Nawar Shara
Biographic Data
| ID | 6684432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nawar Shara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nawar |
| FAMILY NAME | Shara |
| SIGNATURE | SHARA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | MedStar Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9005-252X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers
Introduction: Efforts to achieve opioid guideline concordant care may be undermined when patients access multiple opioid prescription sources. Limited data are available on the impact of dual-system sources of care on receipt of opioid medications. Objective: We examined whether dual-system use was associated with increased rates of new opioid prescriptions, continued opioid prescriptions and diagnoses of opioid use disorder (OUD). We hypothesize…
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
Depression, Metabolic Syndrome, and Locus of Control in Arab Americans Living in the DC Metropolitan Area
Trauma, depression, and comorbid PTSD/depression in a community sample of Latina immigrants
Trauma exposure is frequently overlooked as a risk factor for psychiatric morbidity among studies with Latinos. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among trauma history, immigration-related factors, and mental health status among Latina immigrants. The current study used baseline data from a randomized clinical trial for the treatment of depression (Miranda et al., 2006) of 64 women with comorbid PTSD and depression, 69 wit…
Epidemiologic and clinical factors associated with Chronic Kidney Disease among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians
The occurrence of chronic kidney disease in the Hawai'i KEEP-2 study was nearly fourfold greater compared with the general US population. The clustering of susceptibility factors for chronic kidney disease occurrence was found to differ for all five ethnic groups
Epidemiologic and clinical factors associated with Chronic Kidney Disease among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians
The occurrence of chronic kidney disease in the Hawai'i KEEP-2 study was nearly fourfold greater compared with the general US population. The clustering of susceptibility factors for chronic kidney disease occurrence was found to differ for all five ethnic groups
Epidemiologic and clinical factors associated with Chronic Kidney Disease among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians
The occurrence of chronic kidney disease in the Hawai'i KEEP-2 study was nearly fourfold greater compared with the general US population. The clustering of susceptibility factors for chronic kidney disease occurrence was found to differ for all five ethnic groups
Trauma, depression, and comorbid PTSD/depression in a community sample of Latina immigrants
Trauma exposure is frequently overlooked as a risk factor for psychiatric morbidity among studies with Latinos. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among trauma history, immigration-related factors, and mental health status among Latina immigrants. The current study used baseline data from a randomized clinical trial for the treatment of depression (Miranda et al., 2006) of 64 women with comorbid PTSD and depression, 69 wit…
Depression, Metabolic Syndrome, and Locus of Control in Arab Americans Living in the DC Metropolitan Area
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers
Introduction: Efforts to achieve opioid guideline concordant care may be undermined when patients access multiple opioid prescription sources. Limited data are available on the impact of dual-system sources of care on receipt of opioid medications. Objective: We examined whether dual-system use was associated with increased rates of new opioid prescriptions, continued opioid prescriptions and diagnoses of opioid use disorder (OUD). We hypothesize…
Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Odds ratio (2 works)