Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, PhD

Assistant Professor - Health Behavior & Education
Phone: 4665
Email: tamar.kabakian@aub.edu.lb
Office: Van Dyck - Room 314
 Educational Background

 

 Ph.D., Maternal Health, 2002, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
MPH, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 1994, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
B.Sc., Environmental Health, 1992, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
 
 Research Interests

 

    Reproductive and maternal health; women’s understandings and experiences of reproductive health problems, reported reproductive morbidity and health care seeking behavior; exploring women’s perspectives of maternity care and evaluating the use of health education in the delivery of maternity services; evaluating different approaches in the delivery of maternal health services in the Arab region.
 
 Selected Publications

 

Kabakian-Khasholian T. and Campbell O.M.R. Impact of written information on women's use of postpartum services: A randomized controlled trial. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (In press).

Kabakian-Khasholian T., Kaddour A., De Jong J., Shayboub R., Nassar A. The enabling environment for high C-section rates: policy considerations. Health Policy (In press).

Arevian M., Noureddine S., and Kabakian-Khasholian T. Raising awareness and free screening improves cervical cancer screening among economically disadvantaged women. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. (In press).

Kabakian-Khasholian T., Jurdi R. , El-Kak F. and Kaddour A. What is happening during the postnatal visit? Health Care for Women International. 2006; 27:839- 847.

Kabakian-Khasholian, T. and Campbell, O.M.R. A Simple Way To Increase service Use: Triggers Of Women's Uptake Of Postpartum Services. British Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology. 112: 1315-1321, 2005.

Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth Research Network. (Kabakian-Khasholian, T: corresponding author) Routines in facility-based maternity care: Evidence from the Arab World. British Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology. 112: 1270-1276, 2005.

Khawaja, M., Kabakian-Khasholian, T, Jurdi R. Prevalence and determinants of c-section in Egypt: evidence from DHS. Health Policy. 69: 273-281, 2004.

Khawaja, M., Jurdi R., Kabakian-Khasholian, T. Rising trends in c-section rates in Egypt. Birth . 31(1): 12-16, 2004

Deeb M., Ghorayeb, F., Kabakian-Khasholian, T., Yeretzian, J., Aswad N. Measuring gynecological morbidity: evaluating two different data sources from Beirut. Health Care for Women International, 24,254-265, 2003

Kabakian-Khasholian, T., Campbell, O., Shecdiac-Rizkallah, M., and F. Ghorayeb. Women's experiences of maternity care: satisfaction or passivity? Social Science and Medicine, 51, 103-113, 2000.

Deeb, M., Campbell, O., and T. Kabakian. Safe motherhood in Lebanon: new population-based results from the Beirut 1994 survey. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Jan. 1997.

Arevian, M., Noureddine, S., and T. Kabakian. A survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of cervical screening among Lebanese/Armenian women. Nursing Outlook, 45(1), 16-22, 1997.