First BA Regional Workshop on the Epidemiology of
Diabetes & Other Non-Communicable Diseases
5-13 January 2009

Speaker Details

Prof

Kawkab  Shishani

Community Health Department, The Hashemite University


Biography:

Dr. Shishani’s background is in Nursing with an emphasis on Community Health, Public Health and Epidemiology. Currently, serves as editor of Saudi Medical Journal, Applied Nursing Research, McMaster PLUS/PIER/EB Journals, International Nursing review. As a consultant she has advised hospitals and workplace settings in the area of smoke free zones. Dr Shishani has presented papers and given invited lectures on tobacco dependency, treatment, and prevention. Her articles and abstracts have appeared in such publications as Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, Jordan Medical Journal, Applied Nursing Research, European Journal of Scientific Research, International Nursing Review, and many others. She has co-authored a graduate school textbook Cardiac Nursing 6th edition, and Quantitative Method. And invited to co-author Advanced Nursing Science and Tobacco Control. As a consultant for the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA) she wrote the definitive document for the National


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