Sara Rizvi Jafree
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1303310 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sara Rizvi Jafree |
| NOMBRES | Sara Rizvi |
| APELLIDO | Jafree |
| FIRMA | JAFREE S R |
| AFILIACIONES | Forman Christian College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5141-1107 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Christian Religious Minorities of Pakistan and their Satisfaction with Higher Education and Mental Wellbeing
The persecution of the Christian religious minorities in Pakistan has implications on exclusion faced in higher educational institutes and mental wellbeing, which ultimately may prevent Christian youth agency. This is one of the first studies in the country that aimed to investigate the relationship between satisfaction with higher education and mental health of Christian students (N = 100) from a large urban city. Mean comparisons suggest that f…
Predicting high risk pregnancies in Pakistan- a demographic assessment using predictive machine learning
The Relationship between Religious Text, Religious Tolerance, and Mental Health in different Religious Groups of Pakistan
Empowered by survival
Street vending in Pakistan serves as a vital survival enterprise for many women marginalised by the formal education sector and employment structures, driven by poverty and the urgent need to support their households. Operating within the informal economy, these women lack social security and institutional protection. This study aimed to highlight their challenges and inform protective policy measures. Purposive in-depth interviews were conducted…
Predictors of Islamic Religiosity in Youth who have Early Madrassah Education
The theory of lived religion proposes that people who are socialized by their early education system about religious beliefs have a stronger commitment to practice religion. At the same time, the integrative theory of peace argues that higher religiosity can play an instrumental role in peacebuilding within a nation. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between early Madrassah education and Islamic religiosity in university stu…
“As one grows older, the hidden meaning and importance of being a practicing Shia becomes clearer”
Predictors of Islamic Religiosity in Youth who have Early Madrassah Education
The theory of lived religion proposes that people who are socialized by their early education system about religious beliefs have a stronger commitment to practice religion. At the same time, the integrative theory of peace argues that higher religiosity can play an instrumental role in peacebuilding within a nation. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between early Madrassah education and Islamic religiosity in university stu…
Predictors for stress in special education teachers
There has been little research on the challenges facing special education teachers (SETs), since the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify SETs predictors for stress and barriers to teaching effectiveness. Using a mixed methods cross-sectional design we sampled six public sector special needs institutes. A total of 205 quantitative surveys and 21 qualitative interviews were collected, respectively. Logistic bivariate regression results …
The migrant Hazara Shias of Pakistan and their social determinants for PTSD, mental disorders and life satisfaction
The Hazara Shias need immediate assistance from state and society to improve safety, life opportunities, and mental health. Interventions for poverty alleviation, mental health, and fair education and employment opportunities need to be planned in partnership with the primary security issue
The low odds of poor women with small business loans emerging from poverty
The government of Pakistan has been relying on the microfinance industry to reduce poverty among poor women in Pakistan. Using a theoretical framework that argues for limiting the abilities and capacity of existing microfinance services, we empirically investigate the odds of poor women remaining in poverty despite microfinance loan provision. We collected data from four provinces in Pakistan and analyzed it using multivariate logistic regression…
The Impact of Intergenerational Learning on Quality of Life in Older Populations Residing in A Public Sector Old Age Home
There has been no research in Pakistan about how to improve quality of life (QOL) of aging populations through intergenerational learning. In this study we aimed to deliver an intervention for intergenerational learning to assess the impact on QOL through a quasi-experiment research design. We also aimed to identify which types of intergenerational learning activities improve QOL and how the activities may be improved. We gained permission to del…
Pakistani Hazara Shia victims
News reports frequently convey acts of violence against Hazara Shias in Pakistan, but there is limited empirical scholarship about lived experiences of the community. To contribute to the knowledge in this field, interviews with Pakistani Hazara Shia victims, who have also lost immediate family members to violence, were conducted. Interviews with thirteen participants took place between February and May 2021. Thematic content analysis revealed tw…
Sociodemographics of Formal and Informal Sector Women Workers of Pakistan and a Comparison of their Perceived and Practiced Autonomy
The majority of Pakistani women are employed in the informal sector of the economy, devoid of protection, safety, and employment benefits, which prevents them from having autonomy. In this study, we aimed to identify (i) the differences in socio-demographic characteristics of formal versus informal sector women workers and (ii) compare the perceived and practised autonomy between the two groups. We used a convenience sample of 150 women, half eac…
WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and communication in Pakistan and other developing countries. For that reason, we aimed to deliver a WhatsApp-based intervention for continued learning in nur…
Transmitting religious values through online religious communities
The aim of this study is to understand what specific religious values are being transmitted to children through online Shia religious communities during the pandemic. Twenty-seven mothers were sampled from three cities of Pakistan. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview guide and analysed using thematic content analysis. Eleven themes were found, under two broad categories of: (a) Transmitting beliefs and influencing religious pr…
A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pakistani Muslims Coping with Health Anxiety through Religiosity during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Anxiety amongst physicians during Covid-19
It is imperative to improve governmental and social support for physicians and other healthcare providers during the corona pandemic. Immediate attention is needed to reduce anxiety, workload, and family strain in frontline practitioners treating coronavirus patients, and to improve their (perceptions of) protection. This is a precondition for patient safety
Factors Affecting Delivery Health Service Satisfaction of Women and Fear of Covid− 19
Protective Factors for Life Satisfaction in Aging Populations Residing in Public Sector Old Age Homes of Pakistan
Aging people in Pakistan are a growing population who face a shortage of old age home facilities. There is critical need to develop state-run old age homes for poor older people but to plan them while identifying protective factors for life satisfaction in currently housed residents. Our sample consists of 139 aging residents from six public sector old age homes across four cities. The qualitative results highlight barriers to life satisfaction a…
Social Protection for Socioeconomically Vulnerable Women of Pakistan- During Covid-19 and Beyond
Ensuring United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are met collectively for the protection of women, requires a broadening of discussion and efforts from reproductive health to investigate ethical challenges facing women during COVID-19. The aim of this paper is to discuss issues of ethics, equity, and rights for the health access of socioeconomically vulnerable women of Pakistan. Deriving from two feminist approaches to ethics-power and care,…
Significant other family members and their experiences of Covid-19 in Pakistan
To the best of our knowledge, there is no research about the challenges faced by significant others of coronavirus patients in Pakistan, including spouses, children, siblings, and parents We aimed to discover through an open-ended semistructured questionnaire the main challenges and coping strategies of significant others since the time their relative have been tested positive for coronavirus and taken to quarantine or admitted to the hospital Sa…
Pakistani Youth and Social Media Addiction
The Psychometric Validation of FCV19S in Urdu and Socio-Demographic Association with Fear in the People of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan
Informal congregational social workers and promotion of social welfare in sermons
The promotion of social welfare is dependent on the three-fold partnership between the state, private bodies, and community groups including formal and informal social workers. This paper evaluates how Shia women’s religious scholars are providing guidance for social welfare during sermon delivery in congregations. A qualitative design was used to interview five Shia women scholars, who also define themselves as informal congregational social wor…
The triple burden of disease, destitution, and debt
More than 115 million women across the world are borrowers of microfinance loans. However, there is concern that women from poor backgrounds who take loans may suffer from multiple challenges of physical and mental health burdens. In this qualitative study we aimed to identify the types of health challenges faced by active women borrowers of microfinance loans. Open ended questions were asked from 442 women across seven cities and four provinces …
The Impact of Intergenerational Learning on Quality of Life in Older Populations Residing in A Public Sector Old Age Home
There has been no research in Pakistan about how to improve quality of life (QOL) of aging populations through intergenerational learning. In this study we aimed to deliver an intervention for intergenerational learning to assess the impact on QOL through a quasi-experiment research design. We also aimed to identify which types of intergenerational learning activities improve QOL and how the activities may be improved. We gained permission to del…
Women Microfinance Users and Their Association with Improvement in Quality of Life
The present study aimed to examine improvements in the quality of life of women utilizing microfinance in urban Lahore, Pakistan. Random sampling was used to identify 5 microfinance providers in the region, and at a second stage of the study, quota sampling was used to interview 149 women users from microfinance site offices. A questionnaire was developed to measure quality of life in four categories: economic, family, health, and decision-making…
