M Alameddine
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1732053 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M Alameddine |
| PRENOMES | M |
| SOBRENOME | Alameddine |
| ASSINATURA | ALAMEDDINE M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Sharjah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2299-1242 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
What shapes employees’ acceptance of and engagement with mystery patient programs for service quality improvement? A qualitative application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Mystery Patient Programs (MPPs) are increasingly employed in hospital settings to enhance service quality and improve patient experience. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing employees’ acceptance of and engagement with an MPP implemented in an outpatient hospital context. Thirty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with FL staff (i.e., nurses and clinical assistants) who had recently participated in an MPP initiative. …
School nutrition programs in Dubai
Background: Little is known about the execution of School Nutrition Programs (SNPs) within schools across the public and private sectors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This highlights the importance of capturing an inside perspective about the specificities of the SNPs in order to ensure their effective, efficient, and equitable implementation across schools, irrespective of whether they are public or private. Objective: The overall purpose of t…
Assessing the effectiveness of targeted educational interventions on enhancing self-efficacy and foot care practices among diabetic women in Jordan
Background: Diabetic foot is a major public health issue, leading to increased morbidity and mortality among diabetic patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted health education interventions on self-efficacy and foot care practices among diabetic women in Jordan. Methods: A pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design was used to collect data from 76 diabetic women at a tertiary hospital in northern Jordan. Participants …
Vulnerabilities of Rohingya and host community children in Bangladesh
Stateless Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, lacking citizenship or legal safeguards, face heightened risks of human rights abuses like child labor and early marriage. This qualitative study explored these challenges, comparing Rohingya and host community children, specifically regarding child labor and well-being. Conducted from February 23 to March 18, 2022, the research employed 20 in-depth interviews with children (aged 11–17) a…
Characteristics and correlates of the use of social media for nutrition among young adults in the United Arab Emirates
The study findings showed that the use of SM to access nutritional information is common among young adults. It further highlighted some concerns related to the validity and safe use of the acquired information with little attention to the robustness of the scientific evidence or willingness to discuss the information with healthcare providers. The study presents an opportunity to formulate evidence-based public health interventions to utilize va…
Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients
The high prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in Bangladesh underscores the need for improved treatment strategies. Addressing medication adherence is essential for better BP control, with particular attention needed for women, rural residents, and newly diagnosed individuals. A comprehensive approach is warranted, including strategies to enhance adherence, early diagnosis, personalized treatment, and simplified medication regimens. These effo…
Reflection on Ramadan Fasting Research Related to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Assessing the Gap Between Women's Expectations and Perceptions of the Quality of Intrapartum Care in Jordan
INTRODUCTION: Although Jordan has made significant progress toward expanding the utilization of facility-based intrapartum care, prior research highlights that poor service quality is still persistent. This study aimed to identify quality gaps between women's expectations and perceptions of the actual intrapartum care received, while exploring the contributing factors. METHODS: Utilizing a pre-post design, quality gaps in intrapartum care were as…
Evaluation of the effectiveness of sleep hygiene education and Fitbit devices on quality of sleep and psychological worry
Background College students report disturbed sleep patterns that can negatively impact their wellbeing and academic performance. Objectives This study examined the effect of a 4-week sleep hygiene program that included sleep education and actigraph sleep trackers (FITBITs) on improving sleep quality and reducing psychological worry without control group. Design, settings, and participants A pilot quasi-experimental design, participants were rando…
Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility
This study suggests the need for low-cost interventions aiming at enhancing access to ANC services, especially among pregnant women in fragile settings
The determinants of the quality of clinical management among diabetic and hypertensive patients in a context of fragility
Introduction: The management of NCDs is a growing challenge in low- and middle-income settings with the increasing prevalence and the associated demands that such conditions make on health systems. Fragile settings both exacerbate the risk of NCDs and undermine systems capacity. Lebanon is a setting where strategies to address rising NCDs burden have faced particularly acute contextual challenges. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey wi…
Toward the upscaling of school nutrition programs in Dubai
Background: School nutrition programs impact the intellectual, social, and emotional development of school children, as well as their future risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases. While many stakeholders are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of school nutrition programs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, little is known about the complementarity among those stakeholders, and the means to upscale school nutrition prog…
Sources of anxiety among health care workers in Tehran during the Covid-19 pandemic
By applying multivariate regression to 2020 survey data from four Tehran hospitals, we measure eight recognized sources of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related anxiety among 723 healthcare workers (HCWs) with diverse sociodemographic characteristics employed across different hospital areas and positions. The most prominent anxiety source identified is the risk of workplace COVID-19 contraction and transmission to family, followed …
