Community Health Sciences | Department of Community Health Sciences | Aga Khan University
 
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 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

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Risk factors for intrauterine growth retardation: results of a community-based study from Karachi, F F. Fikree, H W. Berendes, F Midhet, R M. D'Souza, and R Hussain

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A community-based nested case-control study of maternal mortality, F F. Fikree, R H. Gray, H W. Berendes, and M S. Karim

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Hypothesis testing, F F. Fikree, A F. Qureshi, and M A. Lobo

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Validity and reliability, Muhammad Masood Kadir and Asma Fozia Qureshi

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Epidemiology and ethics: the perspective of the Third World, K S. Khan

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Bias and confounding, M A. Lobo, F Fikree, and A F. Qureshi

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Analytical study designs--I, M A. Lobo and A F. Qureshi

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Analytical study designs--II, M A. Lobo and A F. Qureshi

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Practical epidemiology and biostatistics in research IV Putting research into operation, M A. Lobo and A F. Qureshi

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Socio-anthropological determinants and home management in childhood diarrhoea in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan, A F. Qureshi and M A. Lobo

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Preterm birth--its etiology and outcome, G Tabussum, S A. Karim, S Khan, and T Y. Naru

Submissions from 1993

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Psychiatric morbidity: prevalence, associated factors and significance, B Ali, Anwar Saud, S N. Mohammad, M Lobo, F Midhet, S A. Ali, and M ]. Saud M [corrected to Saud Anwar

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Educating tomorrow's doctors, J H. Bryant

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A developing country's university oriented toward strengthening health systems: challenges and results, J H. Bryant, D R. Marsh, K S. Khan, R D'Souza, K Husein, A Aslam, A F. Qureshi, V deWit, and R M. Harnar

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Crowding--a risk factor for perinatal mortality?, F F. Fikree

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Can men be trusted? A comparison of pregnancy histories reported by husbands and wives, F F. Fikree, R H. Gray, and F Shah

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Causes of reproductive age mortality in low socioeconomic settlements of Karachi, F F. Fikree, M S. Karim, F Midhet, and H W. Berendes

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Developing a primary health care management information system that supports the pursuit of equity, effectiveness and affordability, K Husein, O Adeyi, J Bryant, and N B. Cara

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Disease pattern, health services utilization and cost of treatment in Pakistan, M S. Karim

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Practical epidemiology and biostatistics in research III Rates, M A. Lobo, A F. Qureshi, and S N. Inam

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Cause-specific child mortality in a mountainous community in Pakistan by verbal autopsy, D Marsh, N Majid, Z Rasmussen, K Mateen, and A A. Khan

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Childhood acute respiratory infection in Pakistan, D R. Marsh, Inam-ul-Haq, A F. Qureshi, Q Noorani, and R Noorali

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Practical epidemiology and biostatistics in research epidemiologic glossary, A F. Quresh, M A. Lobo, and S N. Inam

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Practical epidemiology and biostatistics in research, A F. Qureshi and M A. Lobo

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The "P" in GMP--a major shift in growth monitoring program of a primary health care project, I H. Thaver, K Husein, and N B. Cara

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The value of intermittent growth monitoring in primary health care programmes, I H. Thaver, F Midhet, and R Hussain

Submissions from 1991

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The role of Third World universities in health development, J H. Bryant

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Alma Ata and health for all by the year 2000 The roles of academic institutions, J H. Bryant, R W. Zuberi, and I H. Thaver

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Epidemiology and ethics: the people's perspective, Kausar S. Khan

Submissions from 1990

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Risk approach for reducing malnutrition in children from a privileged community, I H. Thaver

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Infant mortality and undernutrition in the squatter settlements of Karachi, I H. Thaver, G J. Ebrahim, and R Richardson