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| Analysis of
cesarean delivery rates, determinants and indications in Maqassed
Hospital, 1993-2002 |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Nahed
Mikki, Niveen
Abu-Rmeileh, Laura Wick,
Nihad Abu-Asab, Sahar
Hassan |
| Timetable: |
2005-07 |
| Location: |
Jerusalem |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To investigate the reasons for the
rising cesarean operation rate over the past decade in the major
Palestinian referral hospital by a record audit of two years
of the hospital register |
| Output: |
One article in preparation. |
| The limitations
on choice: Palestinian women's childbirth location, dissatisfaction
with the place of birth and determinants |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Rita
Giacaman, Niveen
Abu-Rmeileh, Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2005-07 |
| Location: |
Palestine |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To analyze the population-based
DHS 2004 data concerning where women give birth in the OPT,
their satisfaction with the place of delivery and the limited
access to services. |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and collaboration with
the PCBS to improve the instrument and analysis. |
| Childbirth care
in a Palestinian hospital |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Sahar
Hassan and Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2005-07 |
| Location: |
Ramallah |
| Funding: |
Theodor-Springmann Foundation |
| Research Questions: |
To assess the quality of maternity
care in a large public Palestinian referral hospital in order
to develop interventions to improve the safety and quality of
care. |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and one report for local use. |
| Evaluation of
the UNFPA Reproductive Health Sub Program, Occupied Palestinian
Territory 2001-05 |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Sahar
Hassan and Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2005-07 |
| Location: |
Ramallah |
| Funding: |
Theodor-Springmann Foundation |
| Research Questions: |
To assess the quality of maternity
care in a large public Palestinian referral hospital in order
to develop interventions to improve the safety and quality of
care. |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and one report for local use. |
| Palestinian
women's pregnancy intentions: analysis and critique of the Demographic
and Health Survey 2004 |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Rita
Giacaman, Niveen
Abu-Rmeileh, Awad
Mataria, Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2005-06 |
| Location: |
Palestine |
| Funding: |
UNFPA (partial) |
| Research Questions: |
To analyze the Palestinian Demographic
and Health Survey data on pregnancy intentions and their determinants,
including the limitations of the survey instrument |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal. |
| Study of causes
of maternal mortality in Syria |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hyam
Bashour, Asma
Abdulsalam, Salah
Cheikha, Mohammed
Tabbaa in collaboration with the Ministry of Health |
| Timetable: |
2005-06 |
| Location: |
Syria |
| Funding: |
UNFPA |
| Research Questions: |
To determine causes of maternal deaths
in a national community based study using verbal autopsy. |
| Output: |
A national report
A national action plan
One paper in preparation |
| Routines in
facility-based maternity care: evidence from the Arab world |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
CCCC research network |
| Timetable: |
2005 |
| Location: |
Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To compare regional facility-based
childbirth practices according to WHO classifications of beneficial
and harmful practices |
| Maternal mortality
study |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hibah
Osman, Oona Campbell,
Anwar Nassar |
| Timetable: |
2004-07 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
-
Is a hospital based medical record
review a feasible way to measure maternal mortality in the Lebanese
context?
- Are emergency obstetrical drills a useful means for identifying
deficiencies in the hospital system?
- What are the social, economic, and emotional issues faced
by families who have experienced a maternal mortality?
|
| Output: |
National Committee for Maternal
Mortality; National audit system of maternal maternity in
hospitals in Lebanon; three papers in preparation. |
| A Trial of amniotomy
in a Palestinian hospital: amniotomy after randomization versus
intent to conserve the membranes in normal labor and birth in Maqassed Hospital |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Nahed
Mikki, Laura Wick,
Nihad Abu-Asab, Niveen
Abu-Rmeileh |
| Timetable: |
2004-07 |
| Location: |
Jerusalem |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To investigate using an RCT the
effect of the common practice of routine amniotomy in early
labor in a developing country context |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and a report
on routine practices of normal labor at Maqassed Hospital; dissemination
to obstetricians and midwives. |
| Cocoa butter
study |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hibah
Osman, Anwar Nassar, Oona Campbell,
Nelly Rubeiz |
| Timetable: |
2004-05 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
-
What is the prevalence of stretch
marks in first time mothers in Lebanon?
