Rawan Charafeddine
Biographic Data
| ID | 78220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rawan Charafeddine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rawan |
| FAMILY NAME | Charafeddine |
| SIGNATURE | CHARAFEDDINE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sciensano (Belgium) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6138-4322 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social connection before and after the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic required major preventive measures that had a substantial impact on social life. Since then, there has been concern for pandemic side-effects on social connection. While short-term increases in poor social connection have been observed during the pandemic, less is known about long-term consequences. Only a few studies have made comparisons of social connection before, during and after the pandemic, showing conflicting result…
Estimating hypertension medication adherence among adults using linked Belgian health interview survey and administrative pharmacy refill data
Medication adherence includes initiation, implementation, and persistence. Population-level estimates are commonly based on administrative claims, yet these may not fully capture patient behavior. This study developed a framework to estimate adherence to antihypertensive treatment using linked self-reported data and medication refill records from a representative Belgian sample. We linked participants of the 2018 Belgian Health Interview Survey (…
Eating disorders across population groups with different weight status in Belgium
EDs disproportionally affect people with higher weight. This underscores the necessity for public health interventions that address the intertwined nature of EDs and obesity. Traditional weight-centric health campaigns focusing on individual responsibility may inadvertently contribute to the problem by promoting weight stigma. An integrative preventative approach holds promise for more effective management and prevention of EDs and obesity in the…
The importance of including a mental health dimension in a multimorbidity indicator
MIs that only take physical conditions into account underestimate their impact on individuals' lives. Including mental ill-health in an MI is key to linking it to health correlates
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health related outcomes in the Belgian adult population
Although the influence of HL in the pathway is limited, our findings suggest that strategies for improving various health-related outcomes among low SES groups should include initiatives to enhance HL in these population groups. Further research is needed to confirm our results and to better explore the mediating effects of HL
Post Covid-19 condition and health-related quality of life
With the growing number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, PCC and its impact on HRQoL are becoming important public health issues. To allow people with PCC to recover and to limit its detrimental impact on HRQoL, it is essential to manage its various heterogeneous symptoms using a multidisciplinary approach
When Maya Children do not see Power as More Masculine
Recent research has shown that by the age of 4, preschool children tend to associate social power with the male gender. The present study examined this association with a group of children from a Maya community in Guatemala, where gender inequalities are high, and tested the prediction that a strong gender hierarchy reduces girls’ perception of themselves as being dominant in dyadic power situations. However, contrary to our predictions, we did n…
The HLS19-COM-P, a New Instrument for Measuring Communicative Health Literacy in Interaction with Physicians
The HLS 19 -COM-P instrument was well accepted in nine countries, in different data collection modes, and could be used to measure COM-HL
Qaly losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population
Given that chronic diseases will rise in the next decades, addressing its burden is necessary, particularly among the most vulnerable (i.e. older persons, women, low SES). Interventions in these target groups should get priority in order to reduce the burden of chronic diseases
Do Preschoolers Align Their Preferences With Those of a Powerful Individual
Very early on, children understand the hierarchical dimension of the social environment and use a variety of cues to guess who has more power in an interaction. A crucial aspect of power perception lies in the evaluation of high-power and low-power individuals. The current study examined the evaluation of power by preschoolers through social influence. Past research has shown that preschoolers take social category information into account when ex…
Mental health, compliance with measures and health prospects during the Covid-19 epidemic
These results suggest that health literacy is a crucial factor in managing the COVID-19 epidemic and offer a perspective for future studies that target health literacy in the context of virus outbreaks
The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population
Diverse multimorbidity patterns, both dyads and triads, were synergistically or antagonistically associated with lower HRQoL. Tackling the burden of multimorbidity is needed, especially because most disease combinations affect each other synergistically, resulting in a greater reduction in HRQoL. Further knowledge about those multimorbidity patterns with a greater impact on HRQoL is needed to better understand disease burden beyond mortality and …
Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018
This paper presents the first nationally representative Belgian population norms using the EQ-5D-5L. Inclusion of the EQ-5D in future surveys will allow monitoring over time of self-reported health, disease burden, and health inequalities
Food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among adults during the Covid-19 confinement measures in Belgium
Objective: To assess food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among Belgian adults during confinement due to COVID-19. Design: Three cross-sectional online health surveys were conducted during March–May 2020. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to determine associations between self-reported changes in fruit, vegetable, soft drink and sweet and salted snack consumption or weight as dependent variables an…
How Preschoolers Associate Power with Gender in Male-Female Interactions
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Valuing of Dominance by Young Children
Developmental research suggests that young children tend to value dominant individuals over subordinates. This research, however, has nearly exclusively been carried out in Western cultures, and cross-cultural research among adults has revealed cultural differences in the valuing of dominance. In particular, it seems that Japanese culture, relative to many Western cultures, values dominance less. We conducted two experiments to test whether this …
Contribution of chronic conditions to smoking differences in life expectancy with and without disability in Belgium
Background: Smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity. This study aimed at assessing the impact of smoking on life expectancy (LE) and LE with (LED) and without disability (DFLE). We further estimated the contribution of disability and mortality and their causes to differences in LED and DFLE by smoking. Methods: Data on disability, chronic conditions, and smoking from 17 148 participants of the 1997, 2001, 2004 Belgian He…
Children’s allocation of resources in social dominance situations
Two experiments with preschoolers (36 to 78 months) and 8-year-old children (Experiment 1, N = 173; Experiment 2, N = 132) investigated the development of children's resource distribution in dominance contexts. On the basis of the distributive justice literature, 2 opposite predictions were tested. Children could match resource allocation with the unequal social setting they observe and thus favor a dominant individual over a subordinate 1. Alter…
The effect of smoking on the duration of life with and without disability, Belgium 1997–2011
Smoking kills and shortens both life without and life with disability. Smoking related disability can however not be ignored, given its contribution to the excess years with disability especially in younger age groups
Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level
P1-411 Using multiple measures of social inequalities to study time trends in smoking inequalities
Introduction Trends in social inequalities in smoking have been examined in a number of international publications; however these studies have rarely used multiple measures of health inequalities and did not compare simultaneously results in terms of relative vs absolute inequalities and measures of total impact vs measure of effect. Methods Data from four successive waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey (1997, 2001, 2004, 2008) were used …
Les inégalités sociales de santé au Québec
Partout dans le monde, on constate non seulement la persistance, mais bien le creusement des inégalités en matière de santé. Le Québec ne fait pas exception : on a estimé qu'environ cinq ans d'espérance de vie et près de quinze années de vie en bonne santé y séparent les populations les plus défavorisées des groupes les plus avantagés. Cet écart ne s'explique qu'en partie par l'inégale répartition des ressources matérielles. Les causes sont à l'é…
Health inequalities and place
Health inequalities and place
Children’s allocation of resources in social dominance situations
Two experiments with preschoolers (36 to 78 months) and 8-year-old children (Experiment 1, N = 173; Experiment 2, N = 132) investigated the development of children's resource distribution in dominance contexts. On the basis of the distributive justice literature, 2 opposite predictions were tested. Children could match resource allocation with the unequal social setting they observe and thus favor a dominant individual over a subordinate 1. Alter…
How Preschoolers Associate Power with Gender in Male-Female Interactions
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Valuing of Dominance by Young Children
Developmental research suggests that young children tend to value dominant individuals over subordinates. This research, however, has nearly exclusively been carried out in Western cultures, and cross-cultural research among adults has revealed cultural differences in the valuing of dominance. In particular, it seems that Japanese culture, relative to many Western cultures, values dominance less. We conducted two experiments to test whether this …
Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level
Health inequalities and place
Les inégalités sociales de santé au Québec
Partout dans le monde, on constate non seulement la persistance, mais bien le creusement des inégalités en matière de santé. Le Québec ne fait pas exception : on a estimé qu'environ cinq ans d'espérance de vie et près de quinze années de vie en bonne santé y séparent les populations les plus défavorisées des groupes les plus avantagés. Cet écart ne s'explique qu'en partie par l'inégale répartition des ressources matérielles. Les causes sont à l'é…
P1-411 Using multiple measures of social inequalities to study time trends in smoking inequalities
Introduction Trends in social inequalities in smoking have been examined in a number of international publications; however these studies have rarely used multiple measures of health inequalities and did not compare simultaneously results in terms of relative vs absolute inequalities and measures of total impact vs measure of effect. Methods Data from four successive waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey (1997, 2001, 2004, 2008) were used …
Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level
The effect of smoking on the duration of life with and without disability, Belgium 1997–2011
Smoking kills and shortens both life without and life with disability. Smoking related disability can however not be ignored, given its contribution to the excess years with disability especially in younger age groups
Children’s allocation of resources in social dominance situations
Two experiments with preschoolers (36 to 78 months) and 8-year-old children (Experiment 1, N = 173; Experiment 2, N = 132) investigated the development of children's resource distribution in dominance contexts. On the basis of the distributive justice literature, 2 opposite predictions were tested. Children could match resource allocation with the unequal social setting they observe and thus favor a dominant individual over a subordinate 1. Alter…
Contribution of chronic conditions to smoking differences in life expectancy with and without disability in Belgium
Background: Smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity. This study aimed at assessing the impact of smoking on life expectancy (LE) and LE with (LED) and without disability (DFLE). We further estimated the contribution of disability and mortality and their causes to differences in LED and DFLE by smoking. Methods: Data on disability, chronic conditions, and smoking from 17 148 participants of the 1997, 2001, 2004 Belgian He…
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Valuing of Dominance by Young Children
