A5078014347- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Global Health and Surgery
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- ICT in Developing Communities
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Aga Khan University
2017-2024
Shaqra University
2024
Bridge University
2024
Mentor
2023
Aga Khan University Hospital
2021
Introduction This systematic review and meta-analysis examine the effectiveness of smartphone Web 2.0 interventions for weight management compared to traditional control interventions. The potential smartphones 2.0. technologies transform health care clinical intervention in community are tremendous. is incredibly increased by increasing adoption rates internet technologies. Methodology Ten randomized trials published between 2015 2024 searched through PubMed ScienceDirect were included. All...
This study aimed to assess healthcare professionals' awareness and acceptance of telemedicine residing in Pakistan.
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Cotton dust is generated during various textile manufacturing processes. Only a few studies from Pakistan assessed cotton exposure and explored the relationship of duration work in industry with respiratory health outcomes. We aimed to assess its association lung function symptoms among workers Pakistan.We report findings baseline survey larger study, MultiTex, 498 adult male six mills conducted between October 2015-March 2016 Karachi, Pakistan. Data collection included use standardized...
Routine vaccination has remained historically low in major urban pockets of Pakistan, and now lags behind rural rates. Grossly insufficient publicly funded primary healthcare infrastructure, heterogeneous mix providers multi-ethnicity populations pose challenges the delivery essential health services. This paper ascertains factors associated with uptake routine childhood vaccination, using Pentavalent-3 vaccine, as a proxy indicator for completion age-appropriate vaccines slums Karachi, at...
Aim: Innovation is vital in emergency departments (EDs), advancing diagnostics, triage, communication, and personalized treatment to save lives improve patient outcomes.This study aims assess the self-perceived innovation capacities of employees ED a major quaternary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan, establish baseline identify areas for improvement. Materials Methods:This employed descriptive cross-sectional design skills Department 24/7 Emergency Acute Care Service Line at Aga Khan...
Background A digital decision support system in healthcare is a health intervention that assists professionals decision-making by providing treatment recommendations and enhancing diagnostic accuracy quality of care. This will be the first study Pakistan to assess system’s usability, acceptability effectiveness improving outcomes while also evaluating perceived comprehensive assessment inform policy development areas such as scale-up interventions, data privacy technology interoperability....
<title>Abstract</title> Background Childhood asthma is influenced by various factors, including lifestyle choices such as physical activity (PA). This study systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the association between PA childhood asthma, with subgroup analyses based on sex, socioeconomic status, parental education, BMI. Methods systematic review meta-analysis examined (PA) across 22 studies, irrespective of geographic location. Searches were conducted in Medline, CINAHL, Google...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with good knowledge and safe practices regarding occupational hazards among textile workers. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted in Karachi from September 2015 to February 2016, comprised male workers seven mills. A 45-item structured questionnaire developed pretested Urdu, local language. One part of 31 items related knowledge, other 14 practices. Data analysed using SPSS 19. RESULTS: Of 300 subjects, 123(41%) were aged 18-27...
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 Depression is a global health issue which associated with disability, absenteeism, decreased productivity and high suicide rates. It the fourth most common cause of disability globally by year 2020 it will be second leading disease burden. In Pakistan, prevalence depression 45.9%. A unique promising method for addressing mobile (m-health). refers to utilisation technology support various aspects healthcare. Electronic record, SMS, internet, wearable devices applications are...
Depression is a global health issue which associated with disability, absenteeism, decreased productivity and high suicide rates. It the fourth most common cause of disability globally by year 2020 it will be second leading disease burden. In Pakistan, prevalence depression 45.9%. A unique promising method for addressing mobile (m-health). refers to utilisation technology support various aspects healthcare. Electronic record, SMS, internet, wearable devices applications are some...
Abstract Background: Health innovation can play a critical role in the socio-economic development of nation. Healthcare organizations may claim to be innovative their implementation clinical care, but they lack an objective low cost and easy-to-use measure capacity. Innovation dashboarding through relevant tool fill that gap. Purpose: To facilitate low-cost, low-tech, fast-tracked by profiling following four parameters at tertiary care hospital Pakistan: (I) low-cost idea generation; (II)...
<b>Objective:</b> To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) regarding cotton dust exposure among workers in textile industry of Karachi. <b>Methods:</b> This is a cross-sectional study involving 300 male workers, from seven mills Karachi, conducted September–December 2015. A 55-item structured questionnaire was developed pretested, to knowledge (31 items), (10 items) practice (14 scores. Independent sample t-test ANOVA tests were applied calculate mean differences KAP scores...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> An mHealth app was developed for front line health workers, to strengthen maternal, neonatal and child services through increased transparency, accountability, improved governance by collecting disseminating real-time data. Key features included tracking frontline workers Global Positioning System during outreach visits, registration of clients; recording </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> In this paper we report the end user experiences captured qualitative...