Anushka Ataullahjan

Datos Biográficos

ID106719
NOMBREAnushka Ataullahjan
NOMBRESAnushka
APELLIDOAtaullahjan
FIRMAATAULLAHJAN A
AFILIACIONESHospital for Sick Children
ORCID0000-0001-5261-5523
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS30
TOTAL DE CITAS17
TOTAL COMO AUTOR25
TOTAL COMO EDITOR5
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Factors influencing infertile couples’ decisions to seek healthcare

    Open AccessMenahyl Mahmood, Babar Tasneem Shaikh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    This study examines the factors influencing the decision-making of infertile couples to seek healthcare, focusing on socio-demographic characteristics and barriers to accessing care. The study uses a mixed-methods approach, including in-depth qualitative interviews (IDIs) and a cross-sectional survey of women experiencing infertility. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2024, including 269 participants, alon…

  • Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families

    Open AccessLesley Gittings, Afshin Vafaei et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Frontline healthcare providers (HCPs) are critical to the paediatric-adolescent HIV response in Africa, yet their mental health and workplace wellbeing remain underexplored. We conducted a mixed-methods study with 617 frontline HCP who provide HIV services to children and adolescents in 12 high-prevalence African countries. Participants completed a cross-sectional survey assessing depression, work-related quality of life, empowerment, job satisfa…

  • Exploring Gendered Health Inequities Through Group Object Narrative

    Open AccessAnushka Ataullahjan, Hussain Ali et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026Referencias: 33

    Our study describes the utility of group object narrative to understand the experiences of women affected by humanitarian crises. Drawing on a case study from the Swat Valley, Pakistan, we illustrate how objects act as an entry point to understand participants gendered experiences of the 2022 floods. Our findings demonstrate how this method can foster solidarity among participants, illuminate oft overlooked gender-specific challenges, and facilit…

  • Biofortification and fortification of wheat flour

    Open AccessRahima Yasin, Zahra Ali Padhani et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    This paper comprehensively investigates various aspects of dietary behaviors relating to the usage of wheat flour and sociocultural preferences embedded within rural communities and aims to bridge health gaps resulting from zinc deficiency by introducing zinc bio-fortified and fortified flour in Pakistan. A household and a market study was conducted in Ghotki and Tando Muhammad Khan districts in Sindh, Pakistan. Various stakeholders involved in t…

  • The role of trust in engaging community-based task forces and agencies among minoritized communities during a public health emergency

    Open AccessDenessia Blake-Hepburn, Kadidiatou Kadio et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025Referencias: 25

    Community leaders play an instrumental role in establishing and sustaining trust in vaccine promotion among community members. Trust established among community leaders and ambassadors enabled vaccine promotion efforts among minoritized communities. These findings may help to further strengthen community engagement for future public health emergency responses

  • How have Ontario Public Health units engaged with faith-based organizations to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccines among ethno-racial communities

    Open AccessKadidiatou Kadio, Melodie Yunju Song et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In Ontario, collaborations between Public Health Units (PHUs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) and other community organizations were implemented to deliver interventions aimed at building trust in vaccines among ethnoracial communities. This research sought to explore the processes of PHU engagement with FBOs, and challenges encountered. A qualitative research study based on in-depth interviews was conducted with 18 of the 34 Ontario PHUs wh…

  • Using the Family Planning Estimation Tool (FPET) to assess national-level family planning trends and future projections for contraceptive prevalence and associated demand for HIV-infected women in sub…

    Open AccessPreshit Nemdas Ambade, Julia Marie Hajjar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The combination of low uptake of modern contraceptives, high rates of unintended pregnancies, and the pervasive HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) poses a threat to maternal, newborn, and child health in the region. This study examined the prevalence, need, and demand satisfied by modern contraceptive methods for women who tested positive for HIV (both unmarried and married) in 10 countries in SSA. We used the Family Planning Estimation Too…

  • Public health partnerships with faith-based organizations to support vaccination uptake among minoritized communities

    Open AccessMelodie Yunju Song, Denessia Blake-Hepburn et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Faith-based vaccine initiatives are of growing interest to public health agencies who are looking to increase vaccine confidence among ethnoracially minoritized populations. Despite evidence that support faith-based organizations’ (FBOs) partnerships with public health agencies (PHAs) to increase vaccine confidence, reviews on the scope and efforts to ensure equitable vaccination delivery for ethnoracially minoritized populations are scarce. We a…

  • Women’s health and well-being in five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessFernando Pires Hartwig, Anushka Ataullahjan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Women's health and well-being (WHW) have been receiving growing attention, but limited progress has been made on how to measure its different domains in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We used data from five long-term birth cohorts in Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines and South Africa to explore different domains of adult WHW, and how these domains relate to early life exposures. Methods: Based upon an a priori conceptualis…

  • Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote Covid-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario

    Open AccessKadidiatou Kadio, Denessia Blake-Hepburn et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2024

    Engaging with faith-based communities is an ongoing process that requires time, flexibility, and patience, but it is necessary to improve vaccine confidence and equity access among population groups made structurally vulnerable. Lessons learned from this research can guide the implementation of future vaccination programs

  • Prevalence and predictors of use of long-term and short-acting reversible contraceptives among women of reproductive age in Wakiso and Hoima districts, Uganda

