Epidemiology AND population health

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Ahmed, A. A., E. Al-Alawi, B. E. D. Fateha, and A. M. Sibai. 2002. Population-based visual disability and visual impairment survey in Bahrain. Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology 16:279–87.

Chaaya, M., J. Awwad, O. Campbell, A. M. Sibai, and A. Kaddour. 2003. Demographic and psychosocial profile of smoking among pregnant women in Lebanon: Public health implications. Maternal and Child Health Journal 7 (3): 179–186.

Chaaya, M., H. R. Bogner, J. J. Gallo, and P. J. Leaf. 2003. The association of gynecological symptoms with psychological distress in women of reproductive age: A survey from gynecological clinics in Beirut, Lebanon Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecolog 24 (3): 175–84.

Chaaya, M., O. Campbell, F. El-Kak, D. Shaar, H. Harb, and A. Kaddour. 2002. Postpartum depression: prevalence and determinants in Lebanon. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 5 (2): 65–72.

Chaaya, M., B. Rahal, G. Morou, and N. Kais. 2003. Implementing patient-centered care in Lebanon. Journal of Nursing Administration September/October 33 (9): 437–40.

Dabbous, I. A., H. Dbouk, A. M. Sibai, and L. Bahlawan. 2003. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia managed in tertiary care center in a developing country. Medical and Pediatric Oncology 41:83–4.

Deeb, M. E., F. Ghorayeb, T. Kabakian-Khasholian, J. Yeretzian, and N. Aswad. 2003. Measuring gynecological morbidity: Evaluating two different data sources from Beirut. Health Care for Women International 24 (3): 254–265.

Farrington, C. P., N. M. Kanaan, and N. J. Gay. 2003. Evaluation of the epidemic potential of infectious diseases in the presence of mass vaccination. Biostatistics 4 (2): 279–295.

Finan, R. R., N. Irani-Hakime, H. Tamim, and W. Y. Almawi. 2001. Molecular diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV): Comparison between cervical and vaginal sampling. Infect. Dis. Obstet. Gynecol. 9:1–4.

Finan, R. R., N. Irani-Hakime, H. Tamim, H. E. Sharide, J. L. Daccache, and W. Y. Almawi. 2001. Detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in cervico-vaginal scrapes of women with normal and abnormal cytology. Clin. Microbiol Infec. 7 (12): 688–692.

Finan, R. R., H. Tamim, and W. Y. Almawi. 2002. Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis DNA in human papillomavirus (HPV) positive women with normal and abnormal cytology. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 266 (3): 168–71.

Finan, R. R., H. Tamim, G. Ameen, H. E. Sharida, M. Rashid, and W. Y. Almawi. 2002. Prevalence of factor V G1691A (factor V-Leiden) and prothrombin G20210A gene mutations in a recurrent miscarriage population. Am J Hematol 71 (4):300–5.

Irani-Hakime, N., H. Tamim, H. Samaha, and W. Y. Almawi. 2001. Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus among blood donors in Lebanon, 1997–2000. Clin. Lab. Haem. 23 (5): 317–323.

Jabbour, S., S. E. Bedell, R. Alharethi, and R. J. Goldberg. 2002. Management of hyperglycemia and diabetes in an outpatient cardiology practice. Cardiology 97:183–186.

Jabbour, S., K. S. Reddy, W. F. T. Muna, and A. Achutti. 2002. Cardiovascular disease and the global tobacco epidemic: A wake-up call for cardiologists. International Journal of Cardiology 86:185–192.

Jurdi, R., and P. Saxena. 2003. The prevalence and correlates of consanguineous marriages in Yemen: Similarities and contrasts with the Arab countries. Journal of Biosocial Science 35:1–13.

Kanaan, M. N., and C. P. Farrington. 2002. Estimation of waning vaccine efficacy. Journal of the American Statistical Association 97 (458):389–397.

Khawaja, M. 2001. Family and household. Growing Fast: The Palestinian Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, ed. Jon Pedersen et al, 39–69. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Conclusion. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan, 169–175. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Income and poverty. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan, 55–69. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Internal Migration in Syria: Findings from a National Survey. Oslo:Fafo.

