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Submissions from 2006

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Health workers for change: a tool for promoting behaviour change among health providers., Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Fauziah Rabbani, and M. Rahim

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Assessing knowledge, exploring needs: a reproductive health survey of adolescents and young adults in Pakistan, Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Syed Tariq Rahim

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Health care and public health in South Asia, B T. Shaikh, M M. Kadir, and J Hatcher

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Pharmaceutical research: paradox, challenge or dilemma?, Abdul Latif Sheikh

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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

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Migration, medical education, and health care: A view from Pakistan, Jamsheer J. Talati and Gregory Pappas

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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

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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

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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

Factors affecting hormonal and non hormonal contraceptive method use in women presenting to reproductive health services-A centers of Karachi : a cross-sectional study, Zaheen Baig

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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

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Maternal and newborn care: Practices and beliefs of traditional birth attendants in Sindh, Pakistan, Z Fatmi, A Z. Gulzar, and A Kazi

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Stalling HIV through social marketing: prospects in Pakistan, Sara Husain and Babar T. Shaikh

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Project mentality: a threat to effective implementation and sustainability of donor funded projects in Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Israr

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Heart disease epidemic in Pakistan: women and men at equal risk, Tazeen H. Jafar, Fahim H. Jafary, Saleem Jessani, and Nish Chaturvedi

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Injection use in two districts of Pakistan: implications for disease prevention, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Saeed Akhtar, and Yvan J F Hutin

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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

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Long-term improvement in unsafe injection practices following community intervention, Stephen Luby, Fawzia Hoodbhoy, Aziz Jan, Aly Shah, and Yvan Hutin

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Directions for national data policy for antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: a focus on durable viral suppression, Gregory Pappas, John-Manuel Andriote, and Philip Mwalali

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Exploring ethical considerations for the use of biological and physiological markers in population-based surveys in less developed countries, Gregory Pappas and Adnan A. Hyder

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Medical education and training: responding to community needs., Fauziah Rabbani, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Qamar Mahmood, Kausar S. Khan Ms, Syed Muhammad Israr, and Yousuf Memon

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Randomized controlled trial of standard versus double dose cotrimoxazole for childhood pneumonia in Pakistan, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Abdul Bari, Shamim Qazi, Gul Rehman, Iqbal Azam, SherBaz Khan, Farida Aziz, Sadia Rafi, Mehr Taj Roghani, and Imran Iqbal

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Prevalence and factors associated with current smoking among high school adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan, Shafquat Rozi, Saeed Akhtar, Sajid Ali, and Javaid Khan

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The quest for small family size among Pakistani women--is voluntary termination of pregnancy a matter of choice or necessity?, Sarah Saleem and Fariyal F. Fikree

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Quality of health care: an absolute necessity for patient satisfaction, Babar T. Shaikh

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Medical education: let's change the emphases, Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Fauziah Rabbani

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Health management information system: a tool to gauge patient satisfaction and quality of care., Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Fauziah Rabbani

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Health seeking behaviour and health service utilization in Pakistan: challenging the policy makers, Babar T. Shaikh and Juanita Hatcher

Hospital based study of risk factors for preeclampsia in nulliporous and porous women : a matched case control study, Uzma Shamsi

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Nosocomial outbreak of hepatitis E infection in Pakistan with possible parenteral transmission, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rashid Jooma, and Raymond A Jr Smego

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Does malaria during pregnancy affect the newborn?, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Asma Zakaria, Saima Naheed Waqar, Samiah Zafar, Ali Saeed Wahla, Sarah Kulsoom Zaidi, Arif R. Sarwari, Rahat N. Qureshi, and Amna Rehana Siddiqui

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

Breast cancer knowledge and associated factors among female registered nurses working in teaching hospitals, Faiza Ahmed

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Intra-household clustering of hepatitis C virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan, Saeed Akhtar and Tariq Moatter

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Hepatitis C virus infection in asymptomatic male volunteer blood donors in Karachi, Pakistan, S Akhtar, M Younus, S Adil, S H. Jafri, and F Hassan

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Prevalence and factors associated with practice of modern contraceptive methods among currently married women in District Naushahro Feroze, S Ali, S Rozi, and M A. Mahmood

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Determinants of therapeutic injection overuse among communities in Sindh, Pakistan., Arshad Altaf, Zafar Fatmi, Agha Ajmal, Tanweer Hussain, Henna Qahir, and Mubina Agboatwalla

