Submissions from 2012
Young adults' perceptions on life prospects and gender roles as important factors to influence health behaviour: a qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan, Syed Farid-ul Hasnain, Eva Johansson, Ingrid Mogren, and Gunilla Krantz
Lead detoxifying effects of ascorbic acid among school going adolescents of Karachi: a cluster randomized control trail, Muhammad Ilyas
Multiple genetic variants explain measurable variance in type 2 diabetes-related traits in Pakistanis., M. Islam, Tazeen Jafar, A. R. Wood, N. M. G. De Silva, M. Caulfield, N. Chaturvedi, and T. M. Frayling
Use of biomass fuel and acute respiratory infections in rural Pakistan, N.Z. Janjua, B. Mahmood, V.K. Dharma, N. Sathiakumar, and M. Imran Khan
High normal levels of albuminuria and risk of hypertension in Indo-Asian population., Saleem Jessani, Andrew S. Levey, Nish Chaturvedi, and Tazeen Jafar
Scope of Policy Issues in eHealth: Results From a Structured Literature Review, Shariq Khoja, Hammad Durrani, Parvez Nayani, and Ammad Fahim
Effects of unconditional cash transfer status on maternal neonatal and child health service utilization among low-income households in Matiari, Sindh: A cross-sectional study, Atiya Hussain Khowaja
Effect of air pollution on daily morbidity in Karachi, Pakistan, Haider Khwaja, Zafar Fatmi, Daniel Malashock, Zafar Aminov, Ambreen Kazi, Azhar Siddique, JahanZeb Qureshi Qureshi, and David Carpenter
Lady health workers (LHWs) as flag bearers for children with disabilities in Pakistan, Seema Zainulabdin Lasi, Arisha Qayyum, and Ghazala Rafique
Non fatal injuries among infants: A pilot study, Seema Zainulabdin Lasi, Ghazala Rafique, and Habib Peermohammad
Socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket Payments on healthcare in Pakistan, Ashar Muhammad Malik and Syed Iqbal Azam Shah
Violence and abuse faced by junior physicians in the emergency department from patients and their caretakers: a nationwide study from Pakistan, Nabil Mahmood Mirza, Ali Imran Amjad, Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti, Fatima Tuz Zahra Mirza, Kashif Shakoor Shaikh, Jawad Kiani, Muhammad Muneeb Yusuf, Muhammad Umair Khan, Muhammad Enoos Nazir, Qazi Assad, Ayesha Humayun, Ismaa Ghazanfar Kiani, Sami Imran Amjad, and Sardar Zakariya Imam
Extent of liver inflammation in predicting response to interferon alpha & Ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: a cohort study, Shirin Mirza, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Saeed Hamid, Muhammad Umar, and Shaheena Bashir
Situation analysis of child labour in Karachi, Pakistan: A qualitative study, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Kausar S. Khan, Zafar Fatmi, and Mubashir Aslam
Indoor air pollution (PM2.5) due to secondhand smoke in selected hospitality and entertainment venues of Karachi, Pakistan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Tahir Taj, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Zafar Fatmi, Kiyoung Lee, and Nalini Sathiakumar
CARRS Surveillance study: Design and methods to assess burdens from multiple perspectives, Manisha Nair, Mohammed K. Ali, Vamadevan S. Ajay, Roopa Shivashankar, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajendra Pradeepa, Mohan Deepa, Hassan Mehmood khan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Zafar Fatmi, Srinath Srinath Reddy, Nikhil Tandon, KM Venkat Narayan, and Dorairaj Prabhakaran
CARRS Surveillance study: Design and methods to assess burdens from multiple perspectives, Manisha Nair, Mohammed K. Ali, Vamadevan S. Ajay, Roopa Shivashankar, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajendra Pradeepa, Hassan Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Zafar Fatmi, K Srinath Reddy, Nikhil Tandon, KM Venkat Narayan, and Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Implementing a public-private mix model for tuberculosis treatment in urban Pakistan: lessons and experiences, S. A. Naqvi, M. Naseer, A. Kazi, A. Pethani, I. Naeem, S. Zainab, and Zafar Fatmi
Determinants of patient's satisfaction with health care system in Pakistan: a critical review, Maliha Naseer, Aysha Zahidie, and Babar Tasneem Shaikh
Correlates of morbidity and mortality in severe necrotizing pancreatitis, K. M. Pal, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Mohammad Tayyeb, S. M. Faisal Mosharraf, and Zafar Fatmi
Frequency of poor quality of life and predictors of health related quality of life in cirrhosis at a tertiary care hospital Pakistan, Om Parkash, Romaina Iqbal, Fatima Jafri, Iqbal Azam, and Wasim Jafri
Knowledge, attitude and practice of vitamin supplementation among patients visiting out-patient physicians in a teaching hospital in Karachi, Waris Qidwai, Zahra Aziz Samani, Iqbal Azam, and Saima Lalani
