Nawel Zammit

773 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 471 citations indexed

About

Nawel Zammit is a scholar working on Speech and Hearing, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nawel Zammit has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 471 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Speech and Hearing, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nawel Zammit's work include School Health and Nursing Education (9 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers). Nawel Zammit is often cited by papers focused on School Health and Nursing Education (9 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers). Nawel Zammit collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, United States and France. Nawel Zammit's co-authors include J. Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem, Sihem Ben Fredj, Imen Ayouni, Wafa Dhouib, Rim Ghammam, Imed Harrabi, Sami Bhiri, M. El Ghardallou and Slim Slama and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Nawel Zammit

32 papers receiving 465 citations

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Effective public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review

2021 234 citations Imen Ayouni, J. Maatoug et al. BMC Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nawel Zammit Tunisia	10	126	114	104	81	75	37	471
Sihem Ben Fredj Tunisia	10	127 1.0×	128 1.1×	100 1.0×	50 0.6×	53 0.7×	40	443
J. Maatoug Tunisia	12	126 1.0×	116 1.0×	107 1.0×	158 2.0×	55 0.7×	72	625
Yohannes Kebede Ethiopia	11	126 1.0×	90 0.8×	154 1.5×	63 0.8×	61 0.8×	39	465
Rim Ghammam Tunisia	6	91 0.7×	72 0.6×	81 0.8×	54 0.7×	29 0.4×	23	308
Sumedha Gupta United States	12	110 0.9×	53 0.5×	58 0.6×	128 1.6×	58 0.8×	32	527
Niels Michalski Germany	11	131 1.0×	53 0.5×	156 1.5×	38 0.5×	56 0.7×	31	456
Anli Leng China	12	113 0.9×	151 1.3×	100 1.0×	80 1.0×	90 1.2×	25	577
Addisu Dabi Wake Ethiopia	10	87 0.7×	136 1.2×	83 0.8×	34 0.4×	89 1.2×	30	461
Ramin Shiraly Iran	8	123 1.0×	115 1.0×	333 3.2×	40 0.5×	73 1.0×	24	530

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Fredj, Sihem Ben, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2025). Intervention effectiveness in reducing the clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors in the workplace: A quasi-experimental study. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0317460–e0317460. 1 indexed citations

Fredj, Sihem Ben, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence of problematic facebook and video game use: prevalence and association with mental health disorders among adolescents. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 375–375.

Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2022). Validity and reliability of a modified short version of a stigma scale for use among Tunisian COVID‐19 patients after quarantine: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports. 5(2). e520–e520. 5 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, J. Maatoug, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2022). Surveillance of tobacco use among young adolescents: trends and predictors across three years in Sousse, Tunisia. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 2022–2022. 2 indexed citations

Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Nawel Zammit, et al.. (2022). The prevalence of high blood pressure and its determinants among Tunisian adolescents. Journal of Human Hypertension. 38(4). 371–379. 10 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, Imen Ayouni, Rim Ghammam, et al.. (2022). Studying SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy among health professionals in Tunisia. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 489–489. 10 indexed citations

Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2022). Monitoring tobacco use among a sample of Tunisian high school pupils. European Journal of Public Health. 32(Supplement_3). 2 indexed citations

Fredj, Sihem Ben, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for severe Covid-19 breakthrough infections: an observational longitudinal study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 22(1). 894–894. 11 indexed citations

Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Imed Harrabi, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of a 3-year community-based intervention for blood pressure reduction among adults: a repeated cross-sectional study with a comparison area. Journal of Human Hypertension. 38(4). 336–344. 3 indexed citations

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Maatoug, J., et al.. (2021). Co-occurring addiction problems among high school students in Sousse (Tunisia). European Journal of Public Health. 31(Supplement_3). 1 indexed citations

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Dhouib, Wafa, J. Maatoug, Imen Ayouni, et al.. (2021). The incubation period during the pandemic of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 101–101. 55 indexed citations

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Fredj, Sihem Ben, et al.. (2021). Perceived Stress related to COVID-19 among Tunisian adults during the lockdown period. European Journal of Public Health. 31(Supplement_3). 1 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2019). Validation of the Arabic version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale in Tunisian adolescents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 34(1). 18 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2018). Tobacco use: the main predictor of illicit substances use among young adolescents in Sousse, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 32(5). 9 indexed citations

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Ghammam, Rim, J. Maatoug, Nawel Zammit, et al.. (2018). Long term effect of a school based intervention to prevent chronic diseases in Tunisia, 2009-2015. African Health Sciences. 17(4). 1137–1137. 8 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2017). Illicit substance use among Tunisian college students: prevalence and risk factors. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 30(6). 7 indexed citations

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Ghardallou, M. El, J. Maatoug, Imed Harrabi, et al.. (2016). Socio-demographic association of non communicable diseases’ risk factors in a representative population of school children: a cross-sectional study in Sousse (Tunisia). International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 29(5). 4 indexed citations

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Zammit, Nawel, et al.. (2016). Sustainability of the results of a non communicable diseases prevention program among youth in the region of Sousse, Tunisia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 30(4). 3 indexed citations

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Bhiri, Sami, et al.. (2015). A 3-Year Workplace-Based Intervention Program to Control Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Sousse, Tunisia. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 57(7). e72–e77. 12 indexed citations

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Maatoug, J., Nawel Zammit, Sami Bhiri, et al.. (2015). School-Based Intervention as a Component of a Comprehensive Community Program for Overweight and Obesity Prevention, Sousse, Tunisia, 2009–2014. Preventing Chronic Disease. 12. E160–E160. 30 indexed citations

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