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HIV risk behavior and practices among heroin addicts in Lahore, Pakistan, Faran Emmanuel, Saeed Akhtar, Arrastus Attarad, and Cyril Kamran

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The onset and duration of benefit from counselling by minimally trained counsellors on anxiety and depression in women, A Gul and B S. Ali

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Elevated blood lead levels among children living in a fishing community, Karachi, Pakistan, Siroos Hozhabri, Franklin White, Mohammad Hossein Rahbar, Mubina Agboatwalla, and Stephen Luby

Resource allocation and the enhanced National Aids Control Programme : decision maker's perspectives, Sara Husain

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Risk factors for non-fatal myocardial infarction in young South Asian adults, J Ismail, T H. Jafar, F H. Jafary, F White, A M. Faruqui, and N Chaturvedi

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Ethnic differences and determinants of diabetes and central obesity among South Asians of Pakistan, T H. Jafar, A S. Levey, F M. White, A Gul, S Jessani, A Q. Khan, F H. Jafary, C H. Schmid, and N Chaturvedi

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Knowledge and practices of barbers about hepatitis B and C transmission in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, N Z. Janjua and M A M Nizamy

Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan : a cross sectional study, Muhammad Saleem Khan

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Prevalence and factors associated with anxiety and depression among family practitioners in Karachi, Pakistan, A K. Khuwaja, R Qureshi, and S I. Azam

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Macrovascular complications and their associated factors among persons with type 2 diabetes in Karachi, Pakistan--a multi-center study, A K. Khuwaja, G Rafique, F White, and S I. Azam

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Smoking among adult males in an urban community of Karachi, Pakistan, Ali Khan Khuwaja and Muhammad Masood Kadir

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Comparison of job satisfaction and stress among male and female doctors in teaching hospitals of Karachi., Ali Khan Khuwaja, Riaz Qureshi, Marie Andrades, Zafar Fatmi, and Nadya Khan Khuwaja

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Spontaneous recovery from depression in women: a qualitative study of vulnerabilities, strengths and resources, S Naeem, Badar Sabir Ali, A Iqbal, S Mubeen, and A Gul

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Rabies deaths in Pakistan: results of ineffective post-exposure treatment, Shehzad Parviz, Rashid Chotani, Joseph McCormick, Sue Fisher-Hoch, and Stephen Luby

Perceptions of health managers on the current facility based health management information system, Muhammad Suleman Qazi

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A matched case-control study of risk factors for neonatal tetanus in Karachi, Pakistan, S A. Raza, S Akhtar, B I. Avan, H Hamza, and M H. Rahbar

Patient welfare systems in private tertiary-care hospitals in Karachi, Syed Saif-Ur Rehman

Prevalence of and factors associated with Hepatitis C infection among barbers in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan, Tahira Ezra Reza

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Vaginal discharge: perceptions and health seeking behavior among Nepalese women, Narjis Rizvi and Stephen Luby

Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight among women 15-35 years in hospital births of Karachi, Pakistan : a case control study, Sameera Ali Rizvi

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Facilitating inter-spousal communication for birth spacing--a feasibility study of Pakistani couples for policy implications, S Saleem and M A. Isa

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Antileishmanial activity of aqueous onion extract in vitro, Danish Saleheen, S Atif Ali, and M Masoom Yasinzai

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Assessing obesity and overweight in a high mountain Pakistani population, Syed M. Shah, Debra Nanan, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Musa Rahim, and Gul Nowshad

Prevalence of and factors associated with Asthma in adult male leather tannery workers of Karachi, Pakistan : a cross sectional study, Khurram Shahzad

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The district health system: a challenge that remains., Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Fauziah Rabbani

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Stress management in medical students, Babar T. Shaikh, Arsalan Kahloon, Muhammad Kazmi, Hamza Khalid, Kiran Nawaz, Nadia A. Khan, and Saadiya Khan

Students, stress and coping strategies: A case of Pakistani medical school, Babar T. Shaikh, Arsalan Kahloon, Muhammad Kazmi, Hamza Khalid, Kiran Nawaz, Nadia Khan, and Saadiya Khan

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

Coverage and factors associated with tetanus toxoid vaccinations status among females of Reproductive age in Peshawar Pakistan./, Naseem Khan Afridi

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Socio-economic and Demographic factors associated with injecting drug use among drug users in Karachi, Pakistan, A. Agha, S. Parviz, M. Younus, and Zafar Fatmi

Visual outcome of day-case versus inpatient cataract surgery : a randomized clinical trial, Khabir Ahmad