Stress, job satisfaction and work hours in medical and surgical residency programmes in private sector teaching hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan, Sameer-ur-Rehman, Rohail Kumar, Nabeel Siddiqui, Zain Shahid, Sadia Syed, and Masood Kadir
Perceptions and experiences of women in Karachi, Pakistan regarding secondary infertility: results from a community-based qualitative study, Neelofar Sami and Tazeen S. Ali
Risk factors for secondary infertility among women in Karachi, Pakistan., Neelofar Sami, Tazeen S. Ali, Saba Wasim, and Sarah Saleem
Exploring quality of mental health services in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, Sayed Mehraban Shah
Experience of devolution in district health system of Pakistan: Perspectives regarding needed reforms, Shiraz Shaikh, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Aysha Zahidie, Zafar Fatmi, and Ambreen Kazi
Respiratory symptoms and illnesses among brick kiln workers: A cross sectional study from rural districts of Pakistan, Shiraz Shaikh, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Vikash Khetpal, Abid Ali Jamali, Abdul Manan Arain, and Akram Yousuf
Deceased-donor organ transplantation: knowledge and attitudes among health care professionals managing critically ill patients in Karachi, Osama Tariq Siddiqui, Sobia Nizami, Emmon Raza, Mohammad Usman Ali, Marvi Bikak, Saad Siddiqui, Sania Hanif Khan, Mohsin Ali Mustafa, Sahoor Khan, and Zafar Fatmi
Dengue fever Igg sero-prevalence and associated factors in apparently healthy population age 15 To 60 years in South Kordofan State, Sudan 2012, Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Soghaier
Sindh health sector strategy 2012 – 2020, Shehla Zaidi
NPO performance in reproductive health sector of low and middle income countries: what is the influence of the wider policy context, Shehla Zaidi and Xaher Gul
Parallel NGO networks for HIV control: risks and opportunities for NGO contracting., Shehla Zaidi, Xaher Gul, and Noureen Aleem Nishtar
Context matters in NGO–government contracting for health service delivery: a case study from Pakistan, Shehla Zaidi, Susannah H. Mayhew, John Cleland, and Andrew T. Green
Role and contribution of private sector in moving towards universal health coverage in the eastern mediterranean region, Shehla Zaidi, Atif Riaz, Ali Thaver, Aftab Mukhi, and Latif Afzal Khan
Risk factors for depression among married women belonging to higher and lower socioeconomic status in Karachi, Pakistan, Saima Zainab, Zafar Fatmi, and Ambreen Kazi
Submissions from 2011
Predictors of unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age in Karachi: a matched case-control study, Bilal Ahmed, Zafar Fatmi, Amna R. Siddiqui, and Abdul L. Sheikh
Knowledge, perceptions and myths regarding infertility among selected adult population in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Sumera Ali, Raafay Sophie, Ayesha M. Imam, Faisal I. Khan, Syed F. Ali, Annum Shaikh, and Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain
Participatory action research as the approach for women’s empowerment, Ayesha Aziz, Meenaz Shams Hashwani, and Kausar S. Khan
Knowledge of asthma management by general practitioners in Karachi, Pakistan: comparison with international guidelines, Nizar Bhulani, Saima Lalani, Aziez Ahmed, Yahya Jan, Urooba Faheem, Ayub Khan, Zahra Samani, Wahaj Aman, Faria Bhatti, Omar Hayat, and Sarah Saleem
Administration of misoprostol by trained traditional birth attendants to prevent postpartum haemorrhage in home births in Pakistan: randomised placebo-controlled trial., J. Durocher, J. Blum, G. Walraven, N. F. Zuberi, and N. Mobeen
NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan, Iram Ejaz, Babar T. Shaikh, and Narjis Rizvi
Assessing reasons for school/college dropout among young adults and implications for awareness about STDs and HIV/AIDS: findings from a population-based study in Karachi, Pakistan., Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain and Gunilla Krantz
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding handling, storage, and purification of water among people living in a semi-urban community before and after the intervention at Karachi, Pakistan, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, Tazeen S. Ali, Nafeesa Dhalvani, and Fazal Ather
Stillbirths 1 Stillbirths: why they matter, J. Frederik Froen, Joanne Cacciatore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Oluwafemi Kuti, Abdul Hakeem Jokhio, Monir Islam, and Jeremy Shiffman
Determining the factors associated with Unmet need for family planning: A cross-sectional survey in 49 districts of Pakistan, Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Mohsina Bilgrami, and Muhammad Ishaqe
