Refereed Journal Publications

 

2024

  1. Khairallah GM, Mowafi H, Al-Hajj S, Brackett A, Sakr CJ. Barriers and Facilitators for the Use of Patient Lifts by Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024 Dec 12;21(12):1659.
  2. Nasari A, Marzouk S, Al-Hajj S. The global health community must act to protect Lebanon’s healthcare system. bmj. 2024 Nov 4;387.
  3. El Sheikh WG, Abou-Abbass H, Bizri M, Tamim H, Karout L, Allouch F, Chehade R, Ghannam M, Fares Y, Nasser Z, Al-Hajj S. The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and head injury on reactive and appetitive aggression in adult Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2024 Oct 31.
  4. Price M, Shebbo FM, Mroueh S, Brown RL, Al-Hajj S. Evaluation of a distribution, education and awareness intervention for child passenger safety in Lebanon: a low-income and middle-income country setting. Injury Prevention. 2024 Oct 15.
  5. Abou-Abbass H, El Sheikh WG, Bizri M, Tamim H, Al-Hajj S, Karout L, Allouch F, Chehade R, Ghannam M, Fares Y, Nasser Z. Cultural assimilation of adult Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Effect modification by religiosity and sex on the relation between cultural adversities and common mental health disorders. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2024 Apr 18.
  6. Presser E, Farhat M, Michael M, El Asmar K, Jaber L, Moustafa M, Mowafi H, Al-Hajj S. Epidemiology of Burns in a Humanitarian Setting: A National Study Among Refugees in Lebanon. Burns. 2024 Feb 13.

2023

  1. Al-Hajj S, Farran SH, Dekmak B, Hneiny L, Abou Abbas H, Hassoun A, Youness N, Ghalayini S, Abou Khalil N, Lecky F, Shahjouieh S, Kobeissy F.Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Assess Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors. Neurotrauma Reports. 2023 Oct 1;4(1):693-714.
  2. Al-Hajj S, El-Hussein M, von Schreeb J, Hamieh C, Ahmad N, Souaiby N. Multicenter assessment of impairments and disabilities associated with Beirut blast injuries: a retrospective review of hospital medical records. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2023 Oct 1;8(1):e001103.
  3. Al-Hajj S, Moustafa M, El Hechi M, Chahrour MA, Nasrallah AA, Kaafarani H. Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies. Conflict and health. 2023 Sep 25;17(1):42.
  4. Al-Hajj, S., Farran, S., Zgheib, H., Tfaily, MA., Halaoui, A., Wehbe, S., Karam, S., Fadlallah,Y., Fahd, F., Toufaili, L.,; Arjinian, S., AL-Zaghrini, E., Al Hariri, M., El Hussein, M., Souaiby,N., Mowafi, H., Mufarrij, AJ,. The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2023. 94(2):p 328-335.
  5. Al-Hajj S, Ariss AB, Bashir R, El-Sayed M. Epidemiology of Adult Injuries: A Multi-Center Study in Greater Beirut. Injury. 2023 Aug 14:110980.
  6. Al-Hajj S, El Haj R, Chaaya M, Sharara-Chami R, Mehmood A. Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices. Injury epidemiology. 2023 Dec;10(1):1-4.
  7. Al-Hajj S, Thomas L, Morris S, Clare J, Jennings C, Biantoro C, Garis L, Pike I. Community fire risk reduction: longitudinal assessment for HomeSafe Fire Prevention Program in Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2023 Jul 15;20(14):6369.
  8. Al-Hajj S, Ghamlouche L, AlDeen KN, El Sayed M. Beirut blast: the experiences of acute care hospitals. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2023;17:e318.

