Submissions from 2008
Self-medication amongst university students of Karachi: prevalence, knowledge and attitudes, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sana Waqar, Akbar Jaleel Zubairi, Talha Vaqar, Mehrine Shaikh, Wajeeha Yousaf, Saman Shahid, and Sarah Saleem
Deliberate self-harm: characteristics of patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Nida Zakiullah, Sadia Saleem, Sameea Sadiq, Nadia Sani, Munira Shahpurwala, Afroz Shamim, Atif Yousuf, Murad M. Khan Dr., and Parvez Nayani
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Comparison of population screening tools for coronary artery disease with myocaridail perfusion imaging in adult population in Karachi, Shazia Shehzad Abbas
ICPD to MDGs- a quest for common grounds : where do we and what needs to be done?, Farina Abrejo
Patterns of road traffic injuries at two tertiary care hospitals of Quetta, Baluchistancby Abdul Rahim Agha., Abdul Rahim Agha
Eight key household practices of Integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI) amongst mothers of children aged 6 to 59 months in Gambat, Sindh, Pakistan, Ajmal Agha, Muhammad Younus, Muhammed Masood Kadir, Sajid Ali, and Zafar Fatmi
High risk behaviors of injection drug users registered with harm reduction programme in Karachi, Pakistan, Arshad Altaf, Sharaf Ali Shah, Najam A. Zaidi, Ashraf Memon, Nadeem-ur-Rehman, and Norman Wray
Tele-health in Asia : a systematic review, Hammad Durrani
The prevalence of persistent albuminuria and its associated risk factors in hypertensive patients of Karachi Pakistan., Muslima Ejaz
Incidence, patterns and severity of reported unintentional injuries in Pakistan for persons five years and older: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan 1990–94, Zafar Fatmi, Wilbur C. Hadden, Junaid A. Razzak, Huma Qureshi, Adnan A. Hyder, and Gregory Pappas
Resource allocation within the National AIDS Control Program of Pakistan: a qualitative assessment of decision maker's opinions, Sara Husain, Masood Kadir, and Zafar Fatmi
Patients' satisfaction and opinions of their experiences during admission in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan - a cross sectional study, Sardar Zakariya Imam, Khezar Shahzada Syed, Syed Ahad Ali, Syed Umer Ali, Kiran Fatima, Marium Gill, Muhammad Ovais Hassan, Saad Hasan Hashmi, Maham T. Siddiqi, and Hadi Muhammad Khan
Improvement in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a comparison of various treatment modalities offered to patients attending a teaching, tertiary care hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal
Poor knowledge--predictor of nonadherence to universal precautions for blood borne pathogens at first level care facilities in Pakistan, Naveed Z. Janjua, Mahreen Razaq, Subhash Chandir, Shafquat Rozi, and Bushra Mahmood
Stillbirths in an urban community in Pakistan, Imtiaz Jehan, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sohail Salat, Sameera Rizvi, Omrana Pasha, Hillary Harris, Nancy Moss, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Problem-based versus conventional curricula: influence on knowledge and attitudes of medical students towards health research, Hassan Khan, Ather M. Taqui, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja, and Zafar Fatmi
High prevalence of lack of knowledge of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in Pakistan and its contribution to delayed presentation to the hospital, Muhammad S. Khan, Fahim H. Jafary, Azhar M. Faruqui, Syed I. Rasool, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, and Tazeen Jafar
Blindness in children at the Ida Rieu school for the blind and deaf, Sadia Javed Khan, Afshan Hassan, Laila Khalid, Uzma Karim, Erum Hashmi, Fariha Gul, and Imtiaz Jehan
Validation of self-reported history of colorectal cancer screening, Shariq Khoja, S Elizabeth McGregor, and Robert J. Hilsden
Health promoting hospitals : needs and strategies for Pakistancby Asif Raza Khowaja., Asif Raza Khowaja
Cost of diabetes care in out-patient clinics of Karachi, Pakistan, Liaquat A. Khowaja, Ali K. Khuwaja, and Peter Cosgrove
Use of psychoactive drugs among patients visiting outpatient clinics in Karachi, Pakistan reply, Ali Khan Khuwaja
Noncommunicable diseases and injuries: action needed in South Asia too, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Riaz Qureshi, and Zafar Fatmi
Anion gap among patients of multiple myeloma and normal individuals, Shireen Mansoor, Imran Siddiqui, Salman Adil, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, Zafar Fatmi, and Farooq Ghani
Maternal chronic ill health negatively affects child survival in a poor rural population of Pakistan, R Nuruddin, L Meng Kin, W C. Hadden, and I Azam
Social marketing of insecticide-treated bednets: The case for Pakistan, S Qazi and B T. Shaikh
Women's empowerment and health: The role of institutions of power in Pakistan, N Qureshi and B T. Shaikh
Effect of general practitioner education on adherence to antihypertensive drugs: cluster randomised controlled trial, Nudrat Noor Qureshi, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, and Tazeen H. Jafar
Knowledge and beliefs of adolescents regarding sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS in a rural district in Pakistan, Hafsa Raheel, Franklin White, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Zafar Fatmi
Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight in Karachi: A case-control study, S A. Rizvi, J Hatcher, I Jehan, and R Qureshi
Prevalence and predictors of smokeless tobacco use among high-school males in Karachi, Pakistan, S Rozi and S Akhtar
Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan, Shafquat Rozi, Zahid A. Butt, and Saeed Akhtar
Chlorhexidine vaginal and neonatal wipes in home births in Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial, S Saleem, T Reza, E M. McClure, O Pasha, N Moss, D J. Rouse, J Bartz, and R L. Goldenberg
Reproductive health matters, rather more for adolescents!, Babar Tasneem Shaikh
Gender sensitization among health providers and communities through transformative learning tools: experiences from Karachi, Pakistan., Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Sayyeda Reza, Masood Afzal, and Fauziah Rabbani
Health seeking behaviour and health services utilization trends in national health survey of Pakistan: what needs to be done?, Babar T. Shaikh and Juanita Hatcher
Thirty years of Alma Ata pledges: is devolution in Pakistan an opportunity for rekindling primary health care?, Babar T. Shaikh, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Gregory Pappas
Maternal characteristics in relation to income in a semi-rural community in Pakistan, A R. Siddiqui
Screening for emotional and behavioural problems amongst 5-11-year-old school children in Karachi, Pakistan, Ehsan Ullah Syed, Sajida Abdul Hussein, and Sadia Mahmud
Depression in the elderly: does family system play a role? a cross-sectional study, Ather M. Taqui, Ahmed Itrat, Waris Qidwai, and Zeeshan Qadri
Quality assessment of a private university dental hospital in Karachi: case study using European Foundation for quality management (EFQM) excellence model, Farhan Saeed Vakani
Submissions from 2006
Breast cancer risk factor knowledge among nurses in teaching hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study, Faiza Ahmed, Sadia Mahmud, Juanita Hatcher, and Shaista M. Khan
A qualitative study on paucity of laws regulating private health care sector in Pakistan, Haseeb Ahmed
Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in rural Sindh, Pakistan, Sajid Ali, Nalini Sathiakumar, and Elizabeth Delzell
Residents' perceptions of work environment during their postgraduate medical training in Pakistan, B I. Avan, S A. Raza, S Khokhar, F Awan, N Sohail, S Rashid, and H Hamza
Knowledge and skills in community oriented medical education (COME)self-ratings of medical undergraduates in Karachi, Ayesha Aziz, Ambreen Kazi, Ashraf Jahangeer, and Zafar Fatmi
Understanding barriers to North-South collaborative research: contextual issues in a case study of chlorhexidine trial by AKU & UAB, Zia-Ullah Khan Dawar
Does spousal abuse during pregnancy affect the infant birth weight?, Mufiza Farid
Good governance and sustainability: a case study from Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Israr and Anwar Islam
Women in Pakistan have a greater burden of clinical cardiovascular risk factors than men, Tazeen H. Jafar
Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in an Indo-Asian population, Tazeen H. Jafar, Nish Chaturvedi, and Gregory Pappas
Acute health effects of the Tasman Spirit oil spill on residents of Karachi, Pakistan, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Haq Nawaz, Sadia Zohra Farooqui, Urooj Bakht Khuwaja, Najam-ul-Hassan, Syed Nadim Jafri, Shahid Ali Lutfi, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Estimates of intraclass correlation coefficient and design effect for surveys and cluster randomized trials on injection use in Pakistan and developing countries, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Mohammad Imran Khan, and John D. Clemens
Effects of low salt diet versus high salt diet on blood pressure: a randomized controlled crossover trial, Saleem Jessani
Social environment and depression among pregnant women in urban areas of Pakistan: importance of social relations., Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Juanita Hatcher, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Unaiza Niaz, and Gail A. Wasserman
Knowledge and attitudes about health research amongst a group of Pakistani medical students, Hassan Khan, Muhammad RizwanulHaq Khawaja, Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Ameen Rauf, and Zafar Fatmi
Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study, Muhammad S. Khan, Fahim H. Jafary, Tazeen H. Jafar, Azhar M. Faruqui, Syed I. Rasool, Juanita Hatcher, and Nish Chaturvedi
A case-control study of risk factors associated with Hepatitis C infection among pregnant women in hospitals of Karachi- Pakistan, Uzma Rahim Khan
Chewing of betel, areca and tobacco: perceptions and knowledge regarding their role in head and neck cancers in an urban squatter settlement in Pakistan, Muhammad RizwanulHaq Khawaja, Samia Mazahir, Atif Majeed, Farida Malik, Kanwal AliRaza Merchant, Maria Maqsood, Rabia Malik, Shehzad Ghaffar, and Zafar Fatmi
Estimating cost of illness of diabetes mellitus in out-patient clinic setting of Karachi, Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khowaja
Issues of gender equity: a case study of decentralized health care system of District Nawabshah, Sindh, Nawab Khan Mangrio
