Newcastle University

This page will list publications arising out of the work of the MedCHAMPS project, with the most recent listed first.

2015

Saidi O, O’Flaherty M, Ben Mansour N Aissi W, Lassoued O, Capewell S, Critchley J , Malouche D,  Ben Romdhane H: Forecasting Tunisian type 2 diabetes prevalence to 2027: validation of a simple model.  BMC Public Health, 2015 Dec; 1416. Doi :10.1186/s12 889-015-1416-z.  Epub 2015 Feb 7

Dimassi K, Hleili W, Saidi O, Ben Alaya N, Ben Romdhane H: Knowledge and uptake of genital cancer screening methods among Tunisian women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Mar;128(3):268-9. Doi :10.1016/j.ijgo;2014.09.019.  Epub 2014 Nov 13

Ben Ali S, Belfki-Benali H, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Traissac P, Maire B, Delpeuch F, Achour N, Ben Romdhane H: Menopause and metabolic syndrome in tunisian women.  Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:457131. doi: 10.1155/2014/457131. Epub 2014 Mar 31

Sözmen K, et al: Estimating diabetes prevalence in Turkey in 2025 with and without possible interventions to reduce obesity and smoking prevalence, using a modelling approach. International Journal of Public Health 2015, vol 60, Issue 1, Suppl. pp 13-21.

Ben Taleb Z¹, Bahelah R, Fouad FM, Coutts A, Wilcox M, Maziak W: Syria: health in a country undergoing tragic transition. International Journal of Public Health 2015 Jan;60 Suppl 1:S63-72. doi: 10.1007/s00038-014-0586-2. Epub 2014 Jul 15

Ghandour R, et al: Priority setting for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: multi-criteria decision analysis in four eastern Mediterranean countries. International Journal of Public Health, January 2015, Volume 60, Issue 1 Supplement, pp 73-81

Sözmen K, et al: Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming. Internation Journal of Public Health (2015) 60 (Suppl 1):S3–S11, DOI 10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6

Ahmad B, et al: Health system challenges for the management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: an empirical qualitative study from Syria. International Journal of Public Health 2015, vol 60, DOI 10.1007/s00038-014-0594-2

Ben Romdhane, H, et al: Health system challenges of NCDs in Tunisia. International Journal of Public Health 2015, vol 60, Suppl. 1: S39-S46

Kilic B, et al: Health policy analysis for prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Turkey. International Journal of Public Health 2015, vol 60, Suppl. 1: S47-S53

Tlili, F, et al: Living with diabetes and hypertension in Tunisia: popular perspectives on biomedical treatment. International Journal of Public Health 2015, vol 60, Suppl. 1: S31-S37

2014:

Bulent Kilic, Sibel Kalaca, Belgin Unal, Peter Phillimore, Shahaduz Zaman: Health policy analysis for prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Turkey. International Journal of Public Health: DOI 10.1007/s00038-014-0557-7

Faten Tlili, Francine Tinsa, Afef Skhiri, Shahaduz Zaman, Peter Phillimore & Habiba Ben Romdhane: Living with diabetes and hypertension in Tunisia: popular perspectives on biomedical treatment.  International Journal of Public Health: DOI 10.1007/s00038-014-0572-8

Balsam Ahmad, Fouad M. Fouad, Madonna Elias, Shahaduz Zaman, Peter Phillimore & Wasim Maziak: Health System Challenges for the management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: an empirical qualitative study from Syria.  International Journal of Public Health: DOI 10.1007/s00038-014-0594-2

Helen Mason, Azza Shoaibi, Rula Ghandour, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Rana Khatib, Samer Jabr, Belgin Unal, Kaan Sözmen, Chokri Arfa, Wafa Aissi, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Fouad Fouad, Radwan Al-Ali, Abdullatif Husseini, the MedCHAMPS project team.  A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Salt Reduction Policies to Reduce Coronary Heart Disease in Four Eastern Mediterranean Countries.  PLoS ONE: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084445

Habiba Romdhane, Samir Ali, Wafa Aissi, Pierre Traissac, Hajer Skhiri Aounnallah, Souha Bougatef, Bernard Maire, Francis Delpeuch, Noureddine Achour.  Prevalence of diabetes in Northern African countries: the case of Tunisia   BMC Public Health 2014, 14:86 (28 January 2014)

2013:

Belgin Unal, Kaan Sözmen, Hale Arık, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Deniz Utku Altun, Hatice Şimşek, Sinem Doganay, Yücel Demiral, Özgür Aslan, Kathleen Bennett, Martin O´flaherty, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley.  Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Turkey between 1995 and 2008.  BMC Public Health 12/2013 13(1):1135. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1135.