. 2002. Introduction. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan, 11–18. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Labor force activity. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan, 41–54. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Migration. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan, 27–40. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. Population. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp population in Jordan, 19–25. Oslo: Fafo.

. 2002. The Urban Health Survey: Interviewer’s Manual (Main author), Beirut: Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB. (Training manual)

. 2003. Migration and the reproduction of poverty: The Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. International Migration 41 (2):27–57.

, trans. 2003. Al-Hijra Al-Dakhilya fi Al-Jomhuria al Arabiyya al-Surya [Internal Migration in Syria]. Damascus: University of Damascus.

. 2003. Population. Difficult Past, Uncertain Future: Living Conditions among Palestinian Refugees in Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon, 29–60. Oslo: Fafo.

Khawaja, M., and L. Blome-Jacobsen. 2003. Familial relations and labor market outcomes: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Social Science Research 32 (4):579–602.

Khawaja, M., and Å. Tiltnes, eds. 2002. On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan. Oslo: Fafo.

Khoury, N. J., G. A. Birjawi, M. Chaaya, and M. H. Hourani. 2003. Use of limited MR protocol (coronal STIR) in the evaluation of patients with hip pain. Journal of Skeletal Radiology 32:567–574.

Kobrossi, R., I. Nuwayhid, A. M. Sibai, M. El-Fadel, and M. Khogali. 2002. Respiratory health effects of industrial air pollution on children. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 12:205–220.

Musharrafieh, U., H. Tamim, and W. Almawi. 2003. Seat belt use among adolescents in a developing country. Eur J Public Health 13 (1): 92.

Myntti, C., A. Ballan, O. Dewachi, F. El-Kak, and M. E. Deeb. 2002. Getting beyond the stereotypes: Men, withdrawal and reproductive health in Lebanon. Contraception 65 (2): 165–170.

Nabulsi, M., H. Tamim, M. Sabbagh, M. Y. Obeid, K. A. Yunis, and F. F. Bitar. 2003. Parental consanguinity and congenital heart disease in a developing country. Am J Med Genet. 116A (4): 342–7.

Nuwayhid, I., R. Fayad, H. Tamim, K. Kassak, and M. Khogali. 2003. Work-related injuries in Lebanon: Does nationality make a difference? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44 (2): 172–81.

Nuwayhid, I., and A. M. Sibai. 2002. National Burden of Disease Study: Epidemiological Review of Selected Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Lebanon–Background Information. Beirut: The Ministry of Health and World Health Organization.

Nuwayhid, I., and A. M. Sibai. 2002. Epidemiologic Review of Selected Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors in Lebanon: Background Information for the National Burden of Disease Study (NBDS). Lebanon: WHO-MOPH

Pedersen, J., S. Randall, and M. Khawaja, eds. 2001. Growing Fast: The Palestinian Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Oslo: Fafo.

Saab, R., M. Chaaya, L. Farhood, and M. Doumit. 2003. Psychiatric distress among Lebanese hostages. Social Science and Medicine 57 (7): 1249–1257.

Shediac-Rizkallah, M. C., R. A. Afifi Soweid , T. M. Farhat, J. Yeretzian, I. Nuwayhid, A. M. Sibai, M. Kanj, F. El-Kak, K. M. Kassak and N. Kanaan. 2002. Adolescent health-related behaviors in postwar Lebanon: Findings among students at the American University of Beirut. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 20 (2): 115–131.

Sibai, A. M. 2002. Ajialouna National Public School Health Program: Facts and Figures. Lebanon: Ajialouna. ‏

. 2002. Evaluation of Cataract Surgery in Morocco: Visual Functioning and Quality-of-life. Cairo: WHO-EMRO.

. 2002. Health Statistics in Lebanon: Evaluation and Needs. Lebanon: The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.

Sibai, A. M., N. Kanaan, M. Chaaya, B. Rahal, A. Abdullah, and T. Sibai. 2003. Ethnic differences in weight-loss behavior among secondary school students in Beirut: The role of weight perception. Social and Preventive Medicine: Int’l J Public Health 48:234–241.

Sibai, A. M., and I. Nuwayhid. 2002. Mortality in Lebanon: A standard Verbal Autopsy Method for Investigating Causes of Death in Adults. Lebanon: WHO-MOPH.

