A5052716722- Family and Disability Support Research
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Mining and Resource Management
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- International Development and Aid
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Tailings Management and Properties
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Global Health and Surgery
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Education Systems and Policy
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
University of British Columbia
2019-2025
Simon Fraser University
2024-2025
University of Toronto
2018-2023
Aga Khan University
2016-2023
Public Health Ontario
2018-2023
University of Calgary
2016-2022
Aga Khan University
2020
Bridge University
2020
Where access to facilities for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia is inadequate, community case management (CCM) an effective way of improving care. In Pakistan, utilization CCM these diseases through the Lady Health Worker Program remains low. Challenges persist leading delayed care poor outcomes. Estimating caregiver knowledge, understanding their perceptions practices, recognizing how are related seeking decisions about crucial bring coherence between supply demand-side practices. Data was...
Community health worker motivation is an important consideration for improving performance and addressing maternal, newborn, child in low middle-income countries. Therefore, identifying system interventions that address motivating factors resource-strained settings essential. This study part of a larger implementation research project called Nigraan, which intervening on supportive supervision the Lady Health Worker Programme to improve community case management pneumonia diarrhea rural...
The concept of planetary health underscores the intricate relationship between environmental concerns and global health. This interconnection raises an important question related to cross-sectoral policy development: what extent are issues integrated into governance? To address this question, study examines resolutions adopted by World Health Assembly (WHA) from 1948 2023. Based on a systematic text search for issues, evolution occurrence content WHA structure pattern connectivity normative...
Activists in the global South have been navigating two powerful trends since mid-1990s: intensifying state repression and rising investment extractive projects from emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, Africa (BRICS). In this context, article explores underlying forces determining formation, endurance, power BRICS–South transnational advocacy networks (TANs) opposed to BRICS-based corporate extraction South. By analyzing activism against Chinese, Indian, Brazilian Ecuador,...
The idea that plastics can be harmful has been gaining strength since the 1990s. Resulting anti-plastic norms have diffusing unevenly around world, with different meanings, fragmented uptake, and variable policy influence. Explanations for why where gained traction highlighted power of industry, responses governments, characteristics waste management, role advocacy. Researchers yet to meaningfully explore health as a factor influencing diffusion norms. This article addresses this gap....
Using media reports of high divorce rates among couples children with ASD as a point departure, our purpose in this paper is to examine how married fathers understand their marriages relative the demands and context elevated parents raising ASD. We begin review select literature pertaining impact on we include brief account popular portrayals influence having child developmental disability, particular, marriages. then describe qualitative examination narrative interview data from 26 aged...
Background The purpose of this study was to uncover and understand factors influencing quality care received by adults with developmental disabilities and/or mental health disorders living in group homes. Methods present authors conducted a secondary analysis data from nine focus discussions disorders, their family paid caregivers ( N = 52). To the analysis, drew on research literature craft model home using concepts social inclusion self‐determination, corresponding staff approaches that...
Parents of autistic children report relatively high levels parenting stress that includes experiencing stigma. Yet, research about stigma experienced by parents is limited, and in particular, fathers' experiences are rarely documented. The purpose this study to illuminate courtesy fathers children. We conducted a secondary analysis narrative data from subset 16 raising both non-autistic Fathers participated in-depth interviews successes struggles "felt stigma" forms censorship, isolation,...
Understanding health-seeking behaviors of caregivers is important to reduce child mortality. Several factors influence decision-making related childhood illnesses.The objective this study was gather caretaker narratives develop a comprehensive understanding the context and process caregiving at household level during all stages an episode diarrhea pneumonia in children <5.Using narrative interview approach, stories from <5 were collected rural district Sindh Pakistan. Eleven households with...
Abstract Background Access to health services is an important way reduce child mortality and influenced by health-seeking behaviors of caregivers. There are numerous contextual factors that affect behaviors, such as distance services, transportation, treatment cost, caregiver access household finances, perceived quality available providers, availability comprehension information, social religious norms (including gender-based mobility), severity illness. Objective The objective this study...