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Conference Presentations 

CCCC members have presented their research studies and outcomes in different international, regional, and national conferences and meetings. The following table summarizes these presentations and is divided by dates of events. Please click on the relevant year to view the presentations.

2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

 

2011

November 2011 The International Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology on "Women's Helath Across Life Spans
  • Dr. Faysal El Kak presented "HPV, crvical cancer & sexuality", "Vaccine update: Determinants and opportunities", & " Clinic & community-based comunication on vaccination".
    		•  Beirut, Lebanon
    July 2011 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting
  • Dr. Livia Wick presented "Postpartum states of mind among West Bank women".
  • Dr. Hyam Bashour presented "Postnatal quality of life after normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section among Damascene women".
  • Dr. Tamar Kabakian presented "Determinants of pain during intercourse postpartum: a study from Lebanon".
  • Dr. Amsa Abdulsalam presented "Quality of care provided to gynecological cancer patients at the Damascus University maternity hospital".
  • Dr. Laura Wick presented "Integrating knowledges to evidence-based medicine".
    		•  Tyr, Lebanon
    June 2011
    • Canadian Public Health Association Conference
      Matilda Saliba presented "Can an Audiovisual Tool Be Used to Promote Mental Health in the Postpartum Period?"
    		 Montreal, Canada

     

    2010

    October 2010 1st National Symposium on “Transforming Maternity Care in Lebanon”
  • Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented “The Safety and Quality of Childbirth in the Context of Health Systems: Maternal Health Provision in Lebanon”.
  • Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented “Status of Preconception and Antenatal Care”.
  • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented “Over-medicalization of childbirth experience”.
    		•  Beirut, Lebanon

    September 2010

     

    Association for Medical Education in Europe Conference
    Dr. Hyam Bashour presented the paper ‘Opinions and views of Damascus University Medical School’s students and teachers towards Clinical Instruction”.

    		Glasgow, UK

    August 2010

     

    		 13th Annual Congress of Health and Medical Sociology
    Mrs. Matilda Saliba presented “How to facilitate the transition among first time mothers in Lebanon?”     		Ghent, Belgium

    July 2010

     

    		 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting
    Mrs. Matilda Saliba presented “Randomized control trial to reduce stress among first time mothers”.     		Ain Sokhna, Egypt

    July 2010

     

    		 Normal Labor & Birth: 5th Research International Conference
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented the research paper on “Mobilizing Women to Change Maternity Services: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study”.     		Vancouver, Canada

    May 2010

     

    		 FIGO initiative for prevention of Unsafe Abortion ,Third regional Workshop, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean Region
    Dr. Asma Abdulsalam presented “Action working plan to reduce induced abortion in Syria /2010".     		Alexandria, Egypt
    March 2010 Health under Occupation 2
    Mrs. Laura Wick presented “Women’s voices: childbirth in Gaza during the war”    		 Birzeit, Palestine
    March 2010 5th Gulf International Conference in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010.
    Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented “Interventions that reduce maternal mortality/morbidity".    		 Jeddah, KSA
    March 2010 Joint Wellcome Trust / Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Frontiers Meeting on Maternal & Early Childhood Health.
    Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented “Facility-Based Interventions/Research”     		London, UK
    February 2010 Obs-Gyne Exhibition & Congress 2010 – Midwifery Conference
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented “Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth”.
    		 Dubai, UAE
    February 2010 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Meeting.
    Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented the following: “Evidence-Based Medicine in Antenatal Care” and “Sexual Health in clinical practice”.    		 Amman, Jordan


     

    2009

    October 2009

    XIX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented 2 sessions on “Arab maternal health, and sexual health in clinical practice”.

