| |
| Postpartum Support:
Can we facilitate the transition into motherhood? |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hibah
Osman, Livia Wick,
Monique Chaaya, Lama El Zein, Georges Naassan |
| Timetable: |
2007-09 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
- Is the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale 10 a valid tool for
assessing stress in postpartum Lebanese women?
- What are the sources of stress in first-time mothers
in the Lebanese context?
- What are the patterns of usage of a hotline for postpartum
support for first-time mothers in Lebanon?
- Can a video addressing sources of stress in the postpartum
and/or access to a hotline for postpartum support reduce
postpartum stress in first-time mothers?
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| Effect of a
training package in interpersonal competence on changing care
providers' behavior in maternity hospitals in Damascus |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hyam
Bashour, Asmaa
Abdulsalem, Mayada
Kharouf, Salah Cheikha,
Mohamed Tabbaa |
| Timetable: |
2007-09 |
| Location: |
Syria |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To assess the effect of a pre-designed
training package that teaches communication skills and interpersonal
competence on the behavior of care providers. |
| Quality of life
of Palestinian mothers in the postpartum period: assessments
and determinants |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Awad
Mataria, Weeam
Hammoudeh, Rita Giacaman,
Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2007-08 |
| Location: |
Palestine |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To analyze women's experience and
assessment of their 'quality of life' in the postpartum period
and the transition to motherhood |
| Cesarean births
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: analysis of the Population
and Family Health Survey 2006 |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Hanan
Halabi, Nivine
Abu-Rmeileh, Laura Wick |
| Timetable: |
2005-08 (prolonged) |
| Location: |
Palestine |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
To investigate the rising trend
in cesarean births in the OPT based on the PAPFAM Survey 2006 |
| Mobilizing women
to strengthen maternity services: a cluster randomized controlled
trial |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Tamar
Kabakian-Khasholian, Rawan
Shayboub, Faysal El-Kak,
Mona Kanaan, Ziyad Mahfoud |
| Timetable: |
2004-09 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
Wellcome
Trust |
| Research Questions: |
Will mobilizing women by providing
effective communication skills through antenatal sessions during
the last trimester of pregnancy change maternity services in
hospitals? |
| Displacement
and Pregnancy |
| Collaborators (PIs): |
Tamar
Kabakian-Khasholian, Rawan
Shayboub, Faysal El-Kak |
| Timetable: |
2006-08 |
| Location: |
Lebanon |
| Funding: |
UNFPA |
| Research Questions: |
What is the experience of pregnancy
and the early postpartum period for women who were displaced
from their homes during the war on Lebanon in July-August 2006? |
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