About the Authors

Katayoun Maleki

Affiliation Knowledge Utilization Research Center, TUMS, Tehran, Iran

Randah R. Hamadeh

Affiliation College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, AGU, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Jaleh Gholami

Affiliation Knowledge Utilization Research Center, TUMS, Tehran, Iran

Ahmed Mandil

Affiliation College of Medicine, KSU, Riyadh, KSA

Saima Hamid

Affiliation Health Services Academy, MoH, Islamabad, Pakistan

Zahid Ahmad Butt

Affiliation Health Services Academy, MoH, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abdulaziz Bin Saeed

Affiliation Department of Family & Community Medicine, KSU, Riyadh, KSA

Dalia Y. M. El Kheir

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Mohammed Saleem

Affiliation High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Sahar Maqsoud

Affiliation Preventive Affairs Department, Alexandria University Students' Clinic and Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt

Najibullah Safi

Affiliation WHO Country Office, Kabul, Afghanistan

Ban A. Abdul-Majeed

Affiliation College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

Reza Majdzadeh

rezamajd@tums.ac.ir

Affiliation Knowledge Utilization Research Center, TUMS, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG RM. Performed the experiments: RH AM SH ZB AS DE MS SM NS BA RM. Analyzed the data: KM JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM JG RM. Wrote the paper: KM RM JG. Reviewed the paper, made intellectual contributions to the manuscript and approved the final version: KM RH JG AM SH ZB AS DE MS SM NS BA RM.