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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

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser; Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Böttcher, Bettina; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon (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 ...

Patient safety culture among nurses working in Palestinian governmental hospital: a pathway to a new policy

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Abuowda, Yousef; Alfaqawi, Maha; Böttcher, Bettina (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-12)

Providing safe care helps to reduce mortality, morbidity, length of hospital stay and cost. Patient safety is highly linked to attitudes of health care providers, where those with more positive attitudes achieve higher ...

Choices and services related to contraception in the Gaza strip, Palestine: perceptions of service users and providers

Böttcher, Bettina; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (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 ...

Attitudes of doctors and nurses to patient safety and errors in medical practice in the Gaza-Strip: a cross-sectional study

Böttcher, Bettina; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Abuowda, Yousef; Alfaqawi, Maha; Alaloul, Enas; El-hout, Somaya; Al-Najjar, Ibrahem; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K. (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 ...

Causes and consequences of unintended pregnancies in the Gaza-Strip: A qualitative study

Böttcher, Bettina; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (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 ...

Maternal mortality in the Gaza strip: a look at causes and solutions

Böttcher, Bettina; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Aldabbour, Belal; Naim, Fadel N.; Aljeesh, Yousef I. (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 ...