The Department of Community Health Sciences works in the area of public and population health sciences to advance health and wellbeing, thereby contributing to Aga Khan University’s vision of serving communities in the developing world and Muslim societies. It applies the University's values of Impact, Quality, Relevance and Access to Public ​Health Education, Research and Practice.​​​​​​​​

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Submissions from 2001

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A low-cost intervention for cleaner drinking water in Karachi, Pakistan, S Luby, M Agboatwalla, A Raza, J Sobel, E Mintz, K Baier, M Rahbar, S Qureshi, R Hassan, and F Ghouri

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Microbiologic effectiveness of hand washing with soap in an urban squatter settlement, Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, M Agboatwalla, A Raza, J Sobel, E D. Mintz, K Baier, R M. Hoekstra, M H. Rahbar, R Hassan, and S M. Qureshi

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Patients' perceptions of blood transfusion risks in Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, Q Niaz, S Siddiqui, S A. Mujeeb, and S Fisher-Hoch

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Physician assisted suicide perceptions among patients presenting to family physicians at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Waris Qidwai, H. Qureshi, S. S. Ali, M. Alam, and S. I. Azani

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Behind the counter: pharmacies and dispensing patterns of pharmacy attendants in Karachi., Fauziah Rabbani, F. H. Cheema, N. Talati, S. Siddiqui, S. Syed, S. Bashir, L. Z. Zuberi, A. Shamim, and Q. Mumtaz

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The diabetic lower extremity--the South Asian experience, C Rafique

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Therapeutic injections in Pakistan: from the patients' perspective, G J. Raglow, S P. Luby, and N Nabi

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Predictability of medical students' performance at the Aga Khan University from admission test scores, interview ratings and systems of education, M H. Rahbar, C Vellani, F Sajan, A A. Zaidi, and L Akbarali

A case-control study of risk factors for acute Hepatitis B virus infection in Karachi, Hussain Raza

Risk factors for neonatal tetanus in Karachi : a matched case control study, Syed Ahsan Raza

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Induced abortions in low socio-economic settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: rates and women's perspectives, S Saleem and F F. Fikree

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Hormone replacement therapy menopause with a better future--a survey of views on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), S Shafi, Z Samad, S Syed, A Sharif, M A. Khan, U S. Nehal, and A R. Siddiqui

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Prevalence and correlates of smoking on the roof of the world, S M. Shah, A A. Arif, G L. Delclos, A R. Khan, and A Khan

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Hypertension and its determinants among adults in high mountain villages of the Northern Areas of Pakistan, S M. Shah, S Luby, M Rahbar, A W. Khan, and J B. McCormick

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Community health sciences and the legacy of Ibn Ridwan at the aga khan university, F White

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

Prevalence and factors associated with elevated blood pressure among age 15 above in federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan, Haroon Pasha Afridi

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Multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with genital ulcer disease among incarcerated males in Sindh, S Akhtar, S P. Luby, and M H. Rahbar

To assess the extent of, and factors influencing individuals choice for, utilization of health facilities in a rural community of District Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan, Ghulam Haider Akhund

Trends of diabetes and hypertension as underlying primary diagnoses in end stage renal disease in Pakistan between 1990-1991 and 1997-1998 periods, Muhammad Amir

Risk factors of nosocomial infections in patients with diabetes admitted to medical surgical and Intensive care units of a Tertiary care Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan, Fazal Ather

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Benchmarks of fairness for health care reform: a policy tool for developing countries, Norman Daniels, J. Bryant, R. A. Castano, O. G. Dantes, Kausar S. Khan, and S. Pannarunothai

A matched case control study of factors of heroin addiction among male adults in Lahore, Pakistan, Faran Emmanuel

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Risk factors for stunting and wasting at age six, twelve and twenty-four months for squatter children of Karachi, Pakistan, F F. Fikree, M H. Rahbar, and H W. Berendes

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Health care utilization during terminal child illness in squatter settlements of Karachi, I J. Hasan and A Khanum

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Prevalence of plasmodium slide positivity among the children treated for malaria, Jhangara, Sindh, S Hozhabri, S Akhtar, M H. Rahbar, and S P. Luby

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Coping strategies of health personnel during economic crisis: A case study from Cameroon, S M. Israr, O Razum, V Ndiforchu, and P Martiny

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Out-of-pocket expenses borne by the users of obstetric services at government hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan, M M. Kadir, A Khan, S Sadruddin, and S P. Luby

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Unsafe injections and the transmission of hepatitis B and C in a periurban community in Pakistan, A J. Khan, S P. Luby, F Fikree, A Karim, S Obaid, S Dellawala, S Mirza, T Malik, S Fisher-Hoch, and J B. McCormick

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Effectiveness of health education in promoting the use of iodized salt in Lotkoh, tehsil Chitral, Pakistan, S Khoja, S Luby, Z Ahmed, and A Akber

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Evaluation of blood bank practices in Karachi, Pakistan, and the government's response, S Luby, R Khanani, M Zia, Z Vellani, M Ali, A H. Qureshi, A J. Khan, S Abdul Mujeeb, S A. Shah, and S Fisher-Hoch