Antipsychotic treatment and weight gain: does risperidone behave differently in Pakistani psychiatric patients?, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, Rashid A M Khan, and Syed Ahmer
Level and Determinants of Kidney Function in a South Asian Population in Pakistan, Tazeen Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Saleem Jessani, Rasool Bux, Lesley A. Inker, Christophe Mariat, and andrew S. Levey
Association of Socioeconomic Position With Under- and Overnutrition in Pakistan, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Romaina Iqbal, and Bushra Mahmood
Gestational weight gain and term intrauterine growth restriction: a hospital based prospective cohort study, Wajiha Javed
Meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals with new interventions for abused women., Rozina Karmaliani, Shireen Shehzad, Saima Shams Hirani, Nargis Asad, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, and Judith McFarlane
Complementary feeding: a Global Network cluster randomized controlled trial, Nancy F. Krebs, K. Michael Hambidge, Manolo Mazariegos, Jamie Westcott, Norman Goco, Linda L. Wright, Marion Koso-Thomas, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl Bose, Omrana Pasha, Robert Goldenberg, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar Carlo, Mark Kindem, Abhik Das, Ty Hartwell, and Elizabeth McClure
Behavioral problems among children living in orphanage facilities of Karachi, Pakistan: comparison of children in an SOS Village with those in conventional orphanages, Zohra S. Lassi, Sadia Mahmud, Ehsan U. Syed, and Naveed Z. Janjua
Prevalence of head lice and hygiene practices among women over twelve years of age in Sindh, Balochistan, and North West Frontier Province: national health survey of Pakistan, 1990-1994., Sadia Mahmud, Gregory Pappas, and Wilbur C Hadden
Lung function decrement with arsenic exposure to drinking groundwater along river Indus: A comparative cross-sectional study, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Irfan, Arif Ali, and Fujio Kayama
Stewardship in health policy and its relevance to Pakistan, Asaad Ahmed Nafees and Parvez Nayani
Pakistan and Water: New Pressures on Global Security and Human Health, Gregory Pappas
Incidence of human immune deficiency virus among injection drug users enrolled in a harm reduction program at Karachi, Rab Nawaz Samo
The association between parity, infant gender, higher level of paternal education and preterm birth in Pakistan: a cohort study, Kiran Shaikh, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Marianne S. Rose, Ambreen Kazi, Shaneela Khowaja, and Suzanne Tough
Risk factors predisposing to congenital heart defects., Faheem Ul Haq, Fatima Jalil, Saman Hashmi, Maliha Iqbal Jumani, Aamer Imdad, Mehnaz Jabeen, Javad Tauseef Hashmi, Furqan Bin Irfan, Muhammad Imran, and Mehnaz Atiq
Three-level quality assessment of a dental hospital using EFQM., Farhan Vakani, Zafar Fatmi, and Kashif Naqvi
Neurological involvement in patients with falciparum malaria: frequency and prognostic value, Mohammad Wasay, Asif Taqi, Huma Aziz, Iqbal Azam, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Social environment and depression among pregnant women in rural areas of Sind, Pakistan, Aysha Zahidie, Ambreen Kazi, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Tufail Bhatti, and Sayeda Dureshahwar
Bureaucrats as purchasers of health services: limitations of the public sector for contracting, Shehla Zaidi, Susannah H. Mayhew, and Natasha Palmer
Access to essential medicines: in Pakistan identifying policy research and concerns, Shehla Zaidi and Noureen Nishtar
Submissions from 2010
Father's support and literacy--factors associated with child mortality in Gambat, Sindh-Pakistan, Ajmal Agha, Fozia Ajmal, Azam Iqbal, and Franklin White
Knowledge and awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention amongst interns and nursing staff in Tertiary Care Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan., Syed Faizan Ali, Samia Ayub, Nauman Fazal Manzoor, Sidra Azim, Muneeza Afif, Nida Akhtar, Wassi Ali Jafery, Imran Tahir, Syed Farid-Ul-Hasnian, and Najam Uddin
Menstrual knowledge and practices of female adolescents in urban Karachi, Pakistan., Tazeen Saeed Ali and Syeda Naghma Rizvi
Needle stick injuries among health care workers of public sector tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Mubashir Aslam, Tahir Taj, Arif Ali, Waseem Mirza, Hammad Ali, Mudassir Iqbal Dar, and Nasira Badar
Assessment of quality of care for the management of type 2 diabetes: a multicentre study from a developing country., Iqbal Syed Azam, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Ghazala Rafique, and Franklin White