Developmental research suggests that young children tend to value dominant individuals over subordinates. This research, however, has nearly exclusively been carried out in Western cultures, and cross-cultural research among adults has revealed cultural differences in the valuing of dominance. In particular, it seems that Japanese culture, relative to many Western cultures, values dominance less. We conducted two experiments to test whether this …
How Preschoolers Associate Power with Gender in Male-Female Interactions
Do Preschoolers Align Their Preferences With Those of a Powerful Individual
Very early on, children understand the hierarchical dimension of the social environment and use a variety of cues to guess who has more power in an interaction. A crucial aspect of power perception lies in the evaluation of high-power and low-power individuals. The current study examined the evaluation of power by preschoolers through social influence. Past research has shown that preschoolers take social category information into account when ex…
Mental health, compliance with measures and health prospects during the Covid-19 epidemic
These results suggest that health literacy is a crucial factor in managing the COVID-19 epidemic and offer a perspective for future studies that target health literacy in the context of virus outbreaks
The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population
Diverse multimorbidity patterns, both dyads and triads, were synergistically or antagonistically associated with lower HRQoL. Tackling the burden of multimorbidity is needed, especially because most disease combinations affect each other synergistically, resulting in a greater reduction in HRQoL. Further knowledge about those multimorbidity patterns with a greater impact on HRQoL is needed to better understand disease burden beyond mortality and …
Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018
This paper presents the first nationally representative Belgian population norms using the EQ-5D-5L. Inclusion of the EQ-5D in future surveys will allow monitoring over time of self-reported health, disease burden, and health inequalities
Food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among adults during the Covid-19 confinement measures in Belgium
Objective: To assess food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among Belgian adults during confinement due to COVID-19. Design: Three cross-sectional online health surveys were conducted during March–May 2020. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to determine associations between self-reported changes in fruit, vegetable, soft drink and sweet and salted snack consumption or weight as dependent variables an…
The HLS19-COM-P, a New Instrument for Measuring Communicative Health Literacy in Interaction with Physicians
The HLS 19 -COM-P instrument was well accepted in nine countries, in different data collection modes, and could be used to measure COM-HL
Qaly losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population
Given that chronic diseases will rise in the next decades, addressing its burden is necessary, particularly among the most vulnerable (i.e. older persons, women, low SES). Interventions in these target groups should get priority in order to reduce the burden of chronic diseases
Post Covid-19 condition and health-related quality of life
With the growing number of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, PCC and its impact on HRQoL are becoming important public health issues. To allow people with PCC to recover and to limit its detrimental impact on HRQoL, it is essential to manage its various heterogeneous symptoms using a multidisciplinary approach
When Maya Children do not see Power as More Masculine
Recent research has shown that by the age of 4, preschool children tend to associate social power with the male gender. The present study examined this association with a group of children from a Maya community in Guatemala, where gender inequalities are high, and tested the prediction that a strong gender hierarchy reduces girls’ perception of themselves as being dominant in dyadic power situations. However, contrary to our predictions, we did n…
The importance of including a mental health dimension in a multimorbidity indicator
MIs that only take physical conditions into account underestimate their impact on individuals' lives. Including mental ill-health in an MI is key to linking it to health correlates
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health related outcomes in the Belgian adult population
Although the influence of HL in the pathway is limited, our findings suggest that strategies for improving various health-related outcomes among low SES groups should include initiatives to enhance HL in these population groups. Further research is needed to confirm our results and to better explore the mediating effects of HL
Eating disorders across population groups with different weight status in Belgium
EDs disproportionally affect people with higher weight. This underscores the necessity for public health interventions that address the intertwined nature of EDs and obesity. Traditional weight-centric health campaigns focusing on individual responsibility may inadvertently contribute to the problem by promoting weight stigma. An integrative preventative approach holds promise for more effective management and prevention of EDs and obesity in the…
Social connection before and after the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic required major preventive measures that had a substantial impact on social life. Since then, there has been concern for pandemic side-effects on social connection. While short-term increases in poor social connection have been observed during the pandemic, less is known about long-term consequences. Only a few studies have made comparisons of social connection before, during and after the pandemic, showing conflicting result…
Estimating hypertension medication adherence among adults using linked Belgian health interview survey and administrative pharmacy refill data
Medication adherence includes initiation, implementation, and persistence. Population-level estimates are commonly based on administrative claims, yet these may not fully capture patient behavior. This study developed a framework to estimate adherence to antihypertensive treatment using linked self-reported data and medication refill records from a representative Belgian sample. We linked participants of the 2018 Belgian Health Interview Survey (…
Environmental health (14 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Population (11 works) · Public health (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Biostatistics (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Psychology (8 works)