Health system resilience in the face of crisis
Health system resilience reflects the ability to continue service delivery in the face of extraordinary shocks. We examined the case of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its delivery of services to Palestine refugees in Syria during the ongoing crisis to identify factors enabling system resilience. The study is a retrospective qualitative case study utilizing diverse methods. We conducted 35 semi-structured interviews with UN…
Resilience capacities of health systems
Health workers and the weaponisation of health care in Syria
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Primary Health Care Employees in Qatar
This study explores the recruitment and retention conditions influencing primary health care (PHC) human resources for health (HRH) in Qatar and suggests strategies for their improvement. A qualitative design employing semistructured key informant interviews with PHC stakeholders in Qatar was utilized. Key interviewees were originally recognized, and snowball sampling was used to identify additional interviewees until reaching saturation point. I…
Investigating the job satisfaction of healthcare providers at primary healthcare centres in Lebanon
Low job satisfaction is linked to higher staff turnover and intensified shortages in healthcare providers (HCP). This study investigates the level of, and factors associated with, HCP job satisfaction in the national primary healthcare (PHC) network in Lebanon. The study adopts a cross-sectional design to survey HCP at 99 PHC centres distributed across the country between October 2013 and May 2014. The study questionnaire consisted of four sectio…
Upscaling the recruitment and retention of human resources for health at primary healthcare centres in Lebanon
The sustainability of primary healthcare (PHC) worldwide has been challenged by a global shortage in human resources for health (HRH). This study is a unique attempt at systematically soliciting and synthesising the voice of PHC and community stakeholders on the HRH recruitment and retention strategies at the PHC sector in Lebanon, the obstacles and challenges hindering their optimisation and the recommendations to overcome such obstacles. A qual…
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of a Rural Employer-Based Wellness Program
CONTEXT: The cost-effectiveness of employer-based wellness programs has been previously investigated with favorable financial and nonfinancial outcomes being detected. However, these investigations have mainly focused on large employers in urban settings. Very few studies examined wellness programs offered in rural settings. PURPOSE: This paper aims to explore the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a rural employer-based wellness program. ME…
Stickiness' and 'inflow' as proxy measures of the relative attractiveness of various sub-sectors of nursing employment
Resilience capacities of health systems
Upscaling the recruitment and retention of human resources for health at primary healthcare centres in Lebanon
The sustainability of primary healthcare (PHC) worldwide has been challenged by a global shortage in human resources for health (HRH). This study is a unique attempt at systematically soliciting and synthesising the voice of PHC and community stakeholders on the HRH recruitment and retention strategies at the PHC sector in Lebanon, the obstacles and challenges hindering their optimisation and the recommendations to overcome such obstacles. A qual…
Stickiness' and 'inflow' as proxy measures of the relative attractiveness of various sub-sectors of nursing employment
Stickiness' and 'inflow' as proxy measures of the relative attractiveness of various sub-sectors of nursing employment
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of a Rural Employer-Based Wellness Program
CONTEXT: The cost-effectiveness of employer-based wellness programs has been previously investigated with favorable financial and nonfinancial outcomes being detected. However, these investigations have mainly focused on large employers in urban settings. Very few studies examined wellness programs offered in rural settings. PURPOSE: This paper aims to explore the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a rural employer-based wellness program. ME…
Upscaling the recruitment and retention of human resources for health at primary healthcare centres in Lebanon
The sustainability of primary healthcare (PHC) worldwide has been challenged by a global shortage in human resources for health (HRH). This study is a unique attempt at systematically soliciting and synthesising the voice of PHC and community stakeholders on the HRH recruitment and retention strategies at the PHC sector in Lebanon, the obstacles and challenges hindering their optimisation and the recommendations to overcome such obstacles. A qual…
Health workers and the weaponisation of health care in Syria
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Primary Health Care Employees in Qatar
This study explores the recruitment and retention conditions influencing primary health care (PHC) human resources for health (HRH) in Qatar and suggests strategies for their improvement. A qualitative design employing semistructured key informant interviews with PHC stakeholders in Qatar was utilized. Key interviewees were originally recognized, and snowball sampling was used to identify additional interviewees until reaching saturation point. I…
Investigating the job satisfaction of healthcare providers at primary healthcare centres in Lebanon
Low job satisfaction is linked to higher staff turnover and intensified shortages in healthcare providers (HCP). This study investigates the level of, and factors associated with, HCP job satisfaction in the national primary healthcare (PHC) network in Lebanon. The study adopts a cross-sectional design to survey HCP at 99 PHC centres distributed across the country between October 2013 and May 2014. The study questionnaire consisted of four sectio…
Health system resilience in the face of crisis
Health system resilience reflects the ability to continue service delivery in the face of extraordinary shocks. We examined the case of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and its delivery of services to Palestine refugees in Syria during the ongoing crisis to identify factors enabling system resilience. The study is a retrospective qualitative case study utilizing diverse methods. We conducted 35 semi-structured interviews with UN…
