1 1 Table of Contents Contents 1 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................ 2 2 Editorial Board ........................................................................................................................... 10 3 Scientific Committee .................................................................................................................. 10 4 Original Contributions ............................................................................................................. 11 Vaccine Knowledge, Awareness, and Utilization Among Arab-American Adults Prior to Hajj ............... 12 Abdulbaset M. Salim1, Carolyn Archer1, Madiha Tariq2, Linda Jaber1, Adnan Hammad2 and Paul E. Kilgore1, 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Reducing Mammography Disparities: Outcomes from a Religiously-Tailored, Mosque-Based Intervention ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Aasim I. Padela1,2,3 Sana Malik1,4, Syeda Akila Ally1, Michael Quinn5, Stephen Hall1, Monica Peek5 .. 25 Assessing Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitude, Beliefs and Behavior of Hookah Use among Members of Arab and Chaldean Americans in Metro Detroit Area, Michigan, 2017 ................................................. 43 Farid Shamo, Laura de la Rambelje1, Madiha Tariq2, Corey Beckwith2, Fouad Batayeh3, and Mona Makki2 ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Understanding Substance Use among Arab Americans: A Community Assessment ............................. 54 Mona Abdallah-Hijazi, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Jennifer A. Gruber, Danielle Chiaramonte, and Paige E. Haight ............................................................................................................................. 54 Exploring Cultural Factors Influencing Iraqi Immigrants’ Views of Michigan Hazards Utilizing the PEN-3 Model ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 Kerry Chamberlain, C.J. Schumaker, Jr., Madiha Tariq ....................................................................... 63 Task-Shifting Approaches to Refugee Mental Health in the Middle East: Literature Review ................ 79 Zaineb Alattar and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon .................................................................................... 79 LGBTQ Migrant Health Needs: a Case Study With Special Focus on Mental Health Services Provided at a Sexual Health Clinic in Stockholm ........................................................................................................ 91 Calle Brunell ........................................................................................................................................ 91 Acceptability of a Multi-Media Healthcare Literacy Intervention among Arab American and Middle Eastern Communities .............................................................................................................................. 96 Lindsay TerHaar1, Richard Lichtenstein2, Madiha Tariq3, Alyssa Smith1, Margaret Meyers4, Minal R. Patel1 ................................................................................................................................................... 96 Real Talk: Sexual Health Education for Muslim and Arab American Women in Southeast Michigan .. 107 2 Maliha Hussain1, Juliann Binienda1, Layla Elabed2, Amanda Ajrouche2, Nadiah Mohajir3, Sahar Pirzada3 ............................................................................................................................................. 107 Seventy Years on: Palestine Refugees and UNRWA ............................................................................. 119 Akihiro Seita and Wafa Zeidan .......................................................................................................... 119 Conducting Reproductive Health Research with Syrian Women who are Refugees: Methodological Considerations ...................................................................................................................................... 129 Meagan Chuey, Justine Wu, Iman Ali, Lisa Kane Low ....................................................................... 129 Research in MENA Region and Protection of Vulnerable Populations ................................................ 138 Michel Daher ..................................................................................................................................... 138 Assessing Cultural Competence of Physicians in Diabetes Management during Ramadan ................. 146 Prachi Shah1, and Asha Shajahan2 .................................................................................................... 146 Older Adults Nutrition and Oral Health Assessments Documented by Interprofessional Team Visits with Older Adults .................................................................................................................................. 155 Rania Krayem, Abraham Husseini, Leticia Haff, Stephanie Gilkey, and Jennifer Mendez ................ 155 5 Presentation Summaries ....................................................................................................... 157 Advancing Equity and Justice: A Leadership Mandate ......................................................................... 158 Vence Bonham, Paul Elam, May Yassine Darwish, Renée Branch Canady, Bengt Arnetz ................ 158 Stress, Risk and Resilience in Syrian Refugees in the US: A Project of Prevalence, Neurobiology, Culture, Environment, and Interventions ............................................................................................. 161 Arash Javanbakht, Lana Grasser, Cynthia Arfken ............................................................................. 161 A Best Practice Model of Trauma- And Grief- Informed Assessment Among Culturally Diverse Youth in Underserved Communities ................................................................................................................... 163 Karen Calhoun1, Polly Y. Gipson2, Benjamin Oosterhoff3, Timothy Brown4, Christopher Layne5, and Julie Kaplow4 ..................................................................................................................................... 163 Factors Impacting Refugee and Immigrant Health ............................................................................... 166 Belqassem Sabri ................................................................................................................................ 166 Lessons Learned in Addressing the Behavioral Health of Refugees from the Middle East .................. 168 Ali Abazeed and Curi Kim .................................................................................................................. 168 A Diverse Interdisciplinary Approach to the Problem of National Data on Arab Americans ............... 173 Matthew Stiffler ................................................................................................................................ 173 Refugee Health: The Current Displacement and Emergencies in the MENA Region and Resulting Health and Socioeconomic Conditions ............................................................................................................. 174 Adnan Hammad ................................................................................................................................ 174 3 American Diabetes Association. Research, Advocacy, and Professional Education for Arab and Arab- American Communities ......................................................................................................................... 180 Mary Rife, Linda Cann, LaShawn McIver, and William Cefalu .......................................................... 180 Informal Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon .................................................................... 183 Fouad M. Fouad ................................................................................................................................ 183 The City, Refugees and University: The Case of Gaziantep .................................................................. 186 Şehmus Demir ................................................................................................................................... 186 Be Hookah Free: A Mobile App to Promote Hookah Cessation ............................................................ 191 Corey Beckwith and Mariam Akhdar ................................................................................................ 191 Health, the Syrian Conflict and Global Health: A perspective from the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria ....................................................................................................................................................... 193 Samer Jabbour .................................................................................................................................. 193 Manualized Psychosocial Support for Cancer ......................................................................................