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  • Gender disparities in health and wellbeing of older population in India 

    Perianayagam, Arokiasamy ( Nature Research , 2024 , Article)
    This commentary highlights significant gender disparities in health and well-being among India’s older population using data from the recent Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (2017-18). Older women reported higher rates ...

  • Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Comfort, Haley; McHugh, Theresa A; Schumacher, Austin E; Harris, Ashley; May, Erin A; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Background: Stillbirth is a devastating and often avoidable adverse pregnancy outcome. Monitoring stillbirth levels and trends—in a comprehensive manner that leaves no one uncounted—is imperative for continuing progress ...

  • Do income and consumption growth cause CO2 emissions in Qatar? Implications for climate policy 

    Perianayagam, Arokiasamy; Khalifa, Ahmed A.; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Al-Sulaiti, Hend; Mourshed, Monjur ( Springer , 2024 , Article)
    Qatar has experienced a remarkable surge in all four components of gross domestic product (GDP)—consumption, government spending, investment, and net exports as well as significant growth in population over the past thirty ...

  • Constraints on Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar: Understanding the Effects of Marriage, Family, and Traditional Values 

    Blaydes, Lisa; Gengler, Justin; Lari, Noora ( Brill , 2024 , Article)
    This paper examines constraints to female labor force participation in Qatar, a country where state revenue from natural resource rents means any citizen can secure a public sector job should they seek employment. Using ...

  • Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Sirota, Sarah Brooke; Doxey, Matthew C; Dominguez, Regina-Mae Villanueva; Bender, Rose Grace; Vongpradith, Avina; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Background: Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are the leading cause of acute disease incidence worldwide and contribute to a substantial health-care burden. Although acute otitis media is a common complication of URIs, ...

  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Michael, Brauer; Roth, Gregory A; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Zheng, Peng; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Background: Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the contributions of risk factor exposures to ...

  • Distance education challenges: insight from a nationwide teacher-centric study post- COVID-19 for informed advancements 

    Alshaboul, Yousef; Alazaizeh, Manar; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah; Ghamrawi, Norma; Shal, Tarek ( Frontiers Media , 2024 , Article)
    Scholars persistently explore the enormous effects of the COVID-19 epidemic on schooling, striving to comprehend its intricacies and derive significant perspectives for forthcoming endeavors. The research-based conclusions ...

  • The perceived challenges to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study of K-12 parental perspectives (Arab and other parents) in Qatar 

    Alshaboul, Yousef M.; Alazaizeh, Manar A.; Sellami, Abdel Latif; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M.; Ghamrawi, Norma; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    This study aimed to explore self-reported challenges Arab and other parents encountered during the sudden shift to online teaching and learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers investigated the likely effect ...

  • Sectarian Backfire? Assessing Gulf Political Strategy Five Years after the Arab Uprisings 

    Gengler, Justin ( MEI Press , 2015 , Article)
    Are religious doctrinal differences primarily responsible for stoking intercommunal fear and hatred? What roles have state, sub-state and transnational actors played in fomenting sectarian discord? And what could be done ...

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators, GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
    Up-to-date estimates of stroke burden and attributable risks and their trends at global, regional, and national levels are essential for evidence-based health care, prevention, and resource allocation planning. We aimed ...

  • Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Dana, Bryazka; Reitsma, Marissa B; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abd Al Magied, Abdallah H A; Abdelkader, Atef; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
    BackgroundSmoking is the leading behavioural risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4·30 billion years of life lost (YLLs) from 1990 to 2021. The pace of decline in smoking ...

  • Barriers to formal volunteering among married Qatari youth 

    El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji; Ahmed Lari, Noora; Al Maadeed, Alyaa; Awadalla Mohamed Ali, Amal ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)
    Purpose: This paper aims to identify key factors influencing the lack of formal volunteering among married Qatari youth. Methodology: Utilizing data from the Qatar Youth Survey with a sample of 598 married individuals, ...

  • Clinical reappraisal of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.3 in Qatar's National Mental Health Study 

    Khaled, Salma M.; Amro, Iman; Abdelkader, Menatalla; Al Bahari, Dalia; Al Shawwaf, Mahmoud; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2024 , Article)
    Objectives: Lifetime DSM-5 diagnoses generated by the lay-administered Composite International Diagnostic Interview for DSM-5 (CIDI) in the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) study were compared to diagnoses based on blinded ...

  • Qatar's National Mental Health Survey—The World Mental Health Qatar: Sampling design, instrument adaptation, quality control, and fielding procedures 

    Khaled, Salma M.; Amro, Iman; Bader, Lina; Lee Holmes, John; Le Trung, Kien; ... more authors ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Objectives: The World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) study, the first national general population mental health survey in Qatar, was conducted as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) Survey ...

  • Feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews for the World Mental Health Qatar survey during the COVID-19 pandemic 

    Khaled, Salma M.; Amro, Iman; Bader, Lina; Lee Holmes, John; Diop, Abdoulaye; ... more authors ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Objectives: We investigated the feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews conducted as part of the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) survey and discuss the main methodological changes across the two ...

  • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Stein Emil, Vollset; Ababneh, Hazim S; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbasgholizadeh, Rouzbeh; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
    BackgroundFuture 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 ...

  • Association between food insecurity and quality of life among older adults (60+) in six low and middle-income countries 

    Y., Selvamani; Arokiasamy, P.; Chaudhary, Mamta ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
    Food insecurity is a key social determinant of health and nutrition. However, very few studies have examined the association of food insecurity and quality of life outcomes among older adults in low and middle-income ...

  • Characterizing Multimorbidity Prevalence and Adverse Outcomes in Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Sub-Populations in India: Gaps, Opportunities, and Future Directions 

    Zanwar, Preeti Pushpalata; Taylor, Robyn; Hill-Jarrett, Tanisha G.; Tsoy, Elena; Flatt, Jason D.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2024 , Article Review)
    India is a large middle-income country and has surpassed China in overall population, comprising 20% of the global population (over 1.43 billion people). India is experiencing a major demographic shift in its aging population. ...

  • School Leadership 4.0: Are We Ready? 

    Ghamrawi, Norma; Shal, Tarek; Ghamrawi, Najah A.R. ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Book chapter)
    This study explores the relevance of Leadership 4.0 in the context of Education 4.0 for school leaders. By investigating school leaders’ knowledge and perceptions of Education 4.0, the study provides insights into their ...

  • Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
    Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury ...

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