- Can the use of cocoa butter reduce the risk of developing
stretch marks in pregnancy?
|
| Output: |
Two articles in peer reviewed
journals. |
| Implementation
of an intervention to reduce the c- section rate: A collaborative
multicenter study in Beirut |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hala
Tamim, Khaled Younis, Muhieddine Seoud |
| Timetable: |
2004 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To improve the effectiveness of
documenting indications for c-section and the implication in
reducing c-section rates in 3 hospitals in Beirut. |
| Output: |
Papers in preparation; recommendations
and guidelines for hospitals. |
| Effect of a
community-based intervention on postnatal outcomes: A study
in Damascus, Syria |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hyam
Bashour, Asma
Abdulsalam, Mayada
Kharouf, Salah Cheikha,
Mohammed Tabbaa |
| Timetable: |
2003-05 |
| Location: |
Syria |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To measure the effectiveness of
postpartum home visiting package in improving maternal and newborn
health. |
| Output: |
One paper in a peer reviewed
journal and findings presentation in one local dissemination
seminar. |
| The politics
of childbirth in the context of conflict: Policies or de facto
practices |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Rita
Giacaman, Laura Wick,
Hanan Abdul-Rahim,
Livia Wick |
| Timetable: |
2003-04 |
| Location: |
West Bank |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To document the impact of the political
context on policy formulation in childbirth and the implications
of policy change on childbirth practices |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal; dissemination to policy-makers and donors. |
| Analysis of
DHS or PAPFAM surveys |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Marwan
Khawaja; Tamar
Kabakian-Khasholian; Rozet Jurdi |
| Timetable: |
2002-04 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
Analysis of DHS population based
data to describe the trends and determinants of c-section rates
and home births in the Arab Region. |
| Output: |
Three articles in peer reviewed
journals. |
| The policies
and practices of normal childbirth in maternity facilities in
the West Bank: Implications for safe childbirth |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Laura Wick, Nahed
Mikki, Hanan Abdul-Rahim |
| Timetable: |
2002-05 |
| Location: |
West Bank |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To describe the policies and practices
of normal childbirth in maternity facilities in the West Bank |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and one book; advocacy meetings,
conferences and training with obstetricians and midwives. |
| Providers' perceptions
on sexual counseling and antenatal care packages |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Faysal
El-Kak, Huda Zurayk,
Afamia Kaddour, Rozzet Jurdi |
| Timetable: |
2002-04 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To describe obstetricians' perceptions
on their ability and readiness to provide sexual counseling
to women and to assess their perspectives on recommended antenatal
care packages. |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal. |
| Analysis of
the environment surrounding the increase in c-section rate in
Lebanon |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Tamar
Kabakian-Khasholian, Jocelyn
DeJong, Anwar Nassar,
Rawan Shayboub,
Afamia Kaddour |
| Timetable: |
2002-04 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To describe the environment around
c-section practices in hospitals in Lebanon. |
| Output: |
One article in a peer reviewed
journal and a conference presentation. |
| Women's preferences
and experiences of childbirth in relation to caregiver: A study
among Syrian women |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hyam
Bashour, Asma
Abdulsalam, Salah
Cheikha, Waleed Al Faisal, Raghda Hafez |
| Timetable: |
2002-03 |
| Location: |
Syria |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To describe women's experiences
in childbirth, in relation to place and attendant at delivery.
|
| Output: |
Two articles in peer reviewed
journals; dissemination seminars for obstetricians. |
| Hospital practices
for normal labor: The relationship of observed practices to
evidence-based medicine (The Galaa Study) |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Karima
Khalil, Mohamed
Cherine, Amr Elnouri, Nevine Hassanein, Hania Sholkamy, Miral Breebaart,
Lamia Mohsen |
| Timetable: |
2001-02 |
| Location: |
Egypt |
| Funding: |
Ford Foundation, Wellcome
Trust, Reproductive Health Working Group, Social Research
Center at the American University in Cairo, the Population Council |
| Research Questions: |
What are doctors and other providers
doing in normal deliveries? How do these practices relate to
evidence-based care? What do women want? |
| Output: |
Three articles in peer reviewed
journals;
one RHWG monograph, over twenty regional and international conference
presentations. |
| Improving maternal
postpartum health |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Tamar
Kabakian-Khasholian, Oona Campbell |
| Timetable: |
2000-02 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Mellon Foundation |
| Research Questions: |
To test the effectiveness of written
educational materials in improving women's postpartum health
and use of services. |
| Output: |
Two articles in peer reviewed journals; a booklet on postpartum health;
two presentations in international conferences. |
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