Prof. Amany Refaat is a Core Global Faculty, College of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences. She worked for more than 35 years in teaching in face to face and online educational environment, with 17 years of work experience in Walden. She teaches different online courses, works as a Lead Faculty, Mentor dissertation work. She is a Fulbright fellow. She worked for her first 20 years as a health professional educational expert and consultant for the World Health Organization mainly in the East Mediterranean and African regions. She is an advocate of women empowerment and fight against all kinds of discrimination and violence against women. She is a published author and reviewer in many international journals and conferences in the women health in a global context and Maternal & child health
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Education
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PhD, Suez Canal University
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Master of Health Profession Education, University of Illinois,
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Chicago, IL
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Master of Science, Histology, Suez Canal University
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MD, Ain Shams University
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Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship certificate , Tulane University, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
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New Orleans, LA
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Laureate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Laureate International Universities
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Short course on Refugee and Human Rights Law, American University in Cairo
Public Service
Women and Health, Together for the Future (WHTF) association
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Board Member
Bi-national Fulbright Commission in Egypt
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Organizer
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Egypt
Women Health Task Force (WHTF) at Network: Towards Unity For Health(TUFH) conferences
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Organizer
Global Burden of Disease ,Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
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Research collaborator
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United States
Bi-national Fulbright Commission in Egypt
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Review for the Egyptian Student Program in the field of Public Health, applicants to MPH degree program and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship applicants
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Egypt
Awards / Honors
Faculty Excellence Award
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Walden University
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2011
Golden medal and certificate for excellent performance
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Egyptian medical syndicate
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1985
Publications
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Refaat, A., Dandash, K. F., Lotfy, G., Eyada, M. (2001). Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Female Genital Mutilation.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
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Hendrix, R. A., Rohrer, J. E., Danawi, H., Refaat, A. (2012). Autism Spectrum Disorders.
International Journal of Childbirth Education.
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Refaat, A., Dandash, K. F., Defrawi, M. H., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation and Domestic Violence among Egyptian Women.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
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El-Defrawi, M. H., Lotfy, G., Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation and its Psychosexual Impact.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
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Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation: A Descriptive Study.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
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Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation: A Prospective View.
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
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Strauch, J., Rohrer, J. E., Refaat, A. (2016). Increased hospital documentation requirements may not increase breastfeeding among first-time mothers.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.
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Refaat, A. (2013). Intimate partner violence influence on deliveries assisted by skilled health personnel..
SAGE open medicine.
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el-All, H. S., Refaat, A., Dandash, K. (2007). Prevalence of cervical neoplastic lesions and Human Papilloma Virus infection in Egypt: National Cervical Cancer Screening Project..
Infectious agents and cancer.
Presentations
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Refaat, A. (2018). Barriers of Universal Access to Reproductive Health Care by Egyptian Women.
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Refaat, A. (2012). Burden of Exposure to Domestic Violence on Deliveries Assisted by Skilled Health Personnel: Global Perspective.
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Refaat, A. (2015). Burden of maternal exposure to Intimate Partner Violence on their under-five child health.
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Refaat, A. (2015). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Where is the role of health professional educational curricula.
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Refaat, A. (2018). Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Achieving Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals Among Women and Their Children.
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Refaat, A. (2015). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Where is the role of health professional educational curricula.
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Refaat, A. (2014). How do we make our campuses free from fear for women students? We have laws and policies, but we need implementation.
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Refaat, A. (2015). Risky health Behaviors among women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence .
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Refaat, A. (2014). Influence of women Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence on their Protective Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices against Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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Refaat, A. (2013). Single Mothers' Efforts to Reduce Their Under-Five Child Mortality: Influence of Poverty & Hunger, Education, and Women Empowerment..
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Refaat, A. (2018). They accepted Intimate Partner Violence when they passed through Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.
