Shafiqullah Hemat

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ID7767927
NOMBREShafiqullah Hemat
NOMBRESShafiqullah
APELLIDOHemat
FIRMAHEMAT S
AFILIACIONESTokyo Medical and Dental University
ORCID0000-0003-4447-6935
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Prevalence, determinants, and association of overweight/obesity with non-communicable disease-related biomedical indicators

    Open AccessSharifullah Alemi, Keiko Nakamura et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Overweight/obesity constitutes a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), whose global prevalence is growing rapidly, including in Afghanistan. However, the effects of risk factors on NCDs have rarely been studied in the educator workforce. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the prevalence, determinants, and association of overweight/obesity with NCD-related biomedical indicators among schoolteachers in Afghanis…

  • Gender-Specific Prevalence of Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases by Health Service Use among Schoolteachers in Afghanistan

    Open AccessSharifullah Alemi, Keiko Nakamura et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Objectives of this study were: (1) to examine gender differences in biomedical indicators, lifestyle behaviors, self-health check practices, receipt of professional non-communicable disease (NCD)-related lifestyle advice, and the use of health services among teachers in Afghanistan; and (2) to seek the patterns of these indicators among users and non-users of health services among both male and female teachers. This cross-sectional study was carr…

  • Feasibility and acceptability of a video library tool to support community health worker counseling in rural Afghan districts

    Open AccessLeila Dal Santo, Sayed Haroon Rastagar et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2020

    The HVL was a highly acceptable tool for relaying health information, but coverage of female audiences in Kandahar and male audiences broadly was low. The HVL should better engage men and other key influencers to engineer local solutions that directly facilitate male HVL exposure, indirectly improve women's HVL access, and support collaborative spousal health decision-making. A larger efficacy trial is warranted to measure the HVL's effect on kno…

  • Home-based records for poor mothers and children in Afghanistan, a cross sectional population based study

    Open AccessSayed Ataullah Saeedzai, Said Iftekhar Sadaat et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    We were able to achieve almost universal coverage of our new MCH HBR in our study area in Afghanistan. The handbook will be scaled up over the next three years across all of Afghanistan and will include close monitoring and assessment of coverage and use by all families

  • The family planning conundrum in Afghanistan

    Open AccessShafiqullah Hemat, Hemat Shafiqullah et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2016

    INTRODUCTION: In Afghanistan, despite the high awareness levels of contraceptive methods, the contraceptive prevalence is low and short birth spacing is common. The aim of this study was to understand the perception about family planning and contraceptive utilization among reproductive-aged married women, their husbands, their mothers-in-law, religious leaders and healthcare providers. METHODS: Focus group discussions and semi-structured intervie…

  • Factors associated with the health and nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in Afghanistan

    Open AccessTaufiq Mashal, Takehito Takano et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    A lack of education of the mothers, child marriage, lack of maternal autonomy, shortage of basic material needs and internal displacement showed independent and significant negative associations with child health and nutritional variables in this country that has experienced a long period of conflict