Protective Factors for Life Satisfaction in Aging Populations Residing in Public Sector Old Age Homes of Pakistan
Aging people in Pakistan are a growing population who face a shortage of old age home facilities. There is critical need to develop state-run old age homes for poor older people but to plan them while identifying protective factors for life satisfaction in currently housed residents. Our sample consists of 139 aging residents from six public sector old age homes across four cities. The qualitative results highlight barriers to life satisfaction a…
Determinants of depression in women with chronic disease
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in Pakistani women, with prevalence rates estimated to be above 30%. Identification of the determinants of depression in chronically ill, poor, and debt‐ridden women of the country is a neglected area. A quantitative survey using standardized tools was used to sample women from across Pakistan. It was found that women had higher odds of depression when they (a) perceived unfavorable self…
Women Microfinance Users and Their Association with Improvement in Quality of Life
The present study aimed to examine improvements in the quality of life of women utilizing microfinance in urban Lahore, Pakistan. Random sampling was used to identify 5 microfinance providers in the region, and at a second stage of the study, quota sampling was used to interview 149 women users from microfinance site offices. A questionnaire was developed to measure quality of life in four categories: economic, family, health, and decision-making…
Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight of Children Among Employed Mothers in Pakistan
Social Protection for Socioeconomically Vulnerable Women of Pakistan- During Covid-19 and Beyond
Ensuring United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are met collectively for the protection of women, requires a broadening of discussion and efforts from reproductive health to investigate ethical challenges facing women during COVID-19. The aim of this paper is to discuss issues of ethics, equity, and rights for the health access of socioeconomically vulnerable women of Pakistan. Deriving from two feminist approaches to ethics-power and care,…
Significant other family members and their experiences of Covid-19 in Pakistan
To the best of our knowledge, there is no research about the challenges faced by significant others of coronavirus patients in Pakistan, including spouses, children, siblings, and parents We aimed to discover through an open-ended semistructured questionnaire the main challenges and coping strategies of significant others since the time their relative have been tested positive for coronavirus and taken to quarantine or admitted to the hospital Sa…
Pakistani Youth and Social Media Addiction
The Psychometric Validation of FCV19S in Urdu and Socio-Demographic Association with Fear in the People of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan
Informal congregational social workers and promotion of social welfare in sermons
The promotion of social welfare is dependent on the three-fold partnership between the state, private bodies, and community groups including formal and informal social workers. This paper evaluates how Shia women’s religious scholars are providing guidance for social welfare during sermon delivery in congregations. A qualitative design was used to interview five Shia women scholars, who also define themselves as informal congregational social wor…
The triple burden of disease, destitution, and debt
More than 115 million women across the world are borrowers of microfinance loans. However, there is concern that women from poor backgrounds who take loans may suffer from multiple challenges of physical and mental health burdens. In this qualitative study we aimed to identify the types of health challenges faced by active women borrowers of microfinance loans. Open ended questions were asked from 442 women across seven cities and four provinces …
Determinants of depression in women with chronic disease
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in Pakistani women, with prevalence rates estimated to be above 30%. Identification of the determinants of depression in chronically ill, poor, and debt‐ridden women of the country is a neglected area. A quantitative survey using standardized tools was used to sample women from across Pakistan. It was found that women had higher odds of depression when they (a) perceived unfavorable self…
A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pakistani Muslims Coping with Health Anxiety through Religiosity during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Anxiety amongst physicians during Covid-19
It is imperative to improve governmental and social support for physicians and other healthcare providers during the corona pandemic. Immediate attention is needed to reduce anxiety, workload, and family strain in frontline practitioners treating coronavirus patients, and to improve their (perceptions of) protection. This is a precondition for patient safety
Factors Affecting Delivery Health Service Satisfaction of Women and Fear of Covid− 19
Protective Factors for Life Satisfaction in Aging Populations Residing in Public Sector Old Age Homes of Pakistan
Aging people in Pakistan are a growing population who face a shortage of old age home facilities. There is critical need to develop state-run old age homes for poor older people but to plan them while identifying protective factors for life satisfaction in currently housed residents. Our sample consists of 139 aging residents from six public sector old age homes across four cities. The qualitative results highlight barriers to life satisfaction a…
