Gloria Safadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6838986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gloria Safadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gloria |
| FAMILY NAME | Safadi |
| SIGNATURE | SAFADI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The impact of poverty on child malnutrition and health in Lebanon
Our findings underscore the profound impact of poverty on child malnutrition and infections. To effectively and sustainably address these challenges, a holistic, multisectoral approach is needed, combining targeted nutritional programs, social protection programs, WASH initiatives and educational interventions to break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition
Reducing non-communicable diseases among Palestinian populations in Gaza
We sought to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of potential new public health and healthcare NCD risk reduction efforts among Palestinians in Gaza. We created a microsimulation model using: (i) a cross-sectional household survey of NCD risk factors among 4,576 Palestinian adults aged ≥40 years old in Gaza; (ii) a modified Delphi process among local public health experts to identify potentially feasible new interventions; and (iii) r…
Urban school neighbourhoods dominated by unhealthy food retailers and advertisements in Greater Tunis
Objective: Food environments are a major determinant of children’s nutritional status. Scarce evidence on food environments exists in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study aims to fill this gap by documenting the obesogenicity of food environments around schools in Greater Tunis, Tunisia – an LMIC of the Middle East and North Africa region with an ongoing nutrition transition and increasing rates of childhood obesity. Design: In thi…
Inequalities in Wellbeing in Lebanese Children and Different Refugee Subpopulations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-023-10040-2
Does a school snack make a difference? An evaluation of the World Food Programme emergency school feeding programme in Lebanon among Lebanese and Syrian refugee children
Objective: To investigate the effects of providing a daily healthy school snack on children’s nutritional, social and educational outcomes and explore stakeholders’ perceptions of an emergency school feeding programme (SFP). Design: Convergence triangulation mixed-methods study design. Associations were examined between receiving the school feeding intervention and children’s outcomes using multivariable regression models. Quantitative data were …
Inequalities in Wellbeing in Lebanese Children and Different Refugee Subpopulations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-023-10040-2
Does a school snack make a difference? An evaluation of the World Food Programme emergency school feeding programme in Lebanon among Lebanese and Syrian refugee children
Objective: To investigate the effects of providing a daily healthy school snack on children’s nutritional, social and educational outcomes and explore stakeholders’ perceptions of an emergency school feeding programme (SFP). Design: Convergence triangulation mixed-methods study design. Associations were examined between receiving the school feeding intervention and children’s outcomes using multivariable regression models. Quantitative data were …
Inequalities in Wellbeing in Lebanese Children and Different Refugee Subpopulations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-023-10040-2
Reducing non-communicable diseases among Palestinian populations in Gaza
We sought to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of potential new public health and healthcare NCD risk reduction efforts among Palestinians in Gaza. We created a microsimulation model using: (i) a cross-sectional household survey of NCD risk factors among 4,576 Palestinian adults aged ≥40 years old in Gaza; (ii) a modified Delphi process among local public health experts to identify potentially feasible new interventions; and (iii) r…
Urban school neighbourhoods dominated by unhealthy food retailers and advertisements in Greater Tunis
Objective: Food environments are a major determinant of children’s nutritional status. Scarce evidence on food environments exists in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study aims to fill this gap by documenting the obesogenicity of food environments around schools in Greater Tunis, Tunisia – an LMIC of the Middle East and North Africa region with an ongoing nutrition transition and increasing rates of childhood obesity. Design: In thi…
The impact of poverty on child malnutrition and health in Lebanon
Our findings underscore the profound impact of poverty on child malnutrition and infections. To effectively and sustainably address these challenges, a holistic, multisectoral approach is needed, combining targeted nutritional programs, social protection programs, WASH initiatives and educational interventions to break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition
Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)