2022
Health services access, utilization, and barriers for Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in Connecticut, USA
Elreichouni A, Aly S, Maciejewski K, Salem I, Ghossein N, Mankash M, Dziura J, Mowafi H. Health services access, utilization, and barriers for Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in Connecticut, USA. BMC Health Services Research 2022, 22: 1337. PMID: 36369007, PMCID: PMC9652044, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08733-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildConnecticutCross-Sectional StudiesHealth ServicesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansRefugeesUnited StatesConceptsPatient satisfactionHealth servicesCross-sectional observational studyMedian patient satisfactionPatient satisfaction questionnaireChronic medical conditionsHealth service accessHealth seeking behaviourDaily medicationInsurance statusPSQ-18Chronic conditionsObservational studyMedical conditionsMethodsThis studyHealthcare accessSatisfaction questionnaireSeeking behaviourWide variationMedicationsMedical assistanceHigh satisfactionDescriptive statisticsService accessNeed of improvement
2020
Leveraging the COVID-19 response to improve emergency care systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Mowafi H, Sakr H, Ravaghi H, Elmahal O, Slama S, Samhouri D, Relan P. Leveraging the COVID-19 response to improve emergency care systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2020, 26: 626-629. PMID: 32621492, DOI: 10.26719/2020.26.6.626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Emergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalEpidemiologyHealth PolicyHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInternational CooperationMediterranean RegionPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPublic HealthPublic Health PracticeSARS-CoV-2World Health Organization
2016
Results of a Nationwide Capacity Survey of Hospitals Providing Trauma Care in War-Affected Syria
Mowafi H, Hariri M, Alnahhas H, Ludwig E, Allodami T, Mahameed B, Koly JK, Aldbis A, Saqqur M, Zhang B, Al-Kassem A. Results of a Nationwide Capacity Survey of Hospitals Providing Trauma Care in War-Affected Syria. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 815-22. PMID: 27332144, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood BanksBlood TransfusionEquipment and Supplies, HospitalHealth Services AccessibilityHospitalsHumansMaintenance and Engineering, HospitalNursesPharmacy Service, HospitalRehabilitationRenal Replacement TherapySurgeonsSurgical Procedures, OperativeSurveys and QuestionnairesSyriaTrauma CentersWarfareWorkforceConceptsTrauma hospitalTrauma careHealth infrastructureRenal replacement therapyEssential surgical servicesEmergency surgeryTomographic scannerReplacement therapyOxygen cylindersInpatient wardsBlood productsSurgical hospitalsSurgical servicesPharmacy servicesPediatric ventilatorsUnmet needHospitalRehabilitative servicesWidespread injuryPatientsWhole bloodPortable X-ray machineCapacity SurveyNationwide surveySurgery