Mariam Ashraf

ORCID: 0000-0003-1038-0951
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Research Areas
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Digital Imaging in Medicine
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Spam and Phishing Detection
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Public Health and Nutrition
  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Agricultural risk and resilience

New York Hospital Queens
2023

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
2023

Cornell University
2023

University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
2017-2020

National University of Malaysia
2020

University of the Punjab
2017-2019

George Washington University
2016

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
2014

Traditional medicine has always been Pakistan's cultural heritage, providing health care to a large part of its population. Thus, we aimed assess and compare the knowledge, attitude, perception about complementary alternative (CAM) between pharmacy non-pharmacy students, results which may be helpful in devising national health-education policy. A cross-sectional study was conducted by enrolling 937 (437) (500), Punjab University, Lahore. self-administered questionnaire used for data...

10.1186/s12906-019-2503-y article EN cc-by BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019-05-03

Introduction. According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Pakistan is ranked as fifth-most vulnerable country climate change. Most recently, during June-August 2022, heavy torrential rains coupled with riverine, urban, and flash flooding led an unprecedented disaster in Pakistan. Around thirty-three million people were affected by floods. More than 2 houses damaged, leaving approximately 8 displaced 600,000 relief camps. Among those, 8.2 women 16 children are worst affected, many requiring...

10.1155/2024/1113634 article EN BioMed Research International 2024-04-01

Abstract
 Objective: To identify the key factors that contribute to successful scale-up of pilot projects, with emphasis on are proven helpful in scaling up health interventions.
 Methods: Grey literature was searched at library University Kebangsaan, Malaysia, database engines Google Scholar and Science Direct specific words screen papers published from January 2001 June 2016. They were reviewed affecting health-related projects. Full-text articles selected, their reference lists...

10.47391/jpma.477 article EN Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-10-12

The term 'period poverty' is broadly used, indicating an individual's need for menstrual products without sufficient funds to purchase them (1). Period poverty defined as “a lack of access products”. More than half the world's population are menstruating people; therefore in a situation specifically during humanitarian crisis, high-period becomes challenging (2). poverty, like other types worldwide issue and it frequently used when people unable due their low socioeconomic level. These items...

10.47391/jpma.8089 article EN cc-by Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2023-08-15

Abstract
 Objective: To investigate the effect on maternal and infant health of iron plus folate multiple micronutrient supplements, along with deworming education session provided to pregnant women in rural, non-agrarian food-insecure areas.
 Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted Tharparker Umerkot districts, Sindh, Pakistan, 2013-14, comprised their earlier weeks pregnancy. enrolment follow-up phase entailed 3 visits each subject. Areas covered by lady workers were...

10.47391/jpma.1108 article EN cc-by Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-10-30

Pakistan has one of the highest unmet needs for family planning among low and middle-income countries. Postpartum (PPFP) is considered to have potential significantly improving contraceptive prevalence rate reducing need planning. Jhpiego (John Hopkins Affiliate) implemented a PPFP pilot project in district headquarter hospital Mandi Bahauddin. The key interventions were improve services pertinent PPFP. Based on successes pilot, scaled up other health facilities. present study aims identify...

10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.2/art.1091 article EN cc-by-nc Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2021-08-28

Since April 2004, Government policy in England upholds that clinicians should send copies of their clinical letters to patients. However, some argue patients already have the right access records under Data Protection Act, 1998. Others suggest it wiser not provide a letter certain circumstances. Little evidence is available examining factors impact on and underlie patients' views relation this. To inform professionals about receiving letters. establish proportion characteristics who would...

10.1016/s0924-9338(14)78537-2 article EN European Psychiatry 2014-01-01

Abstract
 This descriptive cross-sectional research study was conducted to determine the characteristics of women who intend use a modern family planning method. For this 154 were selected in small village and face-to-face interviews conducted. The findings indicate that 86 (56%) intended contraceptive regression model indicates had knowledge about different methods, those previously ever used method never any traditional are more likely adopt methods.
 Keywords: contraception,...

10.47391/jpma.770 article EN Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-10-14
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