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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 ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder among health care providers two years following the Israeli attacks against Gaza Strip in August 2014: Another call for policy intervention

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Radwan, Abdalkarim S.; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Qddura, Ibrahim A.; Khadoura, Khalid J.; Alnawajha, Samer K. (2018)

This study aimed to assess the level of posttraumatic stress disorder and to examine the relationship between exposure to war stress and posttraumatic symptoms among health care providers two years following Israeli ...

Quality of Antenatal Care in Governmental Primary Health Care Centers in the Gaza Strip as perceived by Nurses and Midwives: An Indication for Policy Change

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Abu-Sultan, Nisreen; Alkasseh, Areefa S.; El-Shokry, Manal; Fareed, Mona; Saleh, Kefah (الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2018)

Introduction: Providing antenatal care (ANC) to pregnant women has positive impact on the health of mothers and their newborns. Provided ANC should be of high quality to have such an impact. The aim of this study was to ...

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 ...

Safety Culture in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Need for Policy Change

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Hamdan, Motasem Abduallah; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Radwan, Abdal-Karim Said; Alshaer, Ahmed Ali (WB Saunders, 2017)

Introduction Assessment of the prevailing safety culture within the Gazan health care system can be used to identify problem areas. Specifically, the need for improvements, raising awareness about patient safety, the ...

Quality of life of people wounded in the 2014 conflict in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Ajedi, Ashraf Yaqoub; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K. (Elsevier, 2017)

Background In the past 6 years, three conflicts have taken place in the Gaza Strip. The last conflict, in 2014, continued for 51 days and left 2191 people dead and 10 895 wounded. We aimed to assess quality of life of ...

Lived Experience of Refugee Women Residing in Gaza strip, Palestine following Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes

Alkasseh, Areefa S.; Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (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 ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Health Care Providers Following The Israeli Attacks Against Gaza Strip in 2014: A call for Immediate Policy Actions

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Radwan, Abdalkarim S.; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Qddura, Ibrahim A.; Khadoura, Khalid J.; Alnawajha, Samer Khader (2016)

Attitude of Palestinian nursing students toward caring for dying patients: a call for change in health education policy

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

ICU nurses' perceptions and practice of spiritual care at the end of life: implications for policy change

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (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 ...