Omar Kujan

Biographic Data

ID93147
NAMEOmar Kujan
GIVEN NAMESOmar
FAMILY NAMEKujan
SIGNATUREKUJAN O
AFFILIATIONSAl-Farabi College for Dentistry and Nursing, University of Western Australia
ORCID0000-0002-5951-8280
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050

    Open AccessStein Emil Vollset, Hazim S Ababneh et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Future trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to policy makers and the public at large. This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and prioritisation. We have expanded and improved upon previous forecasts produced as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) and provide a reference forecast (the most likely future), and alternativ…

  • Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAustin E Schumacher, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 provides new demographic estimates for 204 cou…

  • Is Individualism Suicidogenic? Findings From a Multinational Study of Young Adults From 12 Countries

    Open AccessMehmet Eskin, Ulrich S Tran et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2020

    The associations of individualistic versus collectivistic value orientations with suicidal ideation and attempts, attitudes towards suicide and towards suicidal individuals, and psychological distress were investigated across 12 nations ( N = 5572 university students). We expected differential associations of value orientations with suicidal behavior and moderating effects of the prevailing value orientations in the various countries. Findings sh…

  • The Role of Religion in Suicidal Behavior, Attitudes and Psychological Distress Among University Students

    Open AccessMehmet Eskin, Senel Poyrazli et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2019Cited by: 3References: 35

    The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between religion, suicidal behavior, attitudes and psychological distress in 5572 students from 12 countries by means of a self-report questionnaire. Our results showed that an affiliation with Islam was associated with reduced risk for suicide ideation, however affiliating with Orthodox Christianity and no religion was related to increased risk for suicide ideation. While affiliating wi…

  • Suicidal Behavior and Psychological Distress in University Students

    Mehmet Eskin, Jian-Min Sun et al.ARTICLEArchives of Suicide Research2016

    This study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and psychological distress in university students across 12 nations. A total of 5,572 university students from 12 countries were surveyed about suicide ideation, suicide attempts, and psychological distress by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Almost 29% of the samples reported having contemplated suicide and 7% reported attempting suicide. Of the total sample, 51.1% scored abo…