Contents Editorial Eliminating hepatitis from the Eastern Mediterranean Region ...............................................................................459 Research articles Patients' attitudes and perceptions regarding research and their rights: a pilot survey study from the Middle East ................................................................................................................................................. 461 Urbanization and noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors: WHO STEPwise Iranian NCD risk factors surveillance in 2011 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 469 Eastern Mediterranean Implementation of a peer-mediated health education model in the United Arab Emirates: Health Journal addressing risky behaviours among expatriate adolescents .................................................................................. 480 Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among school-aged children in Jordan .......................... 486 Prevalence and preventability of sentinel events in Saudi Arabia: analysis of reports from 2012 to 2015 ........... 492 La Revue de Santé de Health-related quality of life of patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study in Semnan, 7 23 Number Volume Islamic Republic of Iran ............................................................................................................................................500 la Méditerranée orientale Epidemiological characteristics and trends in the incidence of animal bites in Maku County, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003−2012 ....................................................................................................................... 507 Short communication 2017 July Reprocessing practices for gastrointestinal endoscopes: a multicentre study in Egyptian university hospitals .................................................................................................................................................... 514 WHO events addressing public health priorities The Eastern Mediterranean Region presents the highest prevalence of hepatitis C in the world, Prevention of re-establishment of local malaria transmission in malaria-free countries ...................................... 520 while gaps in hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination remain higher than the global average. “Eliminate Hepatitis” is the theme of World Hepatitis Day 2017, and reflects the priority the World Health Organization has given to eliminating hepatitis B and C in the Region and globally. املجلد الثالث والعرشون / عدد Volume 23 / No. 7 7 يوليو/متوز July/Juillet 2017 Cover 23-07.indd 5-7 8/22/2017 12:16:09 PM Members of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean املجلة الصحية لرشق املتوسط Afghanistan . Bahrain . Djibouti . Egypt . Islamic Republic of Iran . Iraq . Jordan . Kuwait . Lebanon هى املجلة الرسمية التى تصدر عن املكتب اﻹقليمى لرشق املتوسط بمنظمة الصحة العاملية. وهى منرب لتقديم السياسات Libya . Morocco . Oman . Pakistan . Palestine . Qatar . Saudi Arabia . Somalia . Sudan . Syrian Arab واملبادرات اجلديدة ىف اخلدمات الصحية والرتويج هلا، ولتبادل اﻵراء واملفاهيم واملعطيات الوبائية ونتائج اﻷبحاث وغري Republic . Tunisia . United Arab Emirates . Yemen ذلك من املعلومات، وخاصة ما يتعلق منها بإقليم رشق املتوسط. وهى موجهة إىل كل أعضاء املهن الصحية، والكليات الطبية وسائر املعاهد التعليمية، وكذا املنظامت غري احلكومية املعنية، واملراكز املتعاونة مع منظمة الصحة العاملية واﻷفراد املهتمني بالصحة ىف اﻹقليم وخارجه. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL البلدان أعضاء اللجنة اﻹقليمية ملنظمة الصحة العاملية لرشق املتوسط IS the official health journal published by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization. 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ISSN 1020-3397 Cover 23-07.indd 8-10 8/22/2017 12:16:09 PM Eastern Mediterranean La Revue de Santé de Health Journal la Méditerranée orientale املجلد الثالث والعرشون عدد Vol. 23 No. 7 • 2017 • 7 Contents Editorial Eliminating hepatitis from the Eastern Mediterranean Region Mahmoud Fikri ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................459 Research articles Patients' attitudes and perceptions regarding research and their rights: a pilot survey study from the Middle East Tamer Hifnawy, Samer Kobrosly, Hillary Edwards, Manal