Mary Ghanem

Biographic Data

ID6561649
NAMEMary Ghanem
GIVEN NAMESMary
FAMILY NAMEGhanem
SIGNATUREGHANEM M
AFFILIATIONSFaculty of Health Sciences of At the American University of Beirut.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • Starting Over From Scratch

    Jihad Makhoul, Mary Ghanem et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2011

    This article presents findings from a qualitative research study with daughters of internally displaced families, more than a decade and half after the end of the Lebanese civil war. In-depth interviews with these adolescent girls indicate that in the absence of universal coverage of social security nets for the Lebanese, the effects of impoverishment and continuous mobility in the suburbs have adverse effects on their sense of stability, schooli…

  • Displaced Arab Families

    Jihad Makhoul, Mary GhanemARTICLEJournal of Middle East Women s…2009Cited by: 2References: 6

    This study explores the experiences and views of women and their families who have been affected by displacement due to the Lebanese civil war. Despite the popular notion that displaced families have returned home, the effects of displacement continue to be felt by families, especially the women. Findings from in-depth interviews with women currently residing in two suburbs of Beirut highlight the repercussions of postwar conditions of economic d…

  • Cigarette and Nargileh Smoking Practices Among School Students in Beirut, Lebanon

    Hala Tamim, Ban Al‐Sahab et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2007

    ED CTR RES DEV LE, 1999, SCH GUID GEN ED; DIFRANZA JR, 1990, J STUD ALCOHOL, V51, P130; Heck KE, 2002, HEALTH SERV RES, V37, P173; Maziak W, 2000, EUR J EPIDEMIOL, V16, P1169, DOI 10.1023-A:1010907724688; MILLER T, 2003, J DRUG ISSUES, P945; Nuwayhid IA, 1998, AM J EPIDEMIOL, V148, P375; Pickett W, 2000, Chronic Dis Can, V21, P119; Shihadeh A, 2003, FOOD CHEM TOXICOL, V41, P143, DOI 10.1016-S0278-6915(02)00220-X; Simons-Morton BG, 2003, AM J HEAL…

  • An ethnographic study of the consequences of social and structural forces on children

    Jihad Makhoul, Dana Abi Ghanem et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Urbanization2003Cited by: 1

    This ethnographic study of two low-income suburban communities in Beirut highlights the negative impacts that wider social circumstances can have on the young. The two communities of interest are a Palestinian refugee camp and another community in the suburbs of Beirut where displaced families and daily labourers reside. Using observations and in-depth interviews with residents and key informants in these communities over a period of four months,…

  • An ethnographic study of the consequences of social and structural forces on children

    Open AccessJihad Makhoul, Dana Abi Ghanem et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Urbanization2003Cited by: 5

    This ethnographic study of two low-income suburban communities in Beirut highlights the negative impacts that wider social circumstances can have on the young. The two communities of interest are a Palestinian refugee camp and another community in the suburbs of Beirut where displaced families and daily labourers reside. Using observations and in-depth interviews with residents and key informants in these communities over a period of four months,…