Rula Ghandour, Rana Khatib, Azza Shoaibi, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley, Balsam Ahmad, Abdullatif Husseini . Priority setting for prevention and control of coronary heart disease in the occupied Palestinian territory: a pilot study.  The Lancet,  Volume 382, Issue , Page S11, 5 December 2013 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62583-0.

Azza Shoaibi, Rula Ghandour, Rana Khatib, Helen Mason, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Abdullatif Husseini. Salt reduction as a population-based intervention for the prevention of coronary heart diseases: an economic assessment. The Lancet,  Volume 382, Issue , Page S33, 5 December 2013. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62605-7.

Saidi O, Ben Mansour N, O’Flaherty M, Capewell S, Critchley JA, et al.  Analyzing Recent Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends in Tunisia between 1997 and 2009. PLoS ONE 8(5): e63202. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063202. 2013.

Peter Phillimore, Shahaduz Zaman, Balsam Ahmad, Azza Shoaibi, Rasha Khatib, Rana Khatib, Abdullatif Husseini, Fouad Fouad, Madonna Elias, Wasim Maziak, Faten Tlili, Francine Tinsa, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Bülent Kılıç, Sibel Kalaça, Belgin Ünal & Julia Critchley.  Health system challenges of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries.  Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice . Volume 8,  Issue 8, 2013, pp. 875-889. DOI:10.1080/17441692.2013.830756.

Miriam O'Shea, Mary Teeling and Kathleen Bennett.  The prevalence and ingredient cost of chronic comorbidity in the Irish elderly population with medication treated type 2 diabetes: A retrospective cross-sectional study using a national pharmacy claims database.  BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:23 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-23.

Radwan Al Ali, Fawaz Mzayek, Samer Rastam, Fouad M Fouad, Martin O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Wasim Maziak. Forecasting future prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Syria BMC Public Health 2013, 13:507 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-507

Gönül Dinç, Kaan Sözmen, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Hale Arık, Julia Critchley and Belgin Ünal^.  Decreasing trends in cardiovascular mortality in Turkey between 1988 and 2008

2012:

Samer Rastam, Radwan Al Ali, Wasim Maziak, Fawaz Mzayek, Fouad M Fouad, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell - Explaining the increase in coronary heart disease mortality in Syria between 1996 and 2006. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:754 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-754

Wasim Maziak, Julia Critchley, Shahaduz Zaman, Nigel Unwin, Simon Capewell, Kathleen Bennett, Belgin Unal, Abdullatif Husseini, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Peter Phillimore Mediterranean studies of cardiovascular disease and hyperglycemia: analytical modeling of population socioeconomic transitions (MedCHAMPS)—rationale and methods. International Journal of Public Health; doi:10.1007/s00038-012-0423-4 

Bowman S, Unwin N, Critchley J, Capewell S, Husseini A, Maziak W, Zaman S, Ben Romdhane H, Fouad F, Phillimore P, Unal B, Khatib R, Shoaibi A & Ahmad B- Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness–feasibility loop. Bull World Health Organisation 2012; 90:847-853. doi:10.2471/BLT.12.104968

Ben Mansour N, Lassoued O, Saidi O, Aissi W, Ben Ali S, Ben Romdhane H - Trends in Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Tunisia: Prevention of Recurrences of MI and Stroke, 2002–2009. Global Heart doi:10.1016 Vol 7 No. 4 2012, 361-366.

‎‎‎‎Abu-Rmeileh NME, Shoaibi A, O'Flaherty M, Capewell S, Husseini A. Analysing falls in CHD mortality in the West Bank between 1998 and 2009 BMJ Open 2012;2:e001061. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001061.

2011:

Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Fouad M Fouad, Fawaz Mzayek, Wasim Maziak - Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Aleppo, Syria. International Journal of Public Health (2011), 56:653-662, doi:10.1007/s00038-011-0278-0

Shaoibi A, Khatib R, Khatib RG, Husseini A, Mikki N, Zaman S, Phillimore P.  Patients’ perceptions of access to care for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Ramallah: a qualitative assessment. The Lancet, published online July 5, 2011

Al Ali R, Rastam S, Fouad MF, Mzayak F, Maziak W. Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Aleppo, Syria, International Journal of Public Health. DOI 10. 1007/s00038-011-0278-0

Asfar T, Al-Ali R, Ward KD, Vander Weg MW, Maziak W. Are primary health care providers prepared to implement an anti-smoking program in Syria. Patient Education and Counseling, Volume 85, Issue 2, November 2011, Pages 201-205.

2010:

Capewell S, Ford ES, Croft JB, Critchley JA, Greenlund KJ, Labarthe DR, Cardiovascular risk factor trends and options for reducing future coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Article DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.057885. 2009.

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