Socio-demographic correlates of betel, areca and smokeless tobacco use as a high risk behavior for head and neck cancers in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan, Samia Mazahir, Rabia Malik, Maria Maqsood, Kanwal AliRaza Merchant, Farida Malik, Atif Majeed, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja, and Shehzad Ghaffar
Prevalence of and factors associated with intestinal parasites among children from 1 to 5 years of age in an urban slum of Karachi, Vikram Mehraj
Is there a shortage of female health workers in (MOPH) Paktya province Afganistan? : a descriptive case study design, Rahmatullah Nizamal
Geographic data on health inequities: understanding policy implications, Gregory Pappas
Validity of measures of pain and symptoms in HIV/AIDS infected households in resources poor settings: results from the Dominican Republic and Cambodia, Gregory Pappas, R Cameron Wolf, Guy Morineau, and Richard Harding
Background demographics and risk behaviors of injecting drug users in Karachi, Pakistan, Shehzad Parviz, Zafar Fatmi, Arshad Altaf, Joseph B. McCormick, S. Fischer-Hoch, Mohammad Rahbar, and Stephen Luby
Impact of special GP training on adherence to antihypertensive medication : a cluster randomized controlled trial, Nudrat Noor Qureshi
Living with globalization: a menace or a chance?, Fauziah Rabbani, Babar T Shaikh, and Sarah Wamala
Knowledge about and management of sexually transmitted infections by general practioners of Karachi, Anwar Rafay
Diabetes knowledge, beliefs and practices among people with diabetes attending a university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, G Rafique, S I. Azam, and F White
Identifying needs and barriers to diabetes education in patients with diabetes, Ghazala Rafique and Furqan Shaikh
Male involvement in Spacing births, Afghanistan, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly
Distribution and circumstances of injuries in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan., Narjis Rizvi, Stephen Luby, Iqbal Azam Syed, and Fauziah Rabbani
Prevalence and risk factors of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among prisoners in Kabul central prison (Puli Charkhi), Afghanistan, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed
Psycho-social consequences of secondary infertility in Karachi., Neelofar Sami and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Sleep deprivation and its associated factors among general ward patients at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Majid Shafiq, Farah F. Salahuddin, Maham Siddiqi, Zaman Shah, Rehmat Ali, Rizwan A. Siwani, Ayesha Saleem, Kashif Shakoor Shaikh, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study, Khurram Shahzad, Saeed Akhtar, and Sadia Mahmud
Health workers for change: a tool for promoting behaviour change among health providers., Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Fauziah Rabbani, and M. Rahim
Assessing knowledge, exploring needs: a reproductive health survey of adolescents and young adults in Pakistan, Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Syed Tariq Rahim
Health care and public health in South Asia, B T. Shaikh, M M. Kadir, and J Hatcher
Pharmaceutical research: paradox, challenge or dilemma?, Abdul Latif Sheikh
Typhoid fever in children: some epidemiological considerations from Karachi, Pakistan., Fahad Javaid Siddiqui Javaid Siddiqui, Fauziah Rabbani, Rumina Hasan, Shaikh Qamaruddin Nizami, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Migration, medical education, and health care: A view from Pakistan, Jamsheer J. Talati and Gregory Pappas
Knowledge, attitude and practices of reproductive age females about tetanus toxoid vaccine: a pilot study, Amna Zeb, Syed Ali Hyder Zaidi, and Imtiaz Jehan
Submissions from 2005
Recommendations to strengthen the role of lady health workers in the national program for family planning and primary health care in Pakistan: the health workers perspective, Habib Ahmed Afsar and Muhammad Younus
Space-time clustering of childhood leukaemia cases in Karachi, Pakistan, Saeed Akhtar, Tim E. Carpenter, Fouzia Ajmal, Shafquat Rozi, and Salman Adil
Evaluation of an off campus primary care facility of a private university hospital at Karachi, Muhammad Mazhar Alam
Residents' perceptions of communication skills in postgraduate medical training programs of Pakistan, B I. Avan, S A. Raza, and H R. Afridi
Assessing the effects of training on knowledge and skills of health personnel: a case study from the family health project in Sindh, Pakistan, Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain, Syed Muhammad Israr, and Saleem Jessani
Maternal and newborn care: Practices and beliefs of traditional birth attendants in Sindh, Pakistan, Z Fatmi, A Z. Gulzar, and A Kazi
Stalling HIV through social marketing: prospects in Pakistan, Sara Husain and Babar T. Shaikh
Project mentality: a threat to effective implementation and sustainability of donor funded projects in Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Israr
Heart disease epidemic in Pakistan: women and men at equal risk, Tazeen H. Jafar, Fahim H. Jafary, Saleem Jessani, and Nish Chaturvedi
Injection use in two districts of Pakistan: implications for disease prevention, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Saeed Akhtar, and Yvan J F Hutin
Health and social impacts of improved stoves on rural women: a pilot intervention in Sindh, Pakistan, Waqar A. Khushk, Zafar Fatmi, F White, and Muhammad Masood Kadir