• Stress, coping and well-being in Lebanese entering college students 

  Doumit, Rita; Velsor-Friedrich, Barbara; Penckofer, Sue; Egenes, Karen; Afifi, Rima (2024-03-18)

  Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Purpose: A theoretical framework for adolescent coping has been developed but not tested in contexts of high uncertainty. This study aimed to test the applicability of the ...
• Using the Community Perception Tracker to inform COVID-19 response in Lebanon and Zimbabwe: A qualitative methods evaluation 

  Majorin, Fiona; Anika, Jain; El Haddad, Christine; Zinyandu, Eddington; Gharzeddine, Ghassan; Chitando, Mutsawashe; Maalouf, Aline; Sithole, Ntandoyenkosi; Doumit, Rita (2024-03-18)

  Background Despite the recognized importance of community engagement during disease outbreaks, methods describing how to operationalise engagement are lacking. The Community Perception Tracker (CPT) was designed by Oxfam ...
• Health-promoting behaviors among American and Lebanese nursing students 

  Davis, Beena; Badr, Lina K.; Doumit, Rita (2024-03-18)

  Background Although there are well-known benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, few nursing students practice health-promoting behaviors (HPBs). Aims The aim of this study was to compare the HPBs of undergraduate ...
• Health-promoting behaviors and self-efficacy among nursing students in times of uncertainty 

  Doumit, Rita; Habre, Maha; Cattan, Rebecca; Abi Kharma, Joelle; Davis, Beena (2024-03-18)

  Background Nursing students are often faced with academic and personal stressors that threaten their Health-Promoting Behaviors (HPB) and well-being. Research on how living in a context of high political uncertainty can ...
• Comparison of Health-Promoting Behaviors of Nursing Students From Different Racial/Ethnic Groups 

  Davis, Beena; Badr, Lina K.; Dee, Vivien; Fongwa, Marie N.; Doumit, Rita (2024-03-18)

  BACKGROUND:Despite the known benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in preventing many health-related issues, few nursing students practice health-promoting behaviors (HPB). METHOD:This cross-sectional, descriptive, ...
• Integrative Review of Dietary Choice Revealed by fMRI: Considerations for Obesity Prevention and Weight-Loss Education 

  Long, JoAnn D.; Dodd, Sara L.; Doumit, Rita; Boswell, Carol; O’Boyle, Michael W.; Rogers, Toby (2024-03-12)

  Background Emerging findings from neuroimaging studies investigating brain activity associated with dietary behavior are illuminating the interaction of biological and behavioral mechanisms that have implications for ...
• Sex differences on quality of life and mental health outcomes when using a brief cognitive-behavioral skill building intervention with adolescent Syrian refugees: a secondary analysis 

  Kazandjian, Chant; Militello, Lisa K.; Doumit, Rita (2019-10-17)

  Little is known about how sex as a biological variable may contribute to differences in quality of life (QOL) and mental health outcomes following a brief intervention among adolescent Syrian refugees. This paper explores ...
• Implementing an interprofessional education programme in Lebanon 

  Farra, Anna; Zeenny, Rony; Nasser, Soumana; Asmar, Nadia; Milane, Aline; Bassil, Maya; Haidar, Mona; Habre, Maha; Zeeni, Nadine; Hoffart, Nancy (2019-10-15)

  Background: The Lebanese American University has a well-functioning inter-professional education (IPE) programme; this is a fundamental pedagogical approach in healthcare education in which students from different professions ...
• Provision of spiritual care to advanced cancer patients by doctors and nurses in the Middle East 

  Bar_Sela, G.; Schultz, M.; Khader, K.; Rassouli, M.; Doumit, M.; Ghrayeb, R. (2019-10-04)

  Background: In the US, ∼75% of advanced cancer patients want doctors and nurses to provide some spiritual care, and a similar percentage of staff believe they should do so. When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, ...
• Facilitating and hindering factors for coping with the experience of having a child with cancer 

  Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Khoury, May Naifeh (2019-10-04)

  Background: Families with a child with cancer face significant emotional and psychosocial stressors. The frequency of childhood cancer is increasing in Lebanon with more than 282 children diagnosed each year. This condition ...
• Knowledge, practices, and attitudes of women toward breast cancer in Lebanon 

  Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Fares, Suha; Arevian, Mary (2019-10-04)

  Breast cancer is a major public health concern that affects both developed and developing countries. Its annual incidence is rising globally, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases and 25% of all cancers in women as ...
• Transitioning to nursing practice in Lebanon 

  Madi, Murielle; Clinton, Michael; Doumit, Myrna; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Rizk, Ursula (2019-10-04)

  The aim of this study was to identify the challenges graduates from three of Lebanon’s leading universities face as they transition from the role of student to first year registered nurse. Focus group discussions and one ...
• Focus groups investigating mental health attitudes and beliefs of parents and teachers in South Lebanon 

  Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Farhood, Laila F.; Hamady, Carmen (2019-10-04)

  Introduction: The wars that Lebanon had endured led to a devastating number of deaths, injuries, and displacements. Such tragedies have detrimentally affected its civilians psychologically. Purpose: To identify knowledge, ...
• “My greatest fear is becoming a robot” 

  Clinton, Michael; Madi, Murielle; Doumit, Myrna; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Rizk, Ursula (2019-10-04)

  We investigated the challenges final-year nursing students (FYNSs) and first-year registered nurses (FYRNs) face as they transition to nursing practice in Lebanon. Our purpose was to understand the challenges of transition ...
• Training for awareness of one's own spirituality 

  Bar-Sela, Gil; Schultz, Michael J.; Elshamy, Karima; Rassoul, Maryam; Ben-Arye, Eran; Doumit, Myrna (2019-10-04)

  Objective When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, we find increased use of hospice and reduced use of aggressive treatments at end of life, yet substantial barriers to staff spiritual care provision still exist. ...
• Determinants of nurse absenteeism and intent to leave: An international study 

  Burmeister, Elizabeth A.; Kalisch, Beatrice J.; Xie, Boqin; Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Lee, Eunjoo; Ferraresion, Annamaria; Terzioglu, Fusun; Bragadottir, Helga (2019-10-04)

  Aim To determine factors associated with nurses’ intent to leave their positions and absenteeism. Background There is a recognized global shortage of nurses but limited data describing and determining factors associated ...
• “Loving nursing” and “taking responsibility” 

  Clinton, Michael; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Doumit, Myrna; Rizk, Ursula; Madi, Murielle (2019-10-04)

  Transitioning to practice is challenging for baccalaureate nursing students. In baccalaureate nursing programs, the process typically begins in the junior year. A Successful transition depends on how well students apply ...
• Spirituality among parents of children with cancer in a Middle Eastern country 

  Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Rahi, Amal C.; Saab, Raya; Majdalani, Marianne (2019-10-04)

  Purpose Family caregivers of children with cancer face emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges coping with their child's illness. For ensuring comprehensive multidisciplinary pediatric care, there is a need to ...
• Acting in the public interest 

  Benton, David C.; Cleghorn, Jim; Coghlan, Anne; Damgaard, Gloria; Doumit, Myrna A.A. (2019-10-04)

  There is increased interest in reforming the way occupations are licensed. However, most of the current dialogue focuses on the rapid growth in the number of people who need a license to pursue their chosen occupation. ...
• Photoactivatable RuII Complex Bearing 2,9‐Diphenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline: Unusual Photochemistry and Significant Potency on Cisplatin‐Resistant Cell Lines 

  Mansour, Najwa; Mehanna, Stephanie; Mroueh, Mohamad A.; Audi, Hassib; Bodman-Smith, Kikki; Daher, Costantine F.; Taleb, Robin I.; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Khnayzer, Rony S. (2019-10-01)

  The current study investigates [Ru(bipy)2(dpphen)]Cl2 [where bipy = 2,2′‐bipyridine and dpphen = 2,9‐diphenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline] (complex 1) for photoactivatable chemotherapy (PACT) application on five cancer cell lines. ...

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