Sibai, A. M., and I. Nuwayhid. 2002. National Burden of Disease Study. Mortality in Lebanon: A Standard Verbal Autopsy Method for Investigating Causes of Death in Adults. Beirut: Ministry of Health and World Health Organization.

Sibai, A. M., I. Nuwayhid, M. Beydoun , and M. Chaaya . 2002. Inadequacies of death certification in Beirut, Lebanon: Who is responsible? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 80 (7): 555–561.

Sibai, A. M., C. Zard, N. Adra , M. Beydoun, and N. Hwalla. 2003. Variations in nutritional status of elderly men and women according to place of residence. Gerontology 49 (4): 215–224.

Spencer, F. A., S. Jabbour, D. Lessard, J. Yarzebski, S. Ravid, V. Zaleskas, M. Hyder, J. M. Gore, and R. J. Goldberg. 2003. Two decade long trends (1975–1997) in the incidence, hospital and long-term death rates associated with complete heart block complicating acute myocardial infarction: A community-wide perspective. American Heart Journal 145:500.

Tamim, H., R. R. Finan, and W. Y. Almawi. 2002. Prevalence and distribution of the prothrombin G20210A mutation. Am. J. Hematol. 71 (3): 235–236.

. 2002. Prevalence of two thrombophilia predisposing mutations: Factor V G1691A (R506Q; Leiden) and prothrombin G20210A, among healthy Lebanese. Thromb. Haemost 88 (4): 691–692.

Tamim, H., R. R. Finan, H. E. Sharida, M. Rashid, and W. Y. Almawi. 2002. Cervicovaginal coinfections with human papillomavirus and Chlamydia trachomatis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 43 (4): 277–81.

Tamim, H., L. Joseph, D. Mulder, R. Battista, A. Lavoie, and J. Sampalis. 2001. Improving on the pre-hospital index. Am J Emerg Med. 20 (3): 170–6.

Tamim, H., A. Terro, H. Kasem, A. Ghazi, T. Abou Khamis, M. Abdul Hay, and U. Musharrafieh. 2003. Tobacco use by university students, Lebanon 2001. Addiction 98 (7): 933–9.

Yaziji, A., G. Maalouf, A. Inati-Khoriati, H. Tamim, and C. Saab. 2002. Bone mineral density in beta Thalacemic Lebanese children. J Musculoskel Neuron Interact 2 (5): 463–468.

Yunis, K., H. Beydoun, and H. Tamim. 2002. Maternal predictors of small for gestational age in uncomplicated births. International journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 79 (1): 33–35.

Zahed, L., M. Nabulsi, and H. Tamim. 2002. Attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy among health professionals in Lebanon. Prenat Diagn. 22 (10):880–6.

Zurayk, H. 2003. Study design for the measurement of gynaecological morbidity. Reproductive Tract Infections and Other Gynaecological Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Research Approach, ed. S. Jejeebhoy, M. Koenig, and C. Elias. WHO: Cambridge University Press.

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

Chaaya, M. 2001. Smoking in pregnancy. LEA Annual Scientific Meeting on “Women’ Health.” Faculty of Medicine: Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

. 2002. Self help intervention for smoking cessation in pregnancy. The Reproductive Health Working Group Meeting, Bloudan, Syria.

. 2002. Smoking in pregnancy. International Day for Midwives: The IVth Symposium of Gynecologists from Francophone Countries. Faculty of Medicine: Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Chaaya, M., J. Awwad, O. Campbell, A. Sibai, and A. Kaddour. 2001. Demographic and psychosocial profile of smoking among pregnant women in a developing country: Public health implications. The Lebanese Epidemiological Association Annual Meeting on Women’s Health, The Medical Faculty, St. Joseph University, Lebanon.

Deeb, M. E. 2001. Fertility in Lebanon: Does the transition pattern differ from other Arab states model. The International Union for Scientific Study of Population Conference, Brazil.

. 2001. The new demography of the Arab Region. The International Union for Scientific Study of Population Conference, Brazil.