    Open AccessMalachi Ochieng Arunda, Babirye Mary Estellah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Modern contraceptive use has increased globally, but unmet needs persist in low- and middle-income countries. This study in Uganda aimed to examine the prevalence and factors influencing the use of short-acting reversible contraceptives (SARC) like pills and long-term methods such as intrauterine devices. Limited evidence exists on the use of SARC and long-term methods in Uganda. Data from the Africa Medical and Behavioural Sciences Organization …

  • ‘It depends on who is asking and why they will use it’

    Open AccessHelen Henderson, Helio Afranio Soares Xavier et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The uptake of male condoms remains markedly low in The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste), an island nation in South-East Asia. To understand why, we conducted participatory and operational research about beliefs, understanding and access to male condoms from both a community and healthcare provider perspective. We held 14 participatory group discussions (PGDs) with 175 community participants (84 men, 91 women; aged 18–72) across se…

  • Status of psychological health of students following the extended university closure in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMd Jamal Hossain, Foyez Ahmmed et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Students’ severe affective mental distress has emerged as significant public health attention globally because of the disastrous effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current study aimed at exploring the prevalence of two alarming psychological distresses, depression and anxiety, among university students following a prolonged shutdown of educational institutions in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional online-based study was conducted by d…

  • Delivering maternal and neonatal health interventions in conflict settings

    Open AccessMariella Munyuzangabo, Michelle F Gaffey et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: While much progress was made throughout the Millennium Development Goals era in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, both remain unacceptably high, especially in areas affected by humanitarian crises. While valuable guidance on interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health in both non-crisis and crisis settings exists, guidance on how best to deliver these interventions in crisis settings, and especially in conflict setti…

  • Delivering nutrition interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessShailja Shah, Zahra Ali Padhani et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

  • Violence and precarity

    Open AccessAnushka Ataullahjan, Helen Vallianatos et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    A key objective of Pakistan's family planning program has been to increase awareness of the benefits of a small family. Despite five decades of effort, family size ideals of four children persist. Research suggests a preference for large families and many sons is driven by an economic and gender order that situates sons, and subsequent large families, as a form of financial and social capital. We argue an additional factor promoting large family …

  • Delivering mental health and psychosocial support interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessMahdis Kamali, Mariella Munyuzangabo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

  • Delivering water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessDaina Als, Sarah Meteke et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    BACKGROUND: Access to safe water and sanitation facilities and the adoption of effective hygiene practices are fundamental to reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality globally. In armed conflict settings, inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure poses major health risks for women and children. This review aimed to synthesise the existing information on WASH interventions being delivered to women and children in co…

  • Delivery of sexual and reproductive health interventions in conflict settings

    Open AccessMariella Munyuzangabo, Dina Sami Khalifa et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    BACKGROUND: It is essential to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions to women affected by armed conflict, but there is a lack of evidence on effective approaches to delivering such interventions in conflict settings. This review synthesised the available literature on SRH intervention delivery in conflict settings to inform potential priorities for further research and additional guidance development. METHODS: W…

  • Delivering non-communicable disease interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessShailja Shah, Mariella Munyuzangabo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. In the context of conflict settings, population displacement, disrupted treatment, infrastructure damage and other factors impose serious NCD intervention delivery challenges, but relatively little attention has been paid to addressing these challenges. Here we synthesise the available indexed and grey literature reporting on the delivery of NCD interventions t…

  • Delivering infectious disease interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessSarah Meteke, Marianne Stefopulos et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    BACKGROUND: Conflict has played a role in the large-scale deterioration of health systems in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and increased risk of infections and outbreaks. This systematic review aimed to synthesise the literature on mechanisms of delivery for a range of infectious disease-related interventions provided to conflict-affected women, children and adolescents. METHODS: We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL and PsychINFO …

  • Delivering trauma and rehabilitation interventions to women and children in conflict settings

    Open AccessReena P Jain, Sarah Meteke et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Background: In recent years, more than 120 million people each year have needed urgent humanitarian assistance and protection. Armed conflict has profoundly negative consequences in communities. Destruction of civilian infrastructure impacts access to basic health services and complicates widespread emergency responses. The number of conflicts occurring is increasing, lasting longer and affecting more people today than a decade ago. The number of…

  • Understanding the factors affecting the humanitarian health and nutrition response for women and children in Somalia since 2000

    Open AccessZahra Ahmed, Anushka Ataullahjan et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2020

    Emerging recommendations include further exploration of government partnerships with private-sector service providers to make services available throughout Somalia free of charge, with further research on innovative uses of technology to help reaches remote and inaccessible areas. To mitigate chronic skilled health worker shortages, more operational research is needed on the expanded use of community health workers. Persistent gaps in service pro…

  • C’est vraiment compliqué

    Open AccessAnushka Ataullahjan, Michelle F Gaffey et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2020

    Our study highlights the need for a more flexible funding and management mechanism that can better respond to concerns and issues arising at a local level. As the conflict in Mali continues to worsen, there is an urgent need to improve service delivery to conflict-affected populations

  • Researching the delivery of health and nutrition interventions for women and children in the context of armed conflict

    Open AccessMichelle F Gaffey, Anushka Ataullahjan et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2020

    Strong local partners are essential to the success of any project, contributing not only technical and methodological capacity but also the insight needed to truly understand and interpret local dynamics for the wider study team and to navigate those dynamics to ensure study rigour and relevance. Maintaining realistic expectations of data that are typically available in conflict settings is also essential, while pushing for more resources and fur…