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Rima Afifi
Researcher at University of Iowa
Publications - 72
Citations - 5805
Rima Afifi is an academic researcher from University of Iowa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Adolescent health. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 68 publications receiving 4419 citations. Previous affiliations of Rima Afifi include Cornell University & University of Washington.
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Youth Engagement and Participation: Field-Building Across Research and Practice.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide further clarity in this underdeveloped research area, highlighting distinctions among youth participation approaches, and propose a research agenda moving forward, and highlight the need for more systematic evidence about fundamental process and outcome questions.
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Research and activism for tobacco control in the Arab world
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the importance of having a very good understanding of power relations and structure relevant to each country or context and each tobacco control policy, as well as their external connections with the international tobacco industry.
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Implementing Community‐Based Participatory Research with Communities Affected by Humanitarian Crises: The Potential to Recalibrate Equity and Power in Vulnerable Contexts
Rima Afifi,Sawsan Abdulrahim,Theresa S. Betancourt,Dima Btedinni,Jenna M. Berent,Laura Dellos,Jordan Farrar,Rima Nakkash,Rilwan Osman,Monisa Saravanan,William T. Story,Moses Zombo,Edith A. Parker +12 more
TL;DR: It is argued that the application of CBPR in humanitarian settings has the potential to recalibrate the scales of equity and power among vulnerable populations and is a highly effective approach to use when engaging these populations in research.
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Building emotional resilience in youth in Lebanon: a school-based randomized controlled trial of the FRIENDS intervention
Fadi T. Maalouf,Loay Alrojolah,Lilian A. Ghandour,Rima Afifi,Leyla Akoury Dirani,Paula Barrett,Rima Nakkash,Wael Shamseddeen,Farah Tabaja,Courtney M. Yuen,Anne E. Becker +10 more
TL;DR: The FRIENDS program was effective in reducing general emotional and depressive symptoms among middle school students in this Lebanese study population.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Theory-Informed School-Based Intervention to Prevent Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Changes in Knowledge, Attitude, and Behaviors in 6th and 7th Graders in Lebanon
Rima Nakkash,Tamara Lotfi,Dima Bteddini,Pascale Haddad,Hala Najm,Lina Jbara,Hala Alaouie,Lama Al Aridi,Ahmad Al Mulla,Ziyad Mahfoud,Rima Afifi,Rima Afifi +11 more
TL;DR: The effectiveness of the intervention on knowledge and attitudes supports previous research and the lack of intervention effect on behavior is not surprising given the timing of the post assessment immediately after the intervention, and the social context that was supportive of waterpipe use.