El-Kak, F. H., R. Jurdi, A. Kaddur, and H. Zurayk. 2003. Gender and gynecologists in sexuality and sexual health in clinical setting in Lebanon. 16^th Sexology Congress, Havana, Cuba (abstract).

Geahchan, N., M. Seoud, and A. M. Sibai. 2002. Evolution of the statistics of digestive cancers in Lebanon: Results of the Cancer Epidemiology Group. Francophone Congress of Digestive Surgery, Beirut, Lebanon.

Jabbour, S. 2003. Experience of tobacco research group at American University of Beirut. The 12^th World Conference on Tobacco and Health, Hilsinki, Finland.

Jabbour, S., Z. El-Roueiheb, and A. M. Sibai. 2003. A case-control study of narghile (water-pipe) smoking and incident coronary heart disease. Annals of Epidemiology 13 (8): 570 (abstract).

Jabbour, S., T. B. Graboys, C. M. Blatt, R. J. Goldberg, S. E. Bedell, B. Z. Bilchik, B. Lown, and S. Ravid. 2002. Long-term outcomes of medical management of patients with chronic coronary artery disease. Annual meeting, American College of Epidemiology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Annals of Epidemiology 12 (7): 518 (abstract).

Jabbour, S., S. Nishtar , D. Prabhakaran, A. Chockalingam, A. Achutti, A. Agrawal, M. Luna, F Garofalo, and A. Wielgosz. 2002. Information technology in cardiovascular disease prevention. Annual conference, Canadian Society of Tele health, Canada.

Khawaja, M. 2002. Inter-provincial migration in Syria: Findings from a national survey. World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia.

. 2002. Migration and the production of poverty: The Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. The 9^th Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum, Sharjeh, United Arab Emirates.

. 2002. The demography of Palestinian refugee population in Gaza, West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon. Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Mediterranean Program, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence.

. 2003. Fertility of Palestinian women in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan. The Population Association of America meetings, Minnesota, USA.

Saab, B. R., M. Chaaya, L. Farhood, M. Doumit, and F. Allodi. 2001. Psychological distress among Lebanese prisoners of war. The World Congress of Psychiatry, Allodi, Madrid, Spain.

Shamsuddine A., A. M. Sibai, and S. Muhieddine. 2003. Cancer incidence in postwar Lebanon: The first population-based estimates, 1993 and 1998 (Abstract). American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, USA.

Shamsuddine, A., A. M. Sibai, and M. Seoud. 2002. Cancer incidence in Lebanon: First population-based estimates. Cancer Society, Beirut, Lebanon.

Sibai, A. M. 2001. Geriatrics: A new discipline for the 21^st Century, Women’s Auxiliary annual medical lecture, AUB-MC, Beirut, Lebanon.

. 2002. Mortality and morbidity statistics in Lebanon: Challenges and needs. The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut, Lebanon.

Sibai, A. M., L. Measey, M. Baydoun, and K. Sen. 2003. War trauma, physical and psychological injury: Coping strategies and prospects for rehabilitation among Lebanese and Palestinian populations. J Epidemiol Community Health 57 (Suppl): A20 (Abstract).

other activities

Jabbour, S. 2002. After September 11: A doctor’s perspective. British Medical Journal 325:1045 (commentary).

. 2003. Health and development in the Arab world: Which way forward? British Medical Journal 326:1141–1143 (commentary).

Khawaja, M. (main author). 2002. The Urban Health Survey: Interviewer’s Manual. Beirut: Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB.

. 2003. Migration and the reproduction of poverty: The Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan (poster). The Population Association of American Meetings, Minnesota, USA.

Khawaja, M. 2002–2003. Preparation of population and development curriculum. Institute for Community and Public Health, Birzeit University.

Khawaja, M. and M. Salem. 2003. Agreement between husband and wife reports of domestic violence: Evidence from poor refugee communities in Lebanon (poster). The Population Association of American Meetings, Minnesota, USA.

Khawaja, M. and M. Twetel-Salem. 2003. Household structure and the production of urban poverty: Findings from outer Beirut (poster). The Mediterranean Workshop on Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean Area: The Local, National/Regional and Global Dimension, Democritus University of Thrace and CROP, Komotini, Greece.

