Eds.), From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects: Arab American Identities Before and After September 11.

Khawaja, M., Abdulrahim, S., Afifi, R., Karam, D. (2006). Distrust, Social Fragmentation and Adolescents’ Health in the Outer City: Beirut and Beyond. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 1304-1315.

Odoms, A., and Abdulrahim S. (2006). Health and Health Practices of Muslim Women in the United States. In S. Joseph (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, Vol. 3. Brill Publishers.

Odoms, A., and Abdulrahim S. (2006). Dietary Practices of Muslim Women in the United States. In S. Joseph (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, Vol. 3. Brill Publishers.

Abdulrahim, S. and Ajrouch K. (2005). High-Effort Active Coping and Health Outcomes among Older Arab Immigrants. Ethnicity and Disease, 15, S1-110.

Yu, E.S.H., Chen, E.H., Kim, K.K., Abdulrahim, S. (2002). Smoking Among Chinese Americans: Behavior, Knowledge, and Beliefs. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 1007-1013.