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Priority setting for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: multi - criteria decision analysis in four estern mediterranean countries
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تقييم تطور الاعلام في فلسطين : استنادا الى مؤشرات تطور الاعلام الخاصة بمنظمة الأمم المتحدة للتربية و العلم و الثقافة "اليونسكو"
No full textStrengthening linkages between science and policy making: summaries from selected MSc theses in water and environmental engineering and sciences
No full textRole of the educational supervisor in improving the performance of teachers in governmental schools in Jerusalem from the perspective of teachers and principals
No full textدور مديري المدارس الأساسية الحكومية في محافظات الضفة الغربية في إدارة غرف المصادر من وجهة نظر معلمي هذه الغرف
No full textResearch capacity and training needs for noncommunicable diseases in the public health arena in Turkey
No full textPhillimore,Peter:Newcastle University
Shahaduz,Zaman:University of Glasgow
Belgin,Unal:Dokuz Eylul UniversityBackground: The aim of this study is to define the research capacity and training needs for professionals working
on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the public health arena in Turkey.
Methods: This study was part of a comparative cross-national research capacity-building project taking place across
Turkey and the Mediterranean Middle East (RESCAP-Med, funded by the EU). Identification of research capacity and
training needs took place in three stages. The first stage involved mapping health institutions engaged in NCD
research, based on a comprehensive literature review. The second stage entailed in-depth interviews with key
informants (KIs) with an overview of research capacity in public health and the training needs of their staff. The third
stage required interviewing junior researchers, identified by KIs in stage two, to evaluate their perceptions of their
own training needs. The approach we have taken was based upon a method devised by Hennessy&Hicks. In total,
55 junior researchers identified by 10 KIs were invited to participate, of whom 46 researchers agreed to take part
(84%). The specific disciplines in public health identified in advance by RESCAP-MED for training were: advanced
epidemiology, health economics, environmental health, medical sociology-anthropology, and health policy.
Results: The initial literature review showed considerable research on NCDs, but concentrated in a few areas of
NCD research. The main problems listed by KIs were inadequate opportunities for specialization due to heavy
teaching workloads, the lack of incentives to pursue research, a lack of financial resources even when interest
existed, and insufficient institutional mechanisms for dialogue between policy makers and researchers over national
research priorities. Among junior researchers, there was widespread competence in basic epidemiological skills, but an
awareness of gaps in knowledge of more advanced epidemiological skills, and the opportunities to acquire these skills
were lacking. Self-assessed competencies in each of the four other disciplines considered revealed greater training
needs, especially regarding familiarity with the qualitative research skills for medical anthropology/sociology.
Conclusions: In Turkey there are considerable strengths to build upon. But a combination of institutional disincentives
for research, and the lack of opportunities for the rising generation of researchers to acquire advanced training skills
Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region : evidence from four countries is alarming
No full textFouad,Fouad:American University of Beirut
Wasim,Maziak:Florida International University
University of Liverpool,:Objectives Many Eastern Mediterranean countries are
undergoing dramatic socioeconomic, demographic and life
style changes and face noncommunicable disease (NCD)
epidemics. We evaluated recent trends in major NCD risk
factors in occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), Turkey,
Syria and Tunisia.
Methods We searched published and unpublished sources
for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes, smoking, body
mass index (BMI), and cholesterol trends for both men and
women aged 35–84 in each country from 1995 to 2009.
Results Smoking prevalence was stable over time in
Tunisia and Syria, but decreasing in Turkey (annual change
-0.9 %) and OPT (annual change -0.7 %). Mean BMI
(annual change of 0.1 % for Turkey, 0.2 % for OPT and
Tunisia and 0.3 % in Syria) and diabetes (annual change of
0.3 % for Turkey, 0.4 % for OPT and Tunisia and 0.7 % in
Syria) prevalence increased in each country. SBP levels
increased slightly in Tunisia and Syria but decreased in
OPT and Turkey.
Conclusions Recent risk factor trends are worrying. Good
quality data on the extent and determinants of NCDs are
essential to respond the changing health needs of populations
with burgeoning NCD epidemic