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Limited effectiveness of home drinking water purification efforts in Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, A H. Syed, N Atiullah, M K. Faizan, and S Fisher-Hoch

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What is the effect of riskshaw noise on its driver?, A T. Merchant, I Lalani, Z H. Afridi, N Latif, T A. Malik, S S. Merchant, I A. Momin, S S. Moizuddin, A Motiei, and S Motiwala

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Survey and surveillance development in settings with low human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, D J. Nanan, M M. Kadir, and F M. White

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Effect of dietary garlic (allium sativum) on the blood pressure in humans - a pilot study, Waris Qidwai, Riaz Qureshi, Iqba Azam, and Syed Najmul Hasan

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The minds of mothers: maternal mental health in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi., Fauziah Rabbani and Furqan Farooq Raja

Factors associated with tuberculin skin test positivity among household contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Umerkot, Sindh, Suresh Kumar Rathi

Utilization of government health services and factors associated with choice of health care provider by mothers and children in Peshawar, Arif Hussain Sayed

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Clinical spectrum of systemic lupus erythematosus at the Aga Khan University Hospital., K. Sulaiman, N. Sohail, A. A. Sheikh, F. Raza, F. Shahzad, A. Siddique, T. Shakir, and Fauziah Rabbani

Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in children between 6 to 59 months age in District Quetta, Balochistan, Abdul Latif Tareen

Submissions from 1999

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Risk behaviours associated with urethritis in prison inmates, Sindh, S Akhtar, S P. Luby, and M H. Rahbar

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Evaluation and management of malaria in general practice, N S. Ali

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Evaluation and management of sinusitis in general practice, N S. Ali

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A 3 year old girl with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, N S. Ali and R Qureshi

A case-control study of risk factors associated with serological evidence of Hepatitis C virus infection in Islamabad Rawalpindi, Abdul Bari

The quest of infertile women in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: a qualitative study, Lubna Ishaq Bhatti, Fariyal F. Fikree, and Amanullah Khan

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Prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease in a rural community of Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, A W. Bhurt, F F. Fikree, A M. Bhurt, G Z. Channa, R A. Soomro, and N Bhurt

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Prognostic indicators of childhood acute viral encephalitis, E Bhutto, M Naim, M Ehtesham, M Rehman, M A. Siddique, and I Jehan

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Syndrome X and family practitioners, S Dodani, R Qureshi, and B S. Ali

Prevalence and predictors of malaria among febrile children attending the rural health center Jhangara in Sindh, Siroos Hozhabri Doghozloo

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Domestic violence and health of Pakistani women, F F. Fikree and L I. Bhatti

Role of intrauterine growth retardation on physical growth of Pakistani squatter children from birth to 2 years of age, F F. Fikree, M H. Rahbar, and H W. Berendes

Factors associated with the cognitive competence of children ages 4 to 5 years in Karachi Pakistan, Bilal Iqbal

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Clinical scoring system: a valuable tool for decision making in cases of acute appendicitis, A Jawaid, A Asad, A Motiei, A Munir, E Bhutto, H Choudry, K Idrees, K Durrani, M Rahman, and M Ahuja

Epidemiological studies of elevated blood pressure among ismaili muslims in Karachi Pakistan, Ashrafunissa Abdul Karim

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Poor performance of health and population welfare programmes in Sindh: case studies in governance failure, Mehtab S. Karim and Shehla Zaidi

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Q wave and non-Q wave myocardial infarction: a multivariate analysis of survival experience and clinical outcome after first diagnosis at a tertiary care hospital, R M. Karim, H A. Khawaja, S Naz, S S. Merchant, I A. Momin, I Lalani, A A. Sewani, S Akhtar, and A Ahmed

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Pedestrian environment and behavior in Karachi, Pakistan, F M. Khan, M Jawaid, H Chotani, and S Luby

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Risky behavior of bus commuters and bus drivers in Karachi, Pakistan, S Mirza, M Mirza, H Chotani, and S Luby

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Does use of a government service depend on distance from the health facility?, R NoorAli, S Luby, and M H. Rahbar

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Household members of hepatitis C virus-infected people in Hafizabad, Pakistan: infection by injections from health care providers, O Pasha, S P. Luby, A J. Khan, S A. Shah, J B. McCormick, and S P. Fisher-Hoch

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Views about women's mental health: study in a squatter settlement of Karachi., Fauziah Rabbani

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Economic development and health status among the poor in squatter settlements of Karachi., Fauziah Rabbani and Anwer T. Merchant

Factors associated with sexually transmitted diseases among men attending Std clinics in Karachi Pakistan, Mirza Imran Raza

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Perceived gynecological morbidity among young ever-married women living in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, F Sajan and F F. Fikree

Risk of development of clinical tuberculosis among infected individuals identified by a single blood PCR test, Azfar-E-Alam Siddiqi

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

Factors leading to irrational prescribing amongst general practitioners of Karachi, Pakistan, Shaheena Akbani

