Preeti Patel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Preeti Patel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Preeti |
| FAMILY NAME | Patel |
| SIGNATURE | PATEL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3875-453X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Intimate partner violence and survivor-reported partner characteristics in Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a major global public health and humanrights challenge, with a disproportionate burden in sub-Saharan Africa. While women's experiences of IPV are well documented, fewer population-level studies examine survivor-reported partner characteristics and relational dynamics associated with perpetration. OBJECTIVE: To estimate IPV prevalence in selected sub-Saharan African countries and examine demogra…
The influence of socioeconomic and cultural factors on emotional violence in gender-based abuse
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive global issue that transcends cultural, geographic, and socio-economic boundaries. This study aims to contribute to the growing body of empirical literature on GBV by analysing its prevalence and associated factors across 19 countries using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Phases 7 and 8. While previous studies have often focused on physical or sexual violence, this research provide…
An analysis of humanitarian and health aid harmonisation over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict
INTRODUCTION: Aid harmonisation is a key component of donor efforts to make aid more effective by improving coordination and simplifying and sharing information to avoid duplication. This study evaluates the harmonisation of health and humanitarian aid in Syria during acute humanitarian and health crises from 2011 to 2019. METHODS: Data on humanitarian and health aid for Syria between 2011 and 2019 was collected from the Organisation for Economic…
Health information management systems and practices in conflict-affected settings: The case of northwest Syria
BACKGROUND: In conflict settings, as it is the case in Syria, it is crucial to enhance health information management to facilitate an effective and sustainable approach to strengthening health systems in such contexts. In this study, we aim to provide a baseline understanding of the present state of health information management in Northwest Syria (NWS) to better plan for strengthening the health information system of the area that is transitioni…
Capturing sources of health system legitimacy in fragmented conflict zones under different governance models: A case study of northwest Syria
INTRODUCTION: Legitimacy and trust are crucial for resilient health systems in fragmented conflict zones. This study evaluates the legitimacy of health systems in northwest Syria under different governance models. METHODS: Using a deductive and inductive mixed-methods approach, the research team developed a framework with an index, 4 sub-indices and 18 indicators to assess the legitimacy of health systems using different governance models - top-d…
Demographics and risk factors for suicide in Syria: A retrospective media content analysis of online news sources
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Syrians have faced violence and displacement causing an increase in mental health issues. The COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 earthquake, and deteriorating living conditions have exacerbated these issues. Suicide in Syria remains an under-researched topic since accurate data are difficult to obtain. In this study, we aimed to explore the demographics and risk factors of suicide in Syria by performin…
Medical education system (re)building in a fragile setting: Northwest Syria as a case study
Background Syria has witnessed more than a decade of armed conflict through which healthcare workers and facilities have not only been affected, but targeted. Amidst this targeting of healthcare workers, subsequent displacement, and ‘weaponization’ of healthcare, the medical education and health professional training (MEHPT) of those that remain has split into at least two distinctive contexts: government controlled, and non-government controlled…
Strengthening health systems and peacebuilding through women’s leadership: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Active and protracted conflict settings demonstrate the need to prioritise the peace through health agenda. This can be achieved by reorienting attention toward gender diverse leadership and more effective governance within health systems. This approach may enable women to have a greater voice in the decision-making of health and social interventions, thereby enabling the community led and context specific knowledge required to addres…
The challenges of international collaboration in conflict and health research: Experience from the Research for Health in Conflict-Middle East and North Africa (R4HC-Mena) partnership
This study provided preliminary insights into perspectives on international collaboration in a major international programme of research on conflict and health. Several key challenges and outputs were generated by the researchers in this study. The findings are important for further developing effective strategies to tackle the challenge of power imbalance and ineffective communication in international research collaborations
Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: An exploratory analysis
This study highlights that in very complex conflict-affected contexts such as Syria, it is difficult to suggest the use of health aid displacement as an effective tool for aid-effectiveness for donors as it does not reflect domestic needs and priorities. Yet there seems to be evidence of slight displacement for individual donors. However, we can suggest that donors vastly prefer to focus their investment in the humanitarian sector rather than the…