Sociodemographics of Formal and Informal Sector Women Workers of Pakistan and a Comparison of their Perceived and Practiced Autonomy
The majority of Pakistani women are employed in the informal sector of the economy, devoid of protection, safety, and employment benefits, which prevents them from having autonomy. In this study, we aimed to identify (i) the differences in socio-demographic characteristics of formal versus informal sector women workers and (ii) compare the perceived and practised autonomy between the two groups. We used a convenience sample of 150 women, half eac…
WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and communication in Pakistan and other developing countries. For that reason, we aimed to deliver a WhatsApp-based intervention for continued learning in nur…
Transmitting religious values through online religious communities
The aim of this study is to understand what specific religious values are being transmitted to children through online Shia religious communities during the pandemic. Twenty-seven mothers were sampled from three cities of Pakistan. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview guide and analysed using thematic content analysis. Eleven themes were found, under two broad categories of: (a) Transmitting beliefs and influencing religious pr…
Predictors of Islamic Religiosity in Youth who have Early Madrassah Education
The theory of lived religion proposes that people who are socialized by their early education system about religious beliefs have a stronger commitment to practice religion. At the same time, the integrative theory of peace argues that higher religiosity can play an instrumental role in peacebuilding within a nation. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between early Madrassah education and Islamic religiosity in university stu…
Predictors for stress in special education teachers
There has been little research on the challenges facing special education teachers (SETs), since the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify SETs predictors for stress and barriers to teaching effectiveness. Using a mixed methods cross-sectional design we sampled six public sector special needs institutes. A total of 205 quantitative surveys and 21 qualitative interviews were collected, respectively. Logistic bivariate regression results …
The migrant Hazara Shias of Pakistan and their social determinants for PTSD, mental disorders and life satisfaction
The Hazara Shias need immediate assistance from state and society to improve safety, life opportunities, and mental health. Interventions for poverty alleviation, mental health, and fair education and employment opportunities need to be planned in partnership with the primary security issue
The low odds of poor women with small business loans emerging from poverty
The government of Pakistan has been relying on the microfinance industry to reduce poverty among poor women in Pakistan. Using a theoretical framework that argues for limiting the abilities and capacity of existing microfinance services, we empirically investigate the odds of poor women remaining in poverty despite microfinance loan provision. We collected data from four provinces in Pakistan and analyzed it using multivariate logistic regression…
The Impact of Intergenerational Learning on Quality of Life in Older Populations Residing in A Public Sector Old Age Home
There has been no research in Pakistan about how to improve quality of life (QOL) of aging populations through intergenerational learning. In this study we aimed to deliver an intervention for intergenerational learning to assess the impact on QOL through a quasi-experiment research design. We also aimed to identify which types of intergenerational learning activities improve QOL and how the activities may be improved. We gained permission to del…
Pakistani Hazara Shia victims
News reports frequently convey acts of violence against Hazara Shias in Pakistan, but there is limited empirical scholarship about lived experiences of the community. To contribute to the knowledge in this field, interviews with Pakistani Hazara Shia victims, who have also lost immediate family members to violence, were conducted. Interviews with thirteen participants took place between February and May 2021. Thematic content analysis revealed tw…
Predictors of Islamic Religiosity in Youth who have Early Madrassah Education
The theory of lived religion proposes that people who are socialized by their early education system about religious beliefs have a stronger commitment to practice religion. At the same time, the integrative theory of peace argues that higher religiosity can play an instrumental role in peacebuilding within a nation. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between early Madrassah education and Islamic religiosity in university stu…
“As one grows older, the hidden meaning and importance of being a practicing Shia becomes clearer”
Christian Religious Minorities of Pakistan and their Satisfaction with Higher Education and Mental Wellbeing
The persecution of the Christian religious minorities in Pakistan has implications on exclusion faced in higher educational institutes and mental wellbeing, which ultimately may prevent Christian youth agency. This is one of the first studies in the country that aimed to investigate the relationship between satisfaction with higher education and mental health of Christian students (N = 100) from a large urban city. Mean comparisons suggest that f…
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