    		 Cape Town, South Africa
    September 2009 XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference.
    • Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented “Linking Quality in Normal Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in the Arab region”.
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented a Poster presentation: “Mobilizing Women to Change Maternity Services: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study”.
    • Dr. Hyam Bashour presented a research paper: “Improving women’s satisfaction with labor and delivery by improving doctors’ communication skills: a randomized trial in Syria”.
    		Marrakesh, Morocco
    July 2009 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting 
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented “Mobilizing Women to Change Maternity Services: a Cluster Randomized Control Study”
    • Drs. Niveen Hassanein and Mohammed Cherine presented "Progress to date of the RCT designed to Assess the Efficacy of a Post-partum Going-Home Package on Post-partum Maternal Health-seeking Behavior"
    • Dr. Hyam Bashour presented "Improving Women’s Satisfaction with Labour and Delivery by Improving Doctors’ Communication Skills: A Randomized Trial in Syria"
    • Ms. Chaza Akik presented "Women’s Perceptions of Maternity Leave in Lebanon"
    • Mrs. Laura Wick and Mrs. Sahar Hassan presented “Gazan women and midwives: trapped between bullets and labor pains”
    		Aleppo, Syria
    July 2009 Follow up regional Workshop on the FIGO initiative for prevention of unsafe abortion and its complications
    Dr. Asma Abdulsalam presented “Action working plan to reduce induced abortion in Syria/2009".     		Istanbul, Turkey
    July 2009 Unsafe Abortion Assembly-Syrian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    Dr. Asma Abdulsalam presented “How to deal with complications of unsafe abortion”, “Situational analysis of unsafe abortion in Syria”, “Misoprostol in 2nd trimester pregnancy” & “Case report of Unsafe Abortion".     		Tadmor, Syria
    June 2009 Beirut General University Hospital Seminar.
    Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented “Emergency Obstetrical Care: Case for Lebanon.”     		Beirut, Lebanon
    June 2009 Politics, Policy and Practice: Strategies for normalizing birth, symposium organized by King's College, London.
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented “The Challenges of Changing Childbirth Practice in the Middle East: Learning from a cross-country Program Approach to Research”
    		 London, UK
    June 2009 Normal Labor and Birth: Fourth Research Conference, June 10-12, 2009, organized by the University of Central Lancashire
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented the keynote speech "Making Maternity Care "friendly": Challenges faced by the Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth Network."
    • Ms. Laura Wick and Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented a workshop "Building Multi-disciplinary Networks for Childbirth Research: the experience of the Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth Research Network"
    		Grange over Sands, Cumbria, UK

     


    2008

    August 2008 Reproductive Health Challenges
    • Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented “Challenges for Changing Childbirth in the Middle East”
    		 Oslo, Norway
    July 2008 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting  
    • Ms. Laura Wick and Ms. Sahar Hassan presented “Palestinian Midwives’ Voices”
    • Dr. Asma AbdulSalam presented “The Puerperium: Subjective and Objective Spectrum of Mild Discomfort up to Serious Life-threatening Conditions”br>
    • Dr. Hibah Osman presented “Postpartum Interventions: Can we facilitate the transition into motherhood?”
    • Dr. Livia Wick presented “Stress Research and the Postpartum”
    • Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented “From Research to Action: The initiative of Standards of Practice in Childbirth in Lebanon”
    • Ms. Weeam Hammoudeh and Dr. Awad Mataria presented “Palestinian Women’s Post-Partum Quality of Life”
    		Istanbul, Turkey
    June 2008 Global Trends and Local Challenges Facing the Arab Family organized by the Lebanese American University.
    • Ms. Chaza Akik presented "Maternity Leave in Lebanon: Women's Perceptions"
    		 Byblos, Lebanon
    March 2008 "New Research Initiatives in Humanities and Social Sciences" organized by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science an interdisciplinary workshop (March 25-26) and a symposium (March 27), "Possibilities and Challenges for Reproduction in a Socio-Cultural Context"
    • Ms. Laura Wick presented "Complexity in changing childbirth care: examples from the Occupied Palestinian Territory"
    • Ms. Laura Wick presented "Fragmented childbirth care: challenges to access and quality in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"
    		Tokyo, Japan

     