2022

  1. Al-Hajj S, et al. Injury burden in individuals aged 50 years or older in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2022 Apr 1;3(4):e253-62.
  2. Bardus M, Keriabian A, Elbejjani M, Al-Hajj S. Assessing eHealth literacy among internet users in Lebanon: A cross-sectional study. Digital Health. 2022 Aug;8:20552076221119336.
  3. Ghandour HZ, Abou-Abbass H, Al-Hajj S, El Sayed M, Harati H, Kabbani S, Tabbara M, Kobeissy F, Tamim H, TBI Research Group. Traumatic brain injury patient characteristics and outcomes in Lebanon: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2022 Mar 20;6:e2022006.
  4. Elreichouni A, Al-Hajj S, Maciejewski KR, Ariss AB, Mowafi H. Factors impacting trauma-specific quality of life following injury: A multi-center assessment in Lebanon. Injury. 2022 Oct 1;53(10):3255-62.
  5. Bou-Karroum L, El-Jardali F, Jabbour M, Harb A, Fadlallah R, Hemadi N, Al-Hajj S. Preventing unintentional injuries in school-aged children: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2022 May 1;149(Supplement 6).
  6. Al-Hajj S, El Hechi M, Chahrour M, Farran SH, Kaafarani H. Factors affecting road safety compliance in a low-and middle-income country: An observational study from Lebanon. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022 Mar 28;2(3):e0000154.
  7. Al-Hajj S, Desapriya E, Pawliuk C, Garis L, Pike I. Interventions for preventing residential fires in vulnerable neighbourhoods and Indigenous communities: a systematic review of the literature. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Apr 29;19(9):5434.
  8. Al-Hajj S, Ariss AB, Bachir R, Helou M, Zaghrini E, Fatouh F, Rahme R, El Sayed MJ. Paediatric injury in Beirut: a multicentre retrospective chart review study. BMJ open. 2022 Mar 1;12(3):e055639.

2021

  1. Ward JL, Azzopardi PS, Francis KL, Santelli JS, Skirbekk V, Sawyer SM, Kassebaum NJ, Mokdad AH, Al-Hajj S, Hay SI, Abd-Allah F, Abdoli A. Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2021 Oct 30;398(10311):1593-618.
  2. Moustafa MK, Al-Hajj S, El-Hechi M, El Moheb M, Chamseddine Z, Kaafarani H. The burden of surgical disease and access to care in a vulnerable Syrian refugee population in Lebanon. World Journal of Surgery. 2021 Oct;45(10):3019-26.
  3. Ghoubaira J, Diab M, Nassereldine H, Tamim H, Saadeh S, Price R, Moustafa M, Al‐Hajj S. Road traffic injury in Lebanon: A prospective study to assess injury characteristics and risk factors. Health science reports. 2021 Dec;4(4):e396.
  4. Al-Hajj, S., Mokdad, AH., and Kazzi, A. 2021. “Beirut explosion aftermath: lessons and guidelines.” , Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 2021 Dec 1;38(12):938-9.
  5. Al-Hajj S, Chahrour MA, Nasrallah AA, Hamed L, Pike I. Physical trauma and injury: A multi-center study comparing local residents and refugees in Lebanon. Journal of global health. 2021;11.
  6. Al-Hajj, S., et al. 2021. “Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury Research in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Review.” , Neuroepidemiology, pp-1-12
  7. Al-Hajj S, Dhaini HR, Mondello S, Kaafarani H, Kobeissy F, DePalma RG. Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: analysis, review, and recommendations. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 Jun 4;9:657996.
  8. Al-Hajj, S., et al. 2021. “History of injury in a developing country: a scoping review of injury literature in Lebanon.”, Journal of public health (Oxford, England), vol.43, no.1, pp-e24

2020

  1. Ghandour AJ, Hammoud H, Al-Hajj S. Analyzing Factors Associated with Fatal Road Crashes: A Machine Learning Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Jan;17(11):4111.
  2. Cheaito, Ma. and Hajj, S. 2020. “A Brief Report on the Beirut Port Explosion”, Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine & Acute Care
  3. Al-Hajj S, Pawliuk C, Smith J, Zheng A, Pike I. History of injury in a developing country: a scoping review of injury literature in Lebanon. J Public Health (Oxf). 2020.
  4. Al-Hajj S, Nehme R, Hatoum F, Zheng A, Pike I (2020) Child school injury in Lebanon: A study to assess injury incidence, severity and risk factors. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0233465.
  5. Al-Hajj S, El Bcheraoui C, Daoud F, Khalil I, Moradi-Lakeh M, Abu-Raddad LJ, et al. Child and adolescent injury burden in the eastern mediterranean region: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 1990-2017. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):433.
  6. Al-Hajj S, Arjinian S, Hamadeh Z, Al-Zaghrini E, El Asmar K. Child transport injuries and deaths in Lebanon: a multicentre retrospective study. BMJ open. 2020 Oct 1;10(10):e037973.
  7. Al-Hajj S, Abou-El-Hassan H, Khalil L, Kaafarani H, El Sayed M. Hospital Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (HDEP) in Lebanon: A National Comprehensive Assessment. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2020 Sep 23:101889.
  8. James, SL., et al. 2020. “Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.”, Injury prevention: journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, vol.26, no. Supp 1, pp-i46-i56
  9.  Al-Hajj, S., et al. 2019. “Pediatric Burns Among Refugee Communities in Lebanon: Evidence to Inform Policies and Programs.”, Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, vol.40, no.6, pp-769-775