Jennifer Ibrahim
Biographic Data
| ID | 6531317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Ibrahim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Ibrahim |
| SIGNATURE | IBRAHIM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6739-6933 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Examining State Firearm Prohibitor Laws and Employment Exemptions That Regulate Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators in the United States
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over 12 million people annually in the United States, and firearm access significantly heightens the risk of serious harm. While many states have enacted firearm prohibitor laws restricting access through domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs) and temporary restraining orders (TROs), some include employment-based exemptions that allow individuals to retain firearms due to their profession. This brief …
“Unprecedented Times
Social workers and public health professionals in the U.S. were profoundly impacted by COVID-19, systemic racism, and the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This study examined their external job support, burnout, and job satisfaction in the context of these circumstances. The findings suggest respondents, who had graduate degrees in social work or public health, overemphasized their job satisfaction and underemphasized their burnout. While social …
Mask Adherence and the Relationship Between Masking and Weather-Related Metrics
Tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship in Arabic media between 2017 and 2019
Nineteen out of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. One of FCTC’s provisions prohibits tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). The TAPS provision requires nations to ban direct and indirect tobacco ads in media, as exposure to tobacco use in the media encourages smoking…
Do Insurance-mandated Precertification Criteria and Insurance Plan Type Determine the Utilization of Bariatric Surgery Among Individuals With Private Insurance
BACKGROUND: Access to bariatric surgery is restricted by insurers in numerous ways, including by precertification criteria such as 3-6 months preoperative supervised medical weight management and documented 2-year weight history. OBJECTIVES: To investigate if there is an association between the aforementioned precertification criteria, insurance plan type, and the likelihood of undergoing bariatric surgery, after controlling for potential sociode…
Critical Opportunities for Public Health Law
Although legal interventions are responsible for many sentinel public health achievements, law is underutilized as a tool for advancing population health. Our purpose was to identify critical opportunities for public health lawmaking. We articulated key criteria and illustrated their use with 5 examples. These opportunities involve significant health problems that are potentially amenable to change through law and for which an effective legal int…
The Rise and Fall of Tobacco Control Media Campaigns, 1967–2006
Extensive research has demonstrated that public education through media campaigns is an effective means to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption. Aggressive media campaigns that confront the tobacco industry’s deceptive practices are most effective and are therefore a prime target for attack. The tobacco industry has attacked public tobacco control media campaigns since 1967, when the first public tobacco control media advertisements …
Tobacco industry litigation strategies to oppose tobacco control media campaigns
The tobacco industry has expanded its efforts to oppose tobacco control media campaigns through litigation strategies. While litigation is a part of tobacco industry business, it imposes a financial burden and impediment to media campaigns' productivity. Tobacco control professionals need to anticipate these challenges and be prepared to defend against them
Public health foundations and the tobacco industry
It is not possible to avoid attacks by the tobacco industry or its political allies. Like programmes administered by government agencies, tobacco control foundations must be prepared for these attacks, including a proactive plan to educate the public about the principles of community based tobacco control. Public health advocates also need to be willing to take prompt action to defend these programmes and hold public officials who attack tobacco …
Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments for Pregnant Women and for Children and Their Parents
In 2000, 36% of the 32 million Medicaid recipients and 25% of pregnant Medicaid recipients were smokers.1,2 Rates of tobacco use in the general population were considerably lower: 23% of the general population in 20002 and 12% of pregnant women in 1999.3 Helping pregnant women to quit smoking would have enormous health benefits, including reducing tobacco-related spontaneous abortions, rates of low-birthweight infants, admissions to neonatal inte…
The Rise and Fall of Tobacco Control Media Campaigns, 1967–2006
Extensive research has demonstrated that public education through media campaigns is an effective means to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption. Aggressive media campaigns that confront the tobacco industry’s deceptive practices are most effective and are therefore a prime target for attack. The tobacco industry has attacked public tobacco control media campaigns since 1967, when the first public tobacco control media advertisements …
Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments for Pregnant Women and for Children and Their Parents
In 2000, 36% of the 32 million Medicaid recipients and 25% of pregnant Medicaid recipients were smokers.1,2 Rates of tobacco use in the general population were considerably lower: 23% of the general population in 20002 and 12% of pregnant women in 1999.3 Helping pregnant women to quit smoking would have enormous health benefits, including reducing tobacco-related spontaneous abortions, rates of low-birthweight infants, admissions to neonatal inte…
Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments for Pregnant Women and for Children and Their Parents
In 2000, 36% of the 32 million Medicaid recipients and 25% of pregnant Medicaid recipients were smokers.1,2 Rates of tobacco use in the general population were considerably lower: 23% of the general population in 20002 and 12% of pregnant women in 1999.3 Helping pregnant women to quit smoking would have enormous health benefits, including reducing tobacco-related spontaneous abortions, rates of low-birthweight infants, admissions to neonatal inte…
Public health foundations and the tobacco industry
It is not possible to avoid attacks by the tobacco industry or its political allies. Like programmes administered by government agencies, tobacco control foundations must be prepared for these attacks, including a proactive plan to educate the public about the principles of community based tobacco control. Public health advocates also need to be willing to take prompt action to defend these programmes and hold public officials who attack tobacco …
Tobacco industry litigation strategies to oppose tobacco control media campaigns
The tobacco industry has expanded its efforts to oppose tobacco control media campaigns through litigation strategies. While litigation is a part of tobacco industry business, it imposes a financial burden and impediment to media campaigns' productivity. Tobacco control professionals need to anticipate these challenges and be prepared to defend against them
The Rise and Fall of Tobacco Control Media Campaigns, 1967–2006
Extensive research has demonstrated that public education through media campaigns is an effective means to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption. Aggressive media campaigns that confront the tobacco industry’s deceptive practices are most effective and are therefore a prime target for attack. The tobacco industry has attacked public tobacco control media campaigns since 1967, when the first public tobacco control media advertisements …
Critical Opportunities for Public Health Law
Although legal interventions are responsible for many sentinel public health achievements, law is underutilized as a tool for advancing population health. Our purpose was to identify critical opportunities for public health lawmaking. We articulated key criteria and illustrated their use with 5 examples. These opportunities involve significant health problems that are potentially amenable to change through law and for which an effective legal int…
Do Insurance-mandated Precertification Criteria and Insurance Plan Type Determine the Utilization of Bariatric Surgery Among Individuals With Private Insurance
BACKGROUND: Access to bariatric surgery is restricted by insurers in numerous ways, including by precertification criteria such as 3-6 months preoperative supervised medical weight management and documented 2-year weight history. OBJECTIVES: To investigate if there is an association between the aforementioned precertification criteria, insurance plan type, and the likelihood of undergoing bariatric surgery, after controlling for potential sociode…
Tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship in Arabic media between 2017 and 2019
Nineteen out of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. One of FCTC’s provisions prohibits tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). The TAPS provision requires nations to ban direct and indirect tobacco ads in media, as exposure to tobacco use in the media encourages smoking…
“Unprecedented Times
Social workers and public health professionals in the U.S. were profoundly impacted by COVID-19, systemic racism, and the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This study examined their external job support, burnout, and job satisfaction in the context of these circumstances. The findings suggest respondents, who had graduate degrees in social work or public health, overemphasized their job satisfaction and underemphasized their burnout. While social …
Mask Adherence and the Relationship Between Masking and Weather-Related Metrics
Examining State Firearm Prohibitor Laws and Employment Exemptions That Regulate Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators in the United States
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over 12 million people annually in the United States, and firearm access significantly heightens the risk of serious harm. While many states have enacted firearm prohibitor laws restricting access through domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs) and temporary restraining orders (TROs), some include employment-based exemptions that allow individuals to retain firearms due to their profession. This brief …
Medicine (9 works) · Public health (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Tobacco control (4 works)