Sibai, A. M. 2002. Verbal autopsy of 48,000 adult deaths attributable to medical causes in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. Invited article review, BioMed Centrall http://www. biomedcentral. com/imedia/964340979606330_comment. pdf

Sibai, A. M., and M. Khawaja. 2002. Review of War or Health: A Reader?, by Ilkka Taipale et al, ed. Z Bookks. International Journal of Epidemiology 31:1286–1287.

Tamim, H., H. Beydoun, and K. A. Yunis. 2002. Consanguinity and apnea of prematurity (poster). The XVI IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada.

Tamim, H., U. Musharrafieh, and W. Y. Almawi. 2002. Exposure of passive smoking to narghile smoke and its association with respiratory tract ailments (poster). The XVI IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada.

Tamim, H., U. Musharrafieh, Z. El-Roueiheb, and K. Yunis. 2003. Domestic passive narghile smoke and its association with reported allergies among children (poster). The XXII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France.

Tamim, H., U. Musharrafieh, Z. El-Roueiheb, K. Yunis, and W. Almawi. 2003. Passive narghile smoke is associated with respiratory symptoms among children (poster). The International Conference of the Mediterranean Thoracic Society, Taormina, Italy.

Tamim, H., U. Musharrafieh, S. Seitieh, and A. M. Taha. 2002. Trauma registry at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (poster). The XXXVII^TH Middle East Medical Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon.

Tamim, H., A. Rahi, M. Abdul Hay, R. Al-Hourany, F. Seif, and U. Musharrafieh. 2003. Risky weight control behaviours among university students in Lebanon (poster). WONCA-EUROPE 2003, Slovenia.

Yunis, K., H. Beydoun, M. Khogali, M. Alameh, and H. Tamim. 2002. Prevalence and perinatal determinants of congenital anomalies (CA) in 18,747 consecutive live births at nine major hospitals in Greater Beirut, Lebanon. American University of Beirut Medical Center, MEMA, The XXXVII^TH Middle East Medical Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon.

Yunis, K., H. Beydoun, M. Khogali, Y. Nassif, A. Aaraj, and H. Tamim. 2002. Absence of an association between socioeconomic status (SES) and fetal macrosomia (FM) in non-diabetic mothers (poster). American University of Beirut Medical Center, MEMA, The XXXVII^TH Middle East Medical Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon.

. 2002. Socioeconomic status does not affect fetal macrosomia in non-diabetic mothers. The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting , Baltimore, USA.

graduate theses and projects

Abou Rafeh, A. 2002. Correlation of bone loss in a tertiary referral center (AUBMC), Lebanon, in 1999. M. Chaaya.

Abu Mrad, T. 2001. Understanding the attitudes of Beiruti Adults towards Patient Autonomy. A Sibai (member of thesis committee).

Barq, A. 2003. Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Child labor, schooling and family size. M. Khawaja.

El-Saddik, K. 2002. Fertility levels, trends and differentials in Yemen, 1997: Analysis based on the parity progression ratio methodology. H. Tamim and M. Khawaja.

Haddad, N. 2002. Female labour force participation in selected Arab countries: patterns, trends, and factors that influence them. The case pf Egypt, Syria and Tunisia. A. Sibai (member of thesis committee).

Hajj, D. 2002. Smoking among students at the American University of Beirut: prevalence and relation to other lifestyle risks. A. Sibai and H. Tamim (members of thesis committee).

Merhi, M. 2002. Is female circumcision and its different types associated with fertility? A study based on the analysis of birth intervals and parity progression ratios. A. Sibai (member of thesis committee).

Mumtaz, G. 2003. Consanguinity and Fetal Growth in Greater Beirut. H. Tamim and M. Khawaja.

Sabbagh, R. 2002. Calcium, vitamin D, protein and energy intake of psychiatric and non-psychiatric patients in a nursing home in Beirut. A. Sibai (member of thesis committee).

Sarieddine, R. 2002. Factors associated with pregnancy and delivery complications: A study of cesarean section delivery at AUBMC. M. Chaaya .

Yaman, S. 2001. Aircraft and vehicle included emissions at the Beirut International Airport: A characterization and exposure assessment. H. Tamim.