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 RESEARCH PROJECTS


 
 

RESEARCH PROJECTS
 

Analysis of health human resources in Lebanon

K.M. Kassak and H. Kobeissi. (Jointly funded by the World Health Organization and the LNCSR.)
 
 

Plan for the operation and management of the proposed Al Barraj Hospital

Members of the Health Services Administration Department participated in preparing guidelines for managing the physical, financial and human resources at the proposed 50-bed hospital. This included five areas of Hospital Management: administrative management, information systems, finance, human resources and technology. The Department was involved in preparing the guidelines for the operation of the proposed Al Barraj Hospital and health services. (Supported by the Zakat Fund of Dar Al Fatwa.)
 
 

Training of selected health care professionals

Members of the Health Services Administration Department participated in the training of two medical doctors in hospital administration (as observers) between March-August 1998 and the training of three Palestinian Red Crescent Society staff in the application of information technology in healthcare between March- August 1999. (Supported by the Italian Embassy.)
 
 
 
 

ARTICLES, BOOKS AND REPORTS
 

Davis, P.T., Hulbert, J.R., Kassak, K.M. and Meyer, J., Efficacy of conservative medical and chiropractic treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 21 (5), 317-362, 1998.

Barnett, K., McLachlan, C., Hulbert, J.R. and Kassak, K.M., Working together in rural South Dakota: integrating medical and chiropractic primary care. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 20 (9), 577-582, 1997.

Kassak, K.M., Doughan, B., Bourgeois, D., Dimassi, H. and Saleh, S., Oral health determinants in a Lebanese population. Journal of Dental Research, 77, 706, 1998.

Mansour, A.M., Kassak, K., Chaaya, M., Hourani, T., Sibai, A. and Alameddine, M.N., National survey of blindness and low vision in Lebanon. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 81, 905-906, 1997.

Uthman, I., Kassak, K.M. and Nasr, F.W., Henoch-Schonlein purpura in adulthood and childhood: comment on the article by Blanco et al (letter). Arthritis Rheumatology, 41,1518-1520, 1998.

Uthman, I., Kassak, K.M., Sanjakdar, R., Mendelek, V., Masri, A.F. and Nasr, W., International letter from Lebanon. British Journal of Rheumatology, 36 (7), 806-807, 1997.

Uthman, I., Masri, A.F., Kassak, K.M. and Arnaout, S., Angiographic findings of Takayasu’s arthritis in Lebanon. British Journal of Rheumatology, 37 (9), 1030, 1998.
 
 
 
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