Resilience capacities of health systems
The determinants of the quality of clinical management among diabetic and hypertensive patients in a context of fragility
Introduction: The management of NCDs is a growing challenge in low- and middle-income settings with the increasing prevalence and the associated demands that such conditions make on health systems. Fragile settings both exacerbate the risk of NCDs and undermine systems capacity. Lebanon is a setting where strategies to address rising NCDs burden have faced particularly acute contextual challenges. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey wi…
Toward the upscaling of school nutrition programs in Dubai
Background: School nutrition programs impact the intellectual, social, and emotional development of school children, as well as their future risk of developing Non-Communicable Diseases. While many stakeholders are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of school nutrition programs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, little is known about the complementarity among those stakeholders, and the means to upscale school nutrition prog…
Sources of anxiety among health care workers in Tehran during the Covid-19 pandemic
By applying multivariate regression to 2020 survey data from four Tehran hospitals, we measure eight recognized sources of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related anxiety among 723 healthcare workers (HCWs) with diverse sociodemographic characteristics employed across different hospital areas and positions. The most prominent anxiety source identified is the risk of workplace COVID-19 contraction and transmission to family, followed …
Evaluation of the effectiveness of sleep hygiene education and Fitbit devices on quality of sleep and psychological worry
Background College students report disturbed sleep patterns that can negatively impact their wellbeing and academic performance. Objectives This study examined the effect of a 4-week sleep hygiene program that included sleep education and actigraph sleep trackers (FITBITs) on improving sleep quality and reducing psychological worry without control group. Design, settings, and participants A pilot quasi-experimental design, participants were rando…
Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility
This study suggests the need for low-cost interventions aiming at enhancing access to ANC services, especially among pregnant women in fragile settings
Reflection on Ramadan Fasting Research Related to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being)
Assessing the Gap Between Women's Expectations and Perceptions of the Quality of Intrapartum Care in Jordan
INTRODUCTION: Although Jordan has made significant progress toward expanding the utilization of facility-based intrapartum care, prior research highlights that poor service quality is still persistent. This study aimed to identify quality gaps between women's expectations and perceptions of the actual intrapartum care received, while exploring the contributing factors. METHODS: Utilizing a pre-post design, quality gaps in intrapartum care were as…
School nutrition programs in Dubai
Background: Little is known about the execution of School Nutrition Programs (SNPs) within schools across the public and private sectors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This highlights the importance of capturing an inside perspective about the specificities of the SNPs in order to ensure their effective, efficient, and equitable implementation across schools, irrespective of whether they are public or private. Objective: The overall purpose of t…
Assessing the effectiveness of targeted educational interventions on enhancing self-efficacy and foot care practices among diabetic women in Jordan
Background: Diabetic foot is a major public health issue, leading to increased morbidity and mortality among diabetic patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted health education interventions on self-efficacy and foot care practices among diabetic women in Jordan. Methods: A pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design was used to collect data from 76 diabetic women at a tertiary hospital in northern Jordan. Participants …
Vulnerabilities of Rohingya and host community children in Bangladesh
Stateless Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, lacking citizenship or legal safeguards, face heightened risks of human rights abuses like child labor and early marriage. This qualitative study explored these challenges, comparing Rohingya and host community children, specifically regarding child labor and well-being. Conducted from February 23 to March 18, 2022, the research employed 20 in-depth interviews with children (aged 11–17) a…
Characteristics and correlates of the use of social media for nutrition among young adults in the United Arab Emirates
The study findings showed that the use of SM to access nutritional information is common among young adults. It further highlighted some concerns related to the validity and safe use of the acquired information with little attention to the robustness of the scientific evidence or willingness to discuss the information with healthcare providers. The study presents an opportunity to formulate evidence-based public health interventions to utilize va…
Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients
The high prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in Bangladesh underscores the need for improved treatment strategies. Addressing medication adherence is essential for better BP control, with particular attention needed for women, rural residents, and newly diagnosed individuals. A comprehensive approach is warranted, including strategies to enhance adherence, early diagnosis, personalized treatment, and simplified medication regimens. These effo…
What shapes employees’ acceptance of and engagement with mystery patient programs for service quality improvement? A qualitative application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Mystery Patient Programs (MPPs) are increasingly employed in hospital settings to enhance service quality and improve patient experience. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing employees’ acceptance of and engagement with an MPP implemented in an outpatient hospital context. Thirty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with FL staff (i.e., nurses and clinical assistants) who had recently participated in an MPP initiative. …
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