    2007

    November 2007 Annual Ob/Gyn Congress: Controversies in Clinical Care
    November 1, 2, 3, 2007
    • Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented "Initiative on Standards Of Practice In Childbirth (ISOPIC): Towards better birth practices"
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian presented "Effects of war on pregnancy care and outcome: A case of Lebanon"
    		Beirut, Lebanon
    October 2007 Women Deliver Conference October 18 - 20, 2007
    • Dr. Karima Khalil "Facility Practices for Normal Birth vs. Evidence-Based Obstetrics: The Galaa Study in Egypt"
    • Dr. Hyam Bashour "Childbirth care in Syria; lessons learned from women's experiences"
    • Ms. Sahar Hassan "Needs assessment of childbirth care in a Palestinian Government Hospital"
    • Dr. Faysal El Kak & Dr. Tamar Kabakian "Childbirth care in Lebanon: a critical appraisal and lessons learned"
    • Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented "ISOPIC: initiatives for childbirth standard of care"
    • Dr. Oona Campbell presented "Using Emergency Drills to Improve the Quality of Obstetric Care"
    		London, United Kingdom
    July 2007 Reproductive Health Working Group
    • Dr. Faysal El-Kak and Ms. Rawan Shayboub presented " Displacement and Childbirth"
    • Dr. Awad Mataria presented "Population's 'Quality of Life' and politics: a mere determinant or an integral part of the construct"
    • Ms. Sahar Hassan presented "Challenges and constraints facing health care providers in maternity services at Ramallah Hospital"
    • Dr. Asma AbdulSalam presented "How quality of care affects contraception use among Syrian women"
    • Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented "Ideas concerning a Conceptual Framework for a Study of Obstetric Providers & their Patients in Lebanon"
    		Cairo, Egypt
    February 2007 9th Conference of the Arab Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies in collaboration with the 21st Conference of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Sudan
    • Dr. Jocelyn DeJong presented "Are hospital policies in maternal health evidence- based?"
    • Dr. Faysal El Kak presented "Maternal mortality in Arab countries: Where are the opportunities?"
    		Khartoum, Sudan

     


    2006

    November 2006 18th World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics organized by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
    • Dr. Nahed Mikki presented "Effectiveness of early amniotomy: A randomized controlled trial"
    • Dr. Tamar Kabakian- Khasholian presented "Mobilizing women to change maternity services: Preliminary results"
    • Dr. Hyam Bashour presented "Postpartum home care: Evidence from Syria" Dr. Karima Khalil presented "Changing physicians' behavior in an Egyptian hospital setting"
    • Dr. Faysal El Kak presented "Childbirth in the Arab Region"
    		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    July 2006 Reproductive Health Annual Meeting
    • Dr. Asma Abdelsalam and Dr. Mayada Kharouf presented "Doctor- patient communication in maternity services: What do they mean in the Syrian context?"
    • Ms. Laura Wick and Ms. Sahar Hassan presented "Choosing how to approach a needs assessment on maternity care in Ramallah hospital"
    • Ms. Rawan Shayboub presented "Mobilizing women to change maternity practices: A cluster randomized controlled trial"
    		Istambul, Turkey
    June 2006 Develop and define the contents of preconception care June 27-28, 2006
    • Dr. Faysal El-Kak presented "Preconception care: situation in Lebanon"
    		Atlanta, United States of America
    June 2006 Third Research Conference on Normal Labor and Birth organized by the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire
    • Dr. Mohamed Cherine presented "An intervention study to improve selected practices of normal labor in an Egyptian teaching hospital"
    • Ms. Rawan Shayboub presented "The enabling environment for high C-section rates: Policy considerations" and "Birthing in the Arab Region: How to translate research into policy"
    • Ms. Rima Mortada, PhD candidate, presented "Encouraging women to demand labor support from midwives"
    		Grange over Sands, Cumbria, UK

     


