Naseem Akhter
Biographic Data
| ID | 184967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naseem Akhter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naseem |
| FAMILY NAME | Akhter |
| SIGNATURE | AKHTER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5424-1593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of constraints and information gaps in driving risky medicine purchasing practices in four African countries
Substandard and falsified (SF) medical products pose a major threat to public health and socioeconomic development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In response, public education campaigns have been developed to alert consumers about the risks of SF medicines and provide guidance on ‘safer’ practices, along with other demand- and supply-side measures. However, little is currently known about the potential effectiveness of such ca…
M. C. Behera. Globalising and Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities, New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage Publications. 2006. Paperback. Indian Rs 550.00
Rural development provides an understanding which is both broader and more specific than development in terms of economic growth. It is broader because it entails much more than economic growth as factors affecting it are not contained within the discipline of formal economics. Rural development includes not only attention to production, but also to the analysis of distributional issues and, therefore, demands an inter-disciplinary approach in wh…
No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England
The environment in which we live impacts on our health. The food available to us in our environment is likely to influence what we eat and subsequently our weight. The use of planning policy can be one way for both local and national government to help shape a healthy environment. In England there are three main types of planning policy used to promote a healthy food environment: 1) restricting new fast-food outlets near schools; 2) restricting n…
Analytical Profiling of Heavy Metals Contamination in soils, Dismantling Dust, and Rubber Samples in Karachi City Using AAS, WD-XRF, and SEM Technique
The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, & Zn were determined in the samples of soil, dismantling dust and rubber collected from the electronic waste dumping site of Shershah market and rubber from the Local market of Karachi city Pakistan. The city e-waste dumping and dismantling sites toxicity were not conducted before using modern techniques. The subsequent data of the heavy metals concentration were obtained using Atomic Absorption Spect…
Local Inequalities in Health Behaviours: Longitudinal Findings from the Stockton-On-Tees Cohort Study
This paper provides a longitudinal examination of local inequalities in health behaviours during a period of austerity, exploring the role of 'place' in explaining these inequalities. Data from the Stockton-on-Tees prospective cohort study of 836 individuals were analysed and followed over 18 months (37% follow-up). Generalised estimating equation models estimated the deprivation gap in health behaviours (smoking status, alcohol use, fruit and ve…
The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis
The use of planning policy to manage and create a healthy food environment has become a popular policy tool for local governments in England. To date there has been no evaluation of their short-term impact on the built environment. We assess if planning guidance restricting new fast food outlets within 400 m of a secondary school, influences the food environment in the local authority of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. We have administrative data on all…
The Northumberland Exercise Referral Scheme as a Universal Community Weight Management Programme: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Outcomes, Expectations and Experiences across a Social Gradient
Exercise referral schemes (ERS) are internationally recognised, yet little attention has been paid to discrete referral groups or the influence of wider social determinants of health. The primary quantitative element of this mixed methods study used a mixed effects linear model to examine associations of sociodemographic predictors, obesity class and profession of referrer on weight and physical activity (PA) variables for weight-related referral…
Minorities' Rights From Islamic Socio-Political Perspective: Exploration of Madīnah Charter and Constitution of Pakistan
This study explores the historical role of Methq-e-Madnah (Charter of Madnah) for the rights of minorities and its association with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. The rights of minorities have been the most burning issue in human history. In recent decades, the current socio-political system has put considerable attention on minorities' issues globally. In this scenario, for the Muslim world, the charter of Madnah has…
Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK
Lay health workers have been utilized to deliver health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. However, few studies have sought to determine whether these programmes represent value for money, particularly in a UK context. The present study involved an economic evaluation of Wellbeing for Life, an integrated health and wellbeing service in northern England. The service combined one-to-one interventions delivered by lay health workers (kno…
Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Follow-up findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
In response to the 2007/8 financial crisis and the subsequent ‘Great Recession’, the UK government pursued a policy of austerity, characterised by public spending cuts and reductions in working-age welfare benefits. This paper reports on a case study of the effects of this policy on local inequalities in mental health and wellbeing in the local authority of Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England, an area with very high spatial and socio-ec…
Geographical inequalities in health in a time of austerity: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
In response to the 2007/8 financial crisis and the subsequent 'Great Recession', the UK government pursued a policy of austerity, characterised by public spending cuts and reductions in working-age welfare benefits. This paper reports on a case study of the effects of this policy on local inequalities in mental health and wellbeing in the local authority of Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England, an area with very high spatial and socio-ec…
Relationship of homestead food production with night blindness among children below 5 years of age in Bangladesh
Objective To examine the relationship between homestead food production and night blindness among pre-school children in rural Bangladesh in the presence of a national vitamin A supplementation programme. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting A population-based sample of six rural divisions of Bangladesh assessed in the Bangladesh Nutrition Surveillance Project 2001–2005. Subjects A total of 158 898 children aged 12–59 months. Results The preva…
Low dietary diversity is a predictor of child stunting in rural Bangladesh
Effect of parental formal education on risk of child stunting in Indonesia and Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
Extent of vitamin A deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh
Objective To investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status. Setting Community Nutrition Promoter (CNP) centres in Kapasia sub-district of Gazipur district, Bangladesh. Design A cross-sectional study. Subjects and methods Two hundred women, aged 18–39 years, in their second or third trimester of pregnancy were selected fro…
No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England
The environment in which we live impacts on our health. The food available to us in our environment is likely to influence what we eat and subsequently our weight. The use of planning policy can be one way for both local and national government to help shape a healthy environment. In England there are three main types of planning policy used to promote a healthy food environment: 1) restricting new fast-food outlets near schools; 2) restricting n…
