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Research & Publications

Raanan R, Tarairah J, Ali W,  El Jabari C, Endy-Findling L,Hemmo-Lotem M, Rockoff Y. Incidence of Home Accidents in Palestinian and Israeli Communities, Jerusalem, March 2008

El Jabari C, Avgar A, The Impact of an Empowerment Model on Palestinian and Israeli  Women Coping with Breast Cancer, Sponsored by MECC Jerusalem, February 2005

Rockoff Y, El Jabari C, Avgar A, Ziv M, Barnea T, Coping with Breast Cancer among  Palestinian and Israeli Women Project COPE, Jerusalem, July 2004

El Jabari C,  “The demographic characteristics, self reported symptoms and health behaviors of midlife Palestinian women. (October 2001)

El Jabari C, “The prevalence of breast cancer among Palestinian women 1991-1994. Results from the mammography clinic at Patient’s Friends Society- Jerusalem.

We were contracted in 1999 by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and funded by the UNFPA  to train primary health physicians and x-ray technicians and nurses in both the West Bank and Gaza on the early detection of breast disease and produced the following manuals:

a.) “Breast Cancer Screening- National Guidelines — Author: Carol El-Jabari, © Patient’s Friends Society-Jerusalem, 1999 ( English)

b.) “Breast cancer screening for primary care physicians- a practical guide — Author: Carol El-Jabari, © Patient’s Friends Society-Jerusalem, 1999 (English)

c.) “Mammography Screening for x-ray Technologists” — Authors: Lamia Al-Arja and Carol El-Jabari, © Patient’s Friends Society-Jerusalem, 1999 ( English and Arabic)