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A comparative review of two screening instruments: the Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale and the self reporting questionnaire, B S. Ali and S Amanullah

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Development of an indigenous screening instrument in Pakistan: the Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale, B S. Ali, H Reza, M M. Khan, and I Jehan

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Evaluation and management of otitis media in children, N S. Ali

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Nocturnal enuresis in children, N S. Ali

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Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Quetta, Pakistan: contact tracing and risk assessment, A Altaf, S Luby, A J. Ahmed, N Zaidi, A J. Khan, S Mirza, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch

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An epidemiologic study of cystitis among Muslim women attending an out-patients clinic in Karachi, N Atiullah, F F. Fikree, and I Husain

Prevalence of symptoms of specific gynecological morbidities & risk factor os symptoms of inflammatory disease in a rural community of Jamshoro Sindh, Pakistan, Abdul Wahid Bhurt

Prevalence and risk factors for underweight, wasting, stunting among children (5 years) in Jhangara Twon & Villages (Rural Sindh), Syed Farid-Ul-Hasnain

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Risk factors for typhoid fever in an endemic setting, Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, M K. Faizan, S P. Fisher-Hoch, A Syed, E D. Mintz, Z A. Bhutta, and J B. McCormick

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Smoking among males in a low socioeconomic area of Karachi, A T. Merchant, S P. Luby, and G Perveen

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Smoking in Pakistan: more than cancer and heart disease, A T. Merchant, S P. Luby, and G Perveen

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Postexposure treatment of rabies in Pakistan, S Parviz, S Luby, and H Wilde

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Expansion of epidemic dengue viral infections to Pakistan, R E. Paul, A Y. Patel, S Mirza, S P. Fisher-Hoch, and S P. Luby

Neonatal tetanus : incidence and risk factors in district Loralai Balochistan, Arshad Quddus

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Estimating deaths and injuries due to road traffic accidents in Karachi, Pakistan, through the capture-recapture method, J A. Razzak and S P. Luby

Determinants of unsafe abortion in three squatter settlement of Karachi, Sarah Saleem

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High rates of discitis following surgery for prolapsed intervertebral discs at a hospital in Pakistan, A R. Siddiqui and S P. Luby

Submissions from 1997

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Ethics, equity and renewal of WHO's health-for-all strategy, J H. Bryant, K S. Khan, and A A. Hyder

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Housing and environmental factors and their effects on the health of children in the slums of Karachi, Pakistan, R M. D'Souza

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Maternal mortality in different Pakistani sites: ratios, clinical causes and determinants, F F. Fikree, F Midhet, S Sadruddin, and H W. Berendes

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Pneumonia perceptions and management: an ethnographic study in urban squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, Rafat Hussain, Melvyn A. Lobo, Bazmi Inam, Amanullah Khan, Asma Fozia Qureshi, and David Marsh

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Road traffic injuries in Karachi: the disproportionate role of buses and trucks, S Luby, I Hassan, N Jahangir, N Rizvi, M Farooqi, S Ubaid, and S Sadruddin

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The relationship between therapeutic injections and high prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Hafizabad, Pakistan, S P. Luby, K Qamruddin, A A. Shah, A Omair, O Pahsa, A J. Khan, J B. McCormick, F Hoodbhouy, and S Fisher-Hoch

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Increased severity of oral submucous fibrosis in young Pakistani men, A T. Merchant, S M. Haider, and F F. Fikree

Submissions from 1996

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Demographic survey of the level and determinants of perinatal mortality in Karachi, Pakistan, F F. Fikree and R H. Gray

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Critical appraisal by reading for medical students--a case study from Pakistan, F F. Fikree and D R. Marsh

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Knee pain amongst the poor and affluent in Pakistan, T Gibson, K Hameed, M Kadir, S Sultana, Z Fatima, and A Syed

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Demographic and socio-economic determinants of contraceptive use in a low income community of Karachi, A Lasee and J B. McCormick

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Front-line management of pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of tuberculosis and treatment practices in urban Sindh, Pakistan, D Marsh, R Hashim, F Hassany, N Hussain, Z Iqbal, A Irfanullah, N Islam, F Jalisi, J Janoo, and K Kamal

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Epidemiology of adults hospitalized with burns in Karachi, Pakistan, D Marsh, A Sheikh, A Khalil, S Kamil, Jaffer-uz-Zaman, I Qureshi, Y Siraj, S Luby, and S Effendi

Submissions from 1995

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A rapid community based health evaluation of pregnant women in low socioeconomic settlements of Karachi, F F. Fikree, H W. Berendes, and J Villar

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The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in affluent and poor urban communities of Pakistan, K Hameed, T Gibson, M Kadir, S Sultana, Z Fatima, and A Syed

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The importance of breastfeeding in minimizing mortality and morbidity from diarrhoeal diseases: the Bangladesh perspective., Amal K. Mitra and Fauziah Rabbani

Submissions from 1994

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Risk factors for term intrauterine growth retardation: A community-based study in Karachi, F F. Fikree and H W. Berendes