The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis
The use of planning policy to manage and create a healthy food environment has become a popular policy tool for local governments in England. To date there has been no evaluation of their short-term impact on the built environment. We assess if planning guidance restricting new fast food outlets within 400 m of a secondary school, influences the food environment in the local authority of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. We have administrative data on all…
Geographical inequalities in health in a time of austerity: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
Effect of parental formal education on risk of child stunting in Indonesia and Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
Extent of vitamin A deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh
Objective To investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status. Setting Community Nutrition Promoter (CNP) centres in Kapasia sub-district of Gazipur district, Bangladesh. Design A cross-sectional study. Subjects and methods Two hundred women, aged 18–39 years, in their second or third trimester of pregnancy were selected fro…
Low dietary diversity is a predictor of child stunting in rural Bangladesh
Relationship of homestead food production with night blindness among children below 5 years of age in Bangladesh
Objective To examine the relationship between homestead food production and night blindness among pre-school children in rural Bangladesh in the presence of a national vitamin A supplementation programme. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting A population-based sample of six rural divisions of Bangladesh assessed in the Bangladesh Nutrition Surveillance Project 2001–2005. Subjects A total of 158 898 children aged 12–59 months. Results The preva…
Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
In response to the 2007/8 financial crisis and the subsequent 'Great Recession', the UK government pursued a policy of austerity, characterised by public spending cuts and reductions in working-age welfare benefits. This paper reports on a case study of the effects of this policy on local inequalities in mental health and wellbeing in the local authority of Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England, an area with very high spatial and socio-ec…
Geographical inequalities in health in a time of austerity: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
Inequalities in mental health and well-being in a time of austerity: Follow-up findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study
In response to the 2007/8 financial crisis and the subsequent ‘Great Recession’, the UK government pursued a policy of austerity, characterised by public spending cuts and reductions in working-age welfare benefits. This paper reports on a case study of the effects of this policy on local inequalities in mental health and wellbeing in the local authority of Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England, an area with very high spatial and socio-ec…
The Northumberland Exercise Referral Scheme as a Universal Community Weight Management Programme: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Outcomes, Expectations and Experiences across a Social Gradient
Exercise referral schemes (ERS) are internationally recognised, yet little attention has been paid to discrete referral groups or the influence of wider social determinants of health. The primary quantitative element of this mixed methods study used a mixed effects linear model to examine associations of sociodemographic predictors, obesity class and profession of referrer on weight and physical activity (PA) variables for weight-related referral…
Minorities' Rights From Islamic Socio-Political Perspective: Exploration of Madīnah Charter and Constitution of Pakistan
This study explores the historical role of Methq-e-Madnah (Charter of Madnah) for the rights of minorities and its association with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. The rights of minorities have been the most burning issue in human history. In recent decades, the current socio-political system has put considerable attention on minorities' issues globally. In this scenario, for the Muslim world, the charter of Madnah has…
Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK
Lay health workers have been utilized to deliver health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. However, few studies have sought to determine whether these programmes represent value for money, particularly in a UK context. The present study involved an economic evaluation of Wellbeing for Life, an integrated health and wellbeing service in northern England. The service combined one-to-one interventions delivered by lay health workers (kno…
Analytical Profiling of Heavy Metals Contamination in soils, Dismantling Dust, and Rubber Samples in Karachi City Using AAS, WD-XRF, and SEM Technique
The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, & Zn were determined in the samples of soil, dismantling dust and rubber collected from the electronic waste dumping site of Shershah market and rubber from the Local market of Karachi city Pakistan. The city e-waste dumping and dismantling sites toxicity were not conducted before using modern techniques. The subsequent data of the heavy metals concentration were obtained using Atomic Absorption Spect…
Local Inequalities in Health Behaviours: Longitudinal Findings from the Stockton-On-Tees Cohort Study
This paper provides a longitudinal examination of local inequalities in health behaviours during a period of austerity, exploring the role of 'place' in explaining these inequalities. Data from the Stockton-on-Tees prospective cohort study of 836 individuals were analysed and followed over 18 months (37% follow-up). Generalised estimating equation models estimated the deprivation gap in health behaviours (smoking status, alcohol use, fruit and ve…
The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis
The use of planning policy to manage and create a healthy food environment has become a popular policy tool for local governments in England. To date there has been no evaluation of their short-term impact on the built environment. We assess if planning guidance restricting new fast food outlets within 400 m of a secondary school, influences the food environment in the local authority of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. We have administrative data on all…
M. C. Behera. Globalising and Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities, New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage Publications. 2006. Paperback. Indian Rs 550.00
Rural development provides an understanding which is both broader and more specific than development in terms of economic growth. It is broader because it entails much more than economic growth as factors affecting it are not contained within the discipline of formal economics. Rural development includes not only attention to production, but also to the analysis of distributional issues and, therefore, demands an inter-disciplinary approach in wh…
No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England
The environment in which we live impacts on our health. The food available to us in our environment is likely to influence what we eat and subsequently our weight. The use of planning policy can be one way for both local and national government to help shape a healthy environment. In England there are three main types of planning policy used to promote a healthy food environment: 1) restricting new fast-food outlets near schools; 2) restricting n…
The role of constraints and information gaps in driving risky medicine purchasing practices in four African countries
Substandard and falsified (SF) medical products pose a major threat to public health and socioeconomic development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In response, public education campaigns have been developed to alert consumers about the risks of SF medicines and provide guidance on ‘safer’ practices, along with other demand- and supply-side measures. However, little is currently known about the potential effectiveness of such ca…
Medicine (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Inequality (4 works)