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| Saeed AkhtarSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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Randomized controlled trial to improve childhood immunization adherence in rural Pakistan: redesigned immunization card and maternal educationHussain R Usman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Trop Med Int Health 16:334-42. 2011....
Determinants of third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort studyHussain R Usman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
Trop Med Int Health 15:140-7. 2010....- Redesigned immunization card and center-based education to reduce childhood immunization dropouts in urban Pakistan: a randomized controlled trialHussain R Usman
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, P O Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Vaccine 27:467-72. 2009..31, 95% CI=1.18-1.46) in DPT3 completion was estimated in the group that received both redesigned card and center-based education compared with the standard care group... - Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, PakistanShafquat Rozi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan
BMC Public Health 7:312. 2007..Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that might influence their smoking habit. Our study aims to assess the influence of factors that encourage college students to smoke cigarettes... - Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional studyKhurram Shahzad
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
BMC Public Health 6:292. 2006..This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and to identify some risk factors of adult asthma in male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan... 
Population beliefs about the efficacy of injections in Pakistan's Sindh provinceNaveed Z Janjua
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Public Health 120:824-33. 2006..We conducted this study to identify factors associated with receiving at least one injection during the past 3 months in an urban and a rural area in the Sindh province of Pakistan...- Prevalence and factors associated with current smoking among high school adolescents in Karachi, PakistanShafquat Rozi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:498-504. 2005..7; 95% Cl: 1.1-2.8), uncle smoking (OR = 1.7; 95% Cl: 1.2-2.8), peer smoking (OR = 6.2; 95% Cl: 3.9-9.9), and spending leisure time outside home (OR = 3.9; 95% Cl 1.2-13.2) were significantly associated with adolescent smoking... - Reassessment of selected healthcare associated risk factors for HBV and HCV infections among volunteer blood donors, Karachi, PakistanMuhammad Younus
Biomedical Research and Informatics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Colle of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 100 Conrad Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Cent Eur J Public Health 17:31-5. 2009..Additional multi-disciplinary efforts are needed to control healthcare associated HBV and HCV transmission in Pakistan... - HIV risk behavior and practices among heroin addicts in Lahore, PakistanFaran Emmanuel
Department of Community Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:940-8. 2004..Of the subjects, 5.5% reported trading sex for drugs or money. We recommend HIV/STD prevention programs encompassing health education and health promotion strategies based on harm reduction techniques be used for drug users... - Case-control study of risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in hospitals of Karachi-PakistanUzma R Khan
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Trop Med Int Health 13:754-61. 2008..To identify risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women seeking antenatal care in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan... - HIV transmission among drug users in Larkana, PakistanNadeem ur Rehman
Country Office for Pakistan, UNODC, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Trop Doct 37:58-9. 2007.... - Injection use in two districts of Pakistan: implications for disease preventionNaveed Zafar Janjua
Department of Com, munity Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Int J Qual Health Care 17:401-8. 2005..To estimate the annual number of injections per person in Sindh province of Pakistan and to describe their distribution with regard to prescribers, settings, and safety... - Factors associated with heroin addiction among male adults in Lahore, PakistanFaran Emmanuel
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:219-26. 2003..mOR = 2.4, 95% CI, 1.3-4.8). It is recommended that public health strategies be formulated based on various facets of the problem revealed by this and previous research to prevent illicit drug use... - Intra-household clustering of hepatitis C virus infection in Karachi, PakistanSaeed Akhtar
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 98:535-9. 2004..44, P=0.032). The results showed that non-sexual household exposure may play a role in efficient HCV spread to household contacts of HCV-infected persons and needs further evaluation... - Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, PakistanHamid Hussain
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Int J Epidemiol 32:794-9. 2003.... - Space-time clustering of childhood leukaemia cases in Karachi, PakistanSaeed Akhtar
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:221-2. 2005 - Clinical diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum among children with history of fever, Sindh, PakistanSiroos Hozhabri
Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Int J Infect Dis 6:233-5. 2002..To identify clinical predictors for malaria and develop a clinical algorithm to more accurately identify malaria from non-malaria cases...