Hospitalized pediatric trauma patients have fewer complications than adults: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank, H. Basdag, T. Oyetunji, O.B. Bolorundoro, E.R. Haut, K.A. Stevens, D.T. Efron, D.C. Chang, E.E. Cornwell, F. Abdullah, and Adil H. Haider
Role of social health insurance in improving financial access to health care: A qualitative appraisal of the situation in district Thatta Sindh, Pakistan, Kinza Siddique Chaudhary
Social marketing for early neonatal care: Saving newborn lives in Pakistan., Iram Ejaz and Babar Tasneem Shaikh
Pediatric lymphoma: A 10-year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, Matloob Alam, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Ahmed Naqvi
Prevalence and risk factors for stunting among children under 5 years: a community based study from Jhangara town, Dadu Sindh, Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain and Raafay Sophie
Gentamicin use and hearing loss in children of peri areas of Karachi : a cohort study, Urooj Fatima
Situational analysis of household energy and biomass use and associated health burden of indoor air pollution and mitigation efforts in Pakistan, Zafar Fatmi, Asma Rahman, Ambreen Kazi, Muhammad Masood Kadir, and Nalini Sathiakumar
Infection-related stillbirths, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, and Uma M. Reddy
Prospects for financial sustainability of basic package of health services in Afghanistan, Ahmad Murid Haidari
Objective-oriented verses participant-oriented approach to develop a monitoring and evaluation tool for mental health program in Afghanistan, Mohammad Hussain Hasseen
Prevalence and associated risk factors of sleep-disordered breathing symptoms in young and middle-aged Pakistani employed adults, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Yona Keich Cloonan, Muhammad Islam, and Mohammad Hossein Rahbar
Association of self-reported nasal blockage with sleep-disordered breathing and excessive daytime sleepiness in Pakistani employed adults, Syed Fayyaz Hussain, Yona Keich Cloonan, Mohammad H. Rahbar, and Muhammad Islam
Sharp injuries and their determinants among health care workers at first-level care facilities in Sindh Province, Pakistan, Naveed Z. Janjua, Mohammad I. Khan, and Bushra Mahmood
Health care risk factors among women and personal behaviours among men explain the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan, N. Z. Janjua, H. B. Hamza, M. Islam, S. F. A. Tirmizi, A. Siddiqui, W. Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Dating gestational age by last menstrual period, symphysis-fundal height, and ultrasound in urban Pakistan, Imtiaz Jehan, Shahida Zaidi, Sameera Rizvi, Naushaba Mobeen, Elizabeth M. McClure, Breda Munoz, Omrana Pasha, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of barbers about hepatitis B and C transmission in Hyderabad, Pakistan., A. H. Jokhio, T. A. Bhatti, and S. Memon
Exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution: a study from nine low and middle income countries, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Elizabeth M. McClure, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Ana L. Garces, Janet Moore, Marie Onyamboko, Christine Kaseba, Fernando Althabe, Eduardo E. Castilla, Salvio Freire, Sailajanandan Parida, Sarah Saleem, Linda L. Wright, and Robert L. Goldenberg
The hidden figure: sexual intimate partner violence among Pakistani women, Mufiza Zia Kapadia, Sarah Saleem, and Mehtab S. Karim
Emerging role of community based midwife (CMW) in Pakistan: A case of district Lasbela, Balochistan province, Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Low case detection rate of tuberculosis in Ziarat: How the target will be achieved?, Muhammad Dawood Khan
Potential benefits and perceived need for health promoting hospitals in Pakistan: a healthcare stakeholder's perspective, Asif Raza Khowaja, Rozina Mistry, Ajmal Agha, and Rozina Karmaliani
Quit Smoking for Life-Social Marketing Strategy for Youth: A Case for Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khowaja, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Parvez Nayani, Saleem Jessani, Malika Parveen Khowaja, and Saima Khowaja
Screening of hepatitis B and C among people visiting general practice clinics in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan., Ameet Kumar, Saima Lalani, Asad Ali Khan Afridi, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
Childhood injuries in Pakistan: Results from two communities, Seema Zainulabdin Lasi, Ghazala Rafique, and Habib Peermohammad
Secondhand smoke exposures in indoor public places in seven Asian countries, Jiyeon Lee, Soogil Lim, Kiyoung Lee, Xinbiao Guo, Ramachandra Kamath, Hiroshi Yamato, Adinegara L. Abas, Sumal Nandasena, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, and Nalini Sathiakumar