The health of Arab Americans in the United States: an updated comprehensive literature review

NN Abuelezam, AM El-Sayed, S Galea - Frontiers in public Health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Arab Americans are a historically understudied minority group in the United
States and their health needs and risks have been poorly documented. We aim to provide …

Prevalence of diabetes and hypertension among Hajj pilgrims: a systematic review

S Yezli, A Mushi, Y Almuzaini, B Balkhi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Hajj mass gathering is attended by over two million Muslims each year, many of whom
are elderly and have underlying health conditions. Data on the number of pilgrims with …

Correlations between health-promoting lifestyle and health-related quality of life among elderly people with hypertension in Hengyang, Hunan, China

J Li, J Yu, X Chen, X Quan, L Zhou - Medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Hypertension is considered as an important public health problem in developed and
developing countries. The disease is closely associated with health-promoting lifestyle …

Blood pressure level and hypertension awareness and control differ by marital status, sex, and ethnicity: a population-based study

K Abu-Saad, A Chetrit, S Eilat-Adar… - American journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Population-based studies about factors associated with blood pressure
(BP) levels and hypertension awareness and control are lacking in Israel. We aimed to …

Determinants of health‐promoting lifestyle behaviors among Arab immigrants from the region of the Levant

S Aqtash, G Van Servellen - Research in nursing & health, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Arab immigrants in the United States are at risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. We
explored health‐promoting lifestyle behaviors among Arab immigrants to the United States …

Acculturation, medication adherence, lifestyle behaviors, and blood pressure control among Arab Americans

AK Tailakh, LS Evangelista… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between acculturation,
medication adherence, lifestyle behaviors (eg, physical activity, nutrition, weight control) …

Public, environmental, and occupational health research activity in Arab countries: bibliometric, citation, and collaboration analysis

WM Sweileh, SH Zyoud, SW Al-Jabi… - Archives of Public …, 2015 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and
investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public …

A health profile of Arab Americans in Michigan: a novel approach to using a hospital administrative database

FJ Dallo, JJ Ruterbusch, JD Kirma, K Schwartz… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2016 - Springer
The objectives of this study were to estimate and compare the prevalence of heart disease,
cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes, nephrosis …

Hypertension treatment cascade among men and women of reproductive age group in India: analysis of National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021)

VR Guthi, DSS Kumar, S Kumar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Only a proportion of adults with hypertension are diagnosed and receive
recommended prescriptions despite the availability of inexpensive and efficacious treatment …

Health information technology use among foreign-born adults of middle eastern and north african descent in the United States

A Smith, TB Kindratt - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2024 - Springer
Health information technology (HIT) use among foreign-born adults of Middle Eastern and
North African (MENA) descent is understudied. MENA Americans are currently categorized …