Farah Naureen

Biographic Data

ID6884986
NAMEFarah Naureen
GIVEN NAMESFarah
FAMILY NAMENaureen
SIGNATURENAUREEN F
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • What can motivate Lady Health Workers in Pakistan to engage more actively in tuberculosis case-finding

    Open AccessMishal Khan, Nelofar Mehboob et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    This study indicated that interventions in addition to, or instead of, financial incentives could be used to increase LHW engagement in tuberculosis case-finding. Our finding about the strong role of internal motivation (intrinsic, religious) in Pakistan suggests that developing context-specific strategies that tap into internal motivation could allow infectious disease control programmes to improve engagement of community health workers without …

  • Community Knowledge about Tuberculosis and Perception about Tuberculosis-Associated Stigma in Pakistan

    Open AccessSyed Mustafa Ali, Naveed Anjum et al.ARTICLESocieties2019Cited by: 2References: 8

    Tuberculosis- (TB) associated stigma is a well-documented phenomenon with various factors, both individual and societal, manifesting its role in shaping health-seeking behavior and contributing to suboptimal TB care in Pakistan. The objective of this study was to assess TB-related knowledge and perceived stigma among community members. This was a cross-sectional survey using a convenience sample of 183 individuals recruited between October and De…

  • Loss-to-follow-up and delay to treatment initiation in Pakistan’s national tuberculosis control programme

    Open AccessSyed Mustafa Ali, Farah Naureen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Concentrated efforts should be made by the National TB Control Programme to retain TB patients and innovative methods such as text reminders and behavior change communication may need to be used and tested

  • Evaluating the efficacy of tuberculosis Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) activities in Pakistan

    Open AccessTahir Turk, Fiona J Newton et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Whilst highlighting improvements in knowledge and attitudes toward TB, the results also provide invaluable insights into areas where further work needs to be done to address deficits in TB understanding, particularly among rural and illiterate Pakistanis. Equally important, the findings have implications for future TB ACSM initiatives in Pakistan in terms of leveraging the preferred media channels of key demographic segments and exploring the deg…