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Animal disease surveillance: prospects for development in Pakistan, S Akhtar and F White

Gats and equity in health services in Pakistan : opportunities, concerns and limitations, Nabeel Akram

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The effectiveness of counseling on anxiety and depression by minimally trained counselors: a randomized controlled trial, Badar Sabir Ali, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Shifa Naeem, Asma Gul, Sanober Mubeen, and Aliya Iqbal

Perceptions of registered medical practitioners of Karachi, Pakistan regarding induced abortion, Fatima Mohbat Ali

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Women's beliefs regarding food restrictions during common childhood illnesses: a hospital based study, Niloufer Sultan Ali, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Rahat Noor

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Tuberculosis: do we know enough? a study of patients and their families in an out-patient hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan, S.S Ali, Fauziah Rabbani, U.N Siddiqui, A.H Zaidi, A Sophie, S.J Virani, and N.A Younus

Perceptions of members of the National Assembly regarding effective legislation on domestic violence against women, Parveen Ashraf

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Factors influencing the selection of surgical specialty among Pakistani medical graduates, B I. Avan, S A. Raza, H Hamza, S Khokhar, and F Awan

Prevalence of under weight and associated factors for underweight among married women of age 15-49 years in Distric Ghizer Northern Pakistan, Rashida Bano

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Factors associated with heroin addiction among male adults in Lahore, Pakistan, Faran Emmanuel, Saeed Akhtar, and Mohammad H. Rahbar

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Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Hamid Hussain, Saeed Akhtar, and Debra Nanan

Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in young adults (> 15 - < 45 years) of Karachi, Pakistan, Javed Ismail

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Is Ministry of Health fully prepared to implement an effective DOTS program in Pakistan? An operations research on TB control program in the public health sector in Sindh, S M. Israr

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Injection practices and sharp waste disposal by general practitioners of Murree, Pakistan, N Z. Janjua

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Do mothers-in-law matter? Family dynamics and fertility decision-making in urban squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Fariyal F. Fikree, Amanullah Khan, and Fatima Sajan

Prevalence of and factors associated with Hepatitis C virus infection among male volunteer blood donors Peshawar, Pakistan, Muhammad Naeem Khan

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Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in school children--a pilot study., A. K. Khuwaja, Zafar Fatmi, W. B. Soomro, and N. K. Khuwaja

Pakistan's national health policy : issues in formulation and implementation, Talib Hussain Lashari

Prevalence of beta-thalassaemia knowledge, attitude, practices and associated factor among high risk families coming to six facilities in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Zain-Ul-Abidin Lasi

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The transformative effect of training in counselling and its application, on the community counsellors themselves, S Naeem, Badar S. Ali, S Mubeen, and Iqbal Azam

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Evaluation of a water, sanitation, and hygiene education intervention on diarrhoea in northern Pakistan, D Nanan, F White, I Azam, H Afsar, and S Hozhabri

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Factors affecting utilization of antenatal care among reproductive age group women (15-49 years) in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi, N Nisar and F White

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Diabetes and hypertension: public awareness and lifestyle - findings of a health mela, Ghazala Rafique and Ali Khan Khuwaja

Prevalence of and factors associated with low expanded program on immunization (EPI) coverage in District Charsadda, North West frontier Province, Pakistan, Abdul Salam

Patient expectation and perception of outpatient quality health care services at tertiary level hospital in Karachi, Naeem Hassan Saleem

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Prevalence and correlates of stunting among children in rural Pakistan, Syed M. Shah, Beatrice J. Selwyn, Stephen Luby, Anwar Merchant, and Rashida Bano

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Prevalence and correlates of diarrhea, Syed M. Shah, Maqsood Yousafzai, Nurudin B. Lakhani, Rashid A. Chotani, and Gul Nowshad

Prevalence of and factors associated with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus among people with type 2 diabetes attending specialized care center in Karachi, Pakistan, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui

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Injections in health care settings: a risk factor for acute hepatitis B virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan, H R. Usman, S Akhtar, M H. Rahbar, S Hamid, T Moattar, and S P. Luby

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Clinical decision making Part I: errors of commission and omission, F White and D Nanan

Submissions from 2002

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Community knowledge, attitude and practices regarding sexually transmitted infections in a rural district of Pakistan, H A. Afsar, M A. Mahmood, N Barney, S Ali, M M. Kadir, and M Bilgrami

Identification of risk factors for MDR TB among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis : a case control study in Karachi, Pakistan /, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad