Lebanese Dentists' Preparedness to Deal With Medical Emergencies in Their Clinics: A National Survey.

Introduction And Aims: Health-related emergencies, from minor incidents to life-threatening situations, can occur unexpectedly in dental clinics. Ensuring that dentists and their teams are well-prepared with adequate training and essential equipment is crucial. Proper preparedness can lead to effective management of emergencies and reduce potential complications.

Colorectal cancer screening knowledge and uptake in lebanon: a national survey.

Objective: The main aim of this national survey was to identify the levels of colorectal cancer screening knowledge and uptake in Lebanon.

Methods: A total of 1200 participants were enrolled in this cross-sectional household survey targeting the Lebanese population aged 50 years and above. The sample was recruited using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling approach.

Participation by conflict-affected and forcibly displaced communities in humanitarian healthcare responses: A systematic review.

Background: Community participation in health responses in humanitarian crises is increasingly promoted by humanitarian actors to support adoption of measures that are relevant and effective to local needs. Our aim was to understand the role of community participation in humanitarian health responses for conflict-affected populations (including forcibly displaced populations) in low- and middle-income countries and the barriers and facilitators to community participation in healthcare responses.

Methods: Using a systematic review methodology, following the PRISMA protocol, we searched four bibliographic databases for publications reporting peer-reviewed primary research.

Large scale association analysis identifies three susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease.

Genome wide association studies (GWAS) and their replications that have associated DNA variants with myocardial infarction (MI) and/or coronary artery disease (CAD) are predominantly based on populations of European or Eastern Asian descent. Replication of the most significantly associated polymorphisms in multiple populations with distinctive genetic backgrounds and lifestyles is crucial to the understanding of the pathophysiology of a multifactorial disease like CAD. We have used our Lebanese cohort to perform a replication study of nine previously identified CAD/MI susceptibility loci (LTA, CDKN2A-CDKN2B, CELSR2-PSRC1-SORT1, CXCL12, MTHFD1L, WDR12, PCSK9, SH2B3, and SLC22A3), and 88 genes in related phenotypes.

The role of anxious and hyperthymic temperaments in mental disorders: a national epidemiologic study.

Temperament has been demonstrated clinically to be linked to mental disorders. We aimed to determine the possible role of temperament in mental disorders in a national epidemiologic study. A nationally representative sample of adults (n=1320) was administered the Lebanese-Arabic version of the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A), and the Arabic CIDI 3.

The I allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme I/D polymorphism confers protection against coronary artery disease.

Background: Mutations in genes regulating lipid metabolism, vasoactivity, and coagulation are important modulators of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Objective: This study investigated the association between allelic variants of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), methytetrahydrofolate reductase, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and factor V genes and CAD.

Methods: Clinical, biochemical, and angiographic information were collected from 300 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization and their DNA was genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism.

Neighbourhood influences on narghile smoking among youth in Beirut.

Background: Increasingly neighbourhoods are identified as influencing health. Neighbourhood characteristics have been linked to cigarette use. In Lebanon, the water pipe (narghile) use is most frequent among youth.

'It won't happen to me': the knowledge-attitude nexus in adolescent smoking.

Background: Behavioral models state that adolescents need not only to know about the dangers of smoking, but also to perceive themselves as susceptible to those dangers prior to modifying their smoking behavior. However, this hypothesis has not been tested in developing world settings where the context of tobacco use may differ.

Methods: Survey data were collected from a sample of 1294 adolescents 13-20 years of age--from three under-privileged suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.

Paid Work and Domestic Labor in Disadvantaged Communities on the Outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon.

This article explored the association between economic activity and the contribution to domestic labor in a Middle Eastern society. Analyses were carried out on cross-sectional survey data from 5,998 individuals, aged between 18 and 64 years, in three poor communities in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Domestic labor was evaluated with a composite index that takes into account both the type of task performed and the level of involvement.

Harboring illnesses: on the association between disease and living conditions in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

This research examined the association between the domestic built environment in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, and the presence of illness among household members. Data on the domestic built environment, socio-demographics and health were collected in 860 households. The association between the presence of illness among household members and three environmental indices, namely infrastructure and services, housing conditions, and crowding was evaluated.

Prevalence of reproductive tract infections, genital prolapse, and obesity in a rural community in Lebanon.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of reproduction-related illnesses in a rural community in Lebanon.

Methods: Data were collected through interviews with women in their homes, physical examinations and history taking by physicians in a clinic in the community, and laboratory tests. A total of 557 ever-married women aged 15-60 years were selected randomly.