Browsing by Author "naselnoor"
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Assessing Barriers to and Level of Adherence to Hypertension Therapy among Palestinians Living in the Gaza Strip: A Chance for Policy Innovation
(Hindawi Limited, 2020-09-24)Hypertension is a major health concern, especially in low-income countries. Nonadherence and poor or no persistence in adhering to hypertension treatment regimens result in uncontrolled high blood pressure, increasing rates ... -
Assessing Barriers to and Level of Adherence to Hypertension Therapy among Palestinians Living in the Gaza Strip: A Chance for Policy Innovation
Introduction. Hypertension is a major health concern, especially in low-income countries. Nonadherence and poor or no persistence in adhering to hypertension treatment regimens result in uncontrolled high blood pressure, ... -
Assessing Spiritual Well-Being of Arab Muslim Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Reflection for a New Spiritual Health Care Policy
(2015)Religious and spiritual beliefs are some of numerous factors that influence quality of life outcome of cancer survivors. Spirituality is believed to be an important component of overall well-being and it is especially ... -
Attitude of Palestinian nursing students toward caring for dying patients: a call for change in health education policy
(SAGE Publications, 2016)Death is a natural process that occurs each day. Some nursing students may encounter the experience of taking care of a dying patient while others do not. Therefore, their attitude toward death and caring for dying patients ... -
Attitudes of doctors and nurses to patient safety and errors in medical practice in the Gaza-Strip: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ, 2019-08)Objectives This study examined the attitudes of nurses and doctors to key patient safety concepts, evaluated differences and similarities between professional groups and assessed positive and negative attitudes to identify ... -
Barriers to Health Care Utilization Facing Prostate Cancer Survivors Living in Gaza Strip
(2011)There are several studies that aimed to identify barriers to health care utilization, but none of them was conducted in a developing country that addressed barriers to health care utilization facing prostate cancer survivors. ... -
Causes and consequences of unintended pregnancies in the Gaza-Strip: A qualitative study
(BMJ, 2019-04)Abstract Background Little is known about unintended pregnancies in the Gaza Strip. This study explored causes and consequences of unintended pregnancies among women in the Gaza Strip. Methods This was a qualitative ... -
Choices and services related to contraception in the Gaza strip, Palestine: perceptions of service users and providers
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-12)Reliable contraception enables women and men to plan their family sizes and avoid unintended pregnancies, which can cause distress and anxiety, but also increase maternal mortality. This study explored potential barriers ... -
Clients' Perception Toward Quality of Postnatal Care in The Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Direction for Health Policy Change
Introduction: Most maternal and neonatal deaths occur during the postnatal period. Therefore, the quality of care provided by healthcare professionals at this critical time is crucial in reducing complications, morbidity, ... -
An evidenced-based study :Measuring the effect of implementing an Infection Control Program on health care providers ' Compliance to Infection Control Measures'
(2015)In Palestinian, 10% of deaths among children under the age of five are related to infections. Practice of infection prevention and control reduces the number of hospital-acquired infections. The purposes of this study ... -
Four years after the 2014 war against Gaza Strip, post-traumatic stress disorder among people who were forced to leave their homes during the war: a cross-sectional study
Introduction: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common, disabling disorder that appears after the exposure to a traumatic experience. Post-traumatic stress leads to a pattern of symptoms that include a delayed ... -
ICU nurses' perceptions and practice of spiritual care at the end of life: implications for policy change
(2016)Nurses strive to provide holistic care, including spiritual care, for all patients. However, in busy critical care environments, nurses often feel driven to focus on patients’ physical care, possibly at the expense of ... -
Identifying and Prioritizing the Research Needs Related to Mental Health in Gaza Strip-Palestine
(2015)Background: An important function of research is to identify community needs in certain fields. As mental health is a vital issue to us, identifying and prioritizing mental health needs is important to policy makers to ... -
Impact of a mobile phone app on adherence to treatment regimens among hypertensive patients: A randomized clinical trial study
Background: Hypertension is one of the most prevalent long-term diseases seen in many countries, including Palestine. Patients with poorly controlled blood pressure are more likely to develop several complications. Therefore; ... -
Importance of Spiritual Care for Cardiac Patients Admitted to Coronary Care Units in the Gaza Strip: Patients’ Perception
(Sage Publications, 2014)Purpose: This study aimed to assess the perception of hospitalized cardiac patients in coronary care units (CCUs) in the Gaza Strip about the importance of assessing and providing spiritual care to them. Design: This was ... -
Lived Experience of Refugee Women Residing in Gaza strip, Palestine following Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes
(2016)This qualitative descriptive study was conducted to explore the lived experience of refugee women residing in Gaza Strip following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The study ... -
Mapping the road for a new spiritual care policy: Identifying barriers and enhancing factors for providing spiritual care to cardiac patients
(Routledge, 2016)This study is designed to explore barriers and solutions for providing spiritual care to hospitalized cardiac patients living in the Gaza Strip. A qualitative approach using a semi-structured interview format with 12 health ... -
Maternal mortality in the Gaza strip: a look at causes and solutions
(2018)Background: Maternal mortality is an important health indicator for the overall health of a population. This study assessed the causes and contributing factors to maternal mortality that occurred in the Gaza-Strip between ... -
Negotiated reorienting: a grounded theory of nurses’ end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit
(Pergamon, 2015)Background Intensive care units (ICUs) focus on treatment for those who are critically ill and interventions to prolong life. Ethical issues arise when decisions have to be made regarding the withdrawal and withholding of ...