    2005

    September 2005 27th Annual ASPHER Conference organized by the College of Health Sciences, American University of Armenia
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian presented "Birthing in the Arab Region: how to translate research into policy?"     		Yerevan, Armenia
    July 2005 15th International Population Conference organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study in Population (IUSSP)
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian presented "Routines in facility- based maternity care: evidence from the Arab Region"     		Tours, France
    July 2005 Reproductive Health Working Group
    • Ms. Livia Wick presented "Narrating birth in Palestine"
    • Dr. Asma AbdulSalam presented " Effect of a community based intervention postnatal outcomes: a study in Damascus, Syria"
    • Ms. Laura Wick and Sahar Hassan presented "The weight of RCT's in changing medical practices: The example of breech presentation at Maqassed Hospital, Jerusalem"
    • The Egyptian Childbirth team presented "Preliminary findings from the Galaa Intervention to Improve Selected Provider Practices for Delivering Women"
    • Dr. Hibah Osman and Dr. Anwar Nassar presented "Maternal mortality study in Lebanon"
    		Brummana, Lebanon
    April 2005 The Pan Arab Congress, April 5-7, 2005
    • Dr. Nihad Abu Aasab presented “Childbirth in Palestine, Reported Practices and Evidence-based Guidelines”
    		Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

     


    2004

    May 2004 37th Middle East Medical Assembly (MEMA)
    Childbirth team presented a session on "Changing Childbirth: Experiences from the Arab Region"     		Beirut, Lebanon
    February 2004 Syrian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    Childbirth team in Syria presented "Syrian women's experience with Childbirth, with focus on ultrasound"     		Palmyra, Syria
    January 2004 World Social Forum
    Attended by Childbirth team member, Ms. Afamia Kaddour

    The Children and the Mediterranean: Health Culture and Urban Setting Conference
    Dr. Hala Tamim presented "Experience of a maternal and neonatal network in a developing country"

    Maternity Teaching Hospital
    Members of the Childbirth team in Syria presented a seminar about "Patterns of maternity care among Syrian women"
    		Mumbai, India


    Genoa, Italy




    Damascus, Syria

     


    2003

    December 2003 Annual course on Reproductive Health at the Social Research Center, American University of Cairo
    Egypt team presented the methodological aspects of the Galaa Study

    WHO Geneva Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents
    Dr. Karima Khalil presented the Galaa Study findings     		Cairo, Egypt



    Geneva, Switzerland
    November 2003 17th World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics organized by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
    Dr. Faysal El- Kak presented "Patterns of normal birth in the Arab World"

    Faculty of Health Sciences weekly seminars, AUB
    Dr. Hyam Bashour presented "Syrian women's experiences with childbirth"     		Chili, South America


    Beirut, Lebanon
    October 2003 Population Council Regional Staff Retreat
    Dr. Karima Khalil presented the Galaa Study findings

    General Organizations for Teaching Hospitals
    Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings     		Egypt


    Egypt
    July 2003 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian presented "C-section practices in Lebanon"     		Lebanon
    May - July 2003 Annual course on Research Methods for Policy Formulation and Evaluation at the SRC, AUC
    Egypt team presented methodological aspects of the Galaa Study     		Cairo, Egypt
    June 2003 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Research
    Dr. Tamar Kabakian presented "Improving women's health postpartum: The impact of provision of written information"

    Board of Trustees at the Population Council
    Dr. Karima Khalil presented the Galaa Study findings    		 Atlanta, USA




    New York, USA
    May 2003 Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference at the Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings     		Egypt
    April 2003 Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference at Ain Al Shams Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings

    Higher Institute of Public Health
    The Egypt team presented a one- day presentation of the Galaa Study findings to an audience familiar with epidemiological and public health concepts

    Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference at the Mansoura Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings

    Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference at the Alexandria Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings     		Egypt



    Alexandria, Egypt



    Egypt



    Egypt
    March 2003 16th World Conference on Sexology
    Dr. Faysal El- Kak presented "Can gynecologists be consulted on sexuality and sexual health problems"

    Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Conference at the Kasr Al Aini Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented the Galaa Study findings     		Havana, Cuba



    Egypt
    February 2003 Kasr Al Aini Faculty of Medicine
    The Egypt team presented a one- day presentation of the Galaa Study findings to an audience familiar with epidemiological and public health concepts     		Egypt

     


    2002

    July 2002 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting
    The Childbirth regional team presented their research findings     		Syria
    April 2002 Conference of the International Confederation of Midwives
    Laura Wick presented "Birth at the checkpoint, the home, or the hospital? Adapting to the changing reality in Palestine"     		Vienna, Austria

     


    2001

    July 2001 Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting
    The Childbirth regional team presented their research findings     		Alexandria, Egypt
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