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Barriers to seeking tobacco cessation services: a qualitative assessment of university students' needs in Qatar.
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Oxford University Press
, 2024 , Article)
The prevalence of tobacco use in the Middle East is alarmingly high, especially among university students; most users initiate tobacco use during adolescence and young adulthood. Evidence-based cessation services can be ...
The Design and Implementation of Survey Quality Control System for Qatar's First National Mental Health Survey: A Case Study
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JMIR Publications
, 2023 , Article)
All World Mental Health (WMH) surveys apply high standards of data quality. Most published quality control procedures for these surveys to date were in relation to face-to-face interviews. However, due to the social ...
"I am not the same as before": a mixed-methods study on depression in people with spinal injury in Qatar
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Frontiers Media SA
, 2024 , Article)
Incidence of spinal injury is high in the Middle East and North African region (MENA) due to the high incidence of road traffic crashes. A spinal injury may trigger mental health issues. Compared to the general population, ...
Forging the Path to Precision Medicine in Qatar: A Public Health Perspective on Pharmacogenomics Initiatives
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Frontiers Media
, 2024 , Article Review)
Pharmacogenomics (PGx) is an important component of precision medicine that promises tailored treatment approaches based on an individual’s genetic information. Exploring the initiatives in research that help to integrate ...
Wisdom from Arabian networks: a review and theory of regional supply chain management
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
The purpose of this article is to present a systematic review of the supply chain management (SCM) research on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi ...
Social Change and Transformation in the Gulf Region
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Springer
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Social change is an integral part of human social behavior and a phenomenon that is continuously happening around us. We constantly challenge existing social structures and institutions and transform them by contesting the ...
Fostering a reading culture: evidence from Qatar Reads
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Routledge
, 2022 , Article)
Qatar has experienced rapid economic development in recent decades and has made large investments in the education sector to improve learning outcomes. The Qatar National Vision of 2030 also aspires to encourage life-long ...
Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
This cross-sectional study examines knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding breast cancer awareness and screening among women residents in Qatar. Females, >18 years old, registered with the Primary Health Care ...
Post-Ottoman Legacy in the Middle East: A Compendium of 100 Years of Turkish Foreign Policy
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the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research
, 2023 , Article)
The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire set the stage for Türki-ye’s evolving foreign policy in the Middle East, a region deeply inter-twined with its historical legacy. From the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 to the rise of the ...
Risk categorization and decision prioritization for climate change impacts: A rapid risk assessment methodology applied in the State of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
The impacts of climate change vary by location and severity, will be experienced over a range of timescales, and governments are not equally able to respond to risks and hazards in the same way. Yet, despite the rapid ...