Hanan Abdul-Rahim Halabi, PhD

Pediatrician, Researcher
International Affairs Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Email: halabi.hanan@gmail.com


Educational Background:
PhD, 2002, Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
MS, 1994, Biology, Illinois State University, Illinois, United States of America.
BS, 1992, Biology, Salem College, North Carolina, United States of America.


Research Interests:
Reproductive health of women in the context of health systems building in developing countries (e.g. quality of reproductive health care services, reproductive health care policies, evidence-based practices in childbirth); lifestyles and non-communicable diseases in the context of the epidemiologic transition.


Selected Recent Publications:
Abdul-Rahim, H. Abu-Rmeileh, N., Wick, L. (2009) Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): an analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey. Health Policy (open access).

Abdul Rahim, H., Wick, L., Hassan-Bitar, S., Chekir, H., Watt, G., & Khawaja, M. (2009). Maternal and child health in the occupied Palestinian territory. The Lancet, 373 (9667), 967-977.

Halabi Abdul-Rahim, H. (2007). Profile of single women in Palestine. (Review of Women’s Studies. No. volume 7) Institute of Women’s Studies. Birzeit University.

Giacaman, R., Wick, L., Abdul-Rahim, H., & Wick, L. (2005). The politics of childbirth in the context of conflict: Policies or de facto practices? Health Policy, 72, 129-139.

Wick, L., Mikki, N., Giacaman, R., & Abdul-Rahim, H. (2005). Childbirth in Palestine. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 89, 174-178.

Wick, L., Mikki, N., Giacaman, R., & Halabi Abdul-Rahim, H. (2004). The policies and practices of normal childbirth in maternity facilities in the West Bank: Implications for safe childbirth. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University.

Abdul Rahim, H., Holmboe Ottesen, G., Stene, L., Husseini, A., Giacaman, R., Jervell, J., et al. (2003). Obesity in a rural and urban Palestinian West Bank population. International Journal of Obesity, 27(1), 140-146.

Giacaman, R., Abdul-Rahim, H., & Wick, L. (2003). Health sector reform in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT): Targeting the forest or the trees? Health Policy and Planning, 18(1), 59-67.

Abdul Rahim, H., Abu Rmeileh, N., Husseini, A., Holmboe Ottesen, G., Jervell, J., & Bjertness, E. (2001). Obesity and selected comorbidities in an urban Palestinian population. International Journal of Obesity, 25, 1736 -1740.

Abdul Rahim, H., Husseini, A., Bjertness, E., Giacaman, R., Gordon, N., & Jervell, J. (2001). The metabolic syndrome in the West Bank population: An urban rural comparison. Diabetes Care, 24(2), 275-279.

Abdul Rahim, H., Husseini, A., Giacaman, R., Jervell, J., & Bjertness, E. (2001). Diabetes in an urban Palestinian population: Prevalence and associated factors. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7, 67-78.

Stene, L., Giacaman, R., Abdul Rahim, H., Husseini, A., Norum, K., & Holmboe Ottesen, G. (2001). Obesity and associated factors in a Palestinian West Bank village population. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 55, 805-811.