A missing piece in the Health for Peace agenda: Gender diverse leadership and governance
The purpose of this paper is to explore how gender diverse leadership and governance of health systems may contribute to the Health for Peace Agenda. Despite recent momentum, the evidence base to support, implement and evaluate ‘Health for Peace’ programmes remains limited and policy-makers in conflict settings do not consider peace when developing and implementing interventions and health policies. Through this analysis, we found that gender div…
Launching a new series on non-communicable prevention in humanitarian settings
Cross-border strategies for access to healthcare in violent conflict – A scoping review
Background: The geographical reconfiguration of healthcare systems in times of violent conflict is increasingly being recognised in academic literature. This includes conflict-induced, cross-border travel for medical treatment. Yet the conceptual approach to this healthcare-seeking behaviour, by a population here referred to as cross-border population, remains poorly understood. This scoping review identifies academic literature on cross-border p…
Exploring the role of gender and women in the political economy of health in armed conflict: A narrative review
Women Leaders in Syria in the Covid-19 Response and Beyond
Providing a powerful platform to openly discuss how we, as a global community, can advance the role of women as leaders in health in conflict-affected settings is an undervalued opportunity. Honest, evidence-based discussions, holistic approaches, and increasing the visibility of women role models are imperative in settings that are debilitated by conflict and restrictive gender norms. When gender equity and equality are not prioritized, we tend …
EHealth for service delivery in conflict: A narrative review of the application of eHealth technologies in contemporary conflict settings
The role of eHealth in conflict settings is increasingly important to address geographic, epidemiologic and clinical disparities. This study categorizes various forms of eHealth usage in conflict and aims to identify gaps in evidence to make recommendations for further research and practice. The analysis was carried out via a narrative hermeneutic review methodology. Articles that fulfilled the following screening criteria were reviewed: (1) desc…
The role of gender inclusive leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic to support vulnerable populations in conflict settings
The real heroines in the fight against COVID-19 are women'.1 Significant attention has been given to women political leaders in highincome settings, where it has been reported that women have led several countries' effective national responses to COVID-19.2 However, little attention has been given to the role of women as leaders and decision makers in conflict settings. In conflict settings, COVID-19 is a multidimensional and existential crisis f…
Assessing the capacity for conflict and health research in Lebanon: A qualitative study
The study indicates that health research in Lebanon is characterized by considerable strengths in terms of human capital and research capacities of certain universities. However, the Lebanese research infrastructure needs further development in terms of ensuring sustainable funding, providing access to data, teaching qualitative research skills, conducting ethical and multidisciplinary research, and promoting cross-sectoral knowledge transfer
Having more women humanitarian leaders will help transform the humanitarian system”: Challenges and opportunities for women leaders in conflict and humanitarian health
Advocating for women leaders in conflict and health in the humanitarian sector, governmental bodies, academia and the global health community is crucial to increasing effective interventions that adequately address the complexity and diversity of humanitarian crises
Covid-19 barriers and response strategies for refugees and undocumented migrants in Turkey
While refugees, migrants under temporary protection and undocumented migrants have been granted access to services for COVID-19 related health problems, social and cultural barriers remain beyond the current legislation. Solidarity and whole-of-society inclusive approaches should always be the guiding principles in the COVID-19 response
A narrative review of health research capacity strengthening in low and middle-income countries: Lessons for conflict-affected areas
A conceptual framework for capacity strengthening of health research in conflict: The case of the Middle East and North Africa region
BACKGROUND: In conflict settings, research capacities have often been de-prioritized as resources are diverted to emergency needs, such as addressing elevated morbidity, mortality and health system challenges directly and/or indirectly associated to war. This has had an adverse long-term impact in such protracted conflicts such as those found in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), where research knowledge and skills have often been co…
The role of public health information in assistance to populations living in opposition and contested areas of Syria, 2012–2014
More investment in data collection and use, technological investment in the use of M- and E-health, capacity building and strong technical and independent leadership should be a key priority for the humanitarian health response in Syria and other emergencies. Much more attention should be also given for the treatment gap for non-communicable diseases including mental disorders
Eradicating polio in Pakistan: An analysis of the challenges and solutions to this security and health issue
Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988 the global incidence of poliomyelitis has fallen by nearly 99 %. From a situation where wild type poliovirus was endemic in 125 countries across five continents, transmission is now limited to regions of just three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. A sharp increase in Pakistan's poliomyelitis cases in 2014 prompted the International Health Regulations Emergenc…
An assessment of the barriers to accessing the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan: Was the BPHS a success
Afghanistan is one of the most fragile and conflict-affected countries in the world. It has experienced almost uninterrupted conflict for the last thirty years, with the present conflict now lasting over a decade. With no history of a functioning healthcare system, the creation of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in 2003 was a response to Afghanistan's dire health needs following decades of war. Its objective was to provide a bare mini…
Civil society organisations and global health initiatives: Problems of legitimacy
The Global Impact of HIV/Aids on Peace Support Operations
The spread of HIV/AIDS poses a looming threat to global security as it ravages military forces in the developing world and destabiliZes entire nations. Although the connection between disease and global security is indirect, it is nonetheless real. This article investigates the unique relationship between peacekeeping and HIV/AIDS. It shows how the spread of the disease among African militaries has affected states' stability and also their capabi…
Sexual violence against men in countries affected by armed conflict
Sexual violence against men in armed conflict has been documented for thousands of years under the various guises of war, torture and mutilation yet it is often neglected mainly because of overwhelming stigma and shame surrounding it. Based on academic and grey literature on sexual violence against men in conflict, this article discusses the complex reasons for lack of quality data on this important topic. The motivations of sexual violence again…
Covid-19 barriers and response strategies for refugees and undocumented migrants in Turkey
While refugees, migrants under temporary protection and undocumented migrants have been granted access to services for COVID-19 related health problems, social and cultural barriers remain beyond the current legislation. Solidarity and whole-of-society inclusive approaches should always be the guiding principles in the COVID-19 response
Peacekeepers, HIV and the Role of Masculinity in Military Behaviour
Both international peacekeeping missions and the HIV/AIDS pandemic have featured at large in global discourse since the end of the cold war. Nearly two decades later the security implications of the pandemic have been linked to peacekeeping missions, suggesting a need for epidemiological evidence and behavioural analysis to account for that link. This essay examines the role of masculinity in military culture and links this to peacekeepers' behav…
The Politics of Aids in Africa
The Global Impact of HIV/Aids on Peace Support Operations
The spread of HIV/AIDS poses a looming threat to global security as it ravages military forces in the developing world and destabiliZes entire nations. Although the connection between disease and global security is indirect, it is nonetheless real. This article investigates the unique relationship between peacekeeping and HIV/AIDS. It shows how the spread of the disease among African militaries has affected states' stability and also their capabi…
HIV/Aids, Peacekeeping and Conflict Crises in Africa
This article investigates the impact of the spread of HIV/AIDS on the African military and its ability to act as an effective instrument of conflict resolution in the continent. The capacity of African militaries is particularly important at a time when major powers are reluctant to engage in greater peacekeeping operations in the region. The widespread prevalence of HIV among military personnel threatens political and social stability more gener…
Global health and national security: The need for critical engagement
The security and foreign policy communities have increasingly addressed global health problems as threats to national security. Global health is a humanitarian endeavour that seeks to improve the world's health including the most vulnerable peoples, while national security works to protect the interests of people within a given state. The major statements of security policy by the United States and United Kingdom link the self-protective interest…
The law was actually drafted by us but the Government is to be congratulated on its wise actions”: British American Tobacco and public policy in Kenya: Table 1
The extent of BAT's influence over public policy is consistent with the observations that, despite ratifying the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, progress in implementing tobacco control measures in Kenya has been limited. The benefits of tobacco farming seem to be deliberately exaggerated, and an analysis of its true cost benefits is urgently needed. Tobacco farmers must be protected against BAT's predatory practices and fully informed a…
Peacekeepers, HIV and the Role of Masculinity in Military Behaviour
Both international peacekeeping missions and the HIV/AIDS pandemic have featured at large in global discourse since the end of the cold war. Nearly two decades later the security implications of the pandemic have been linked to peacekeeping missions, suggesting a need for epidemiological evidence and behavioural analysis to account for that link. This essay examines the role of masculinity in military culture and links this to peacekeepers' behav…
Civil society organisations and global health initiatives: Problems of legitimacy
Bringing ‘Light, Life and Happiness’: British American Tobacco and music sponsorship in sub-Saharan Africa
This article aims to provide a review of music sponsorship to market cigarettes in sub-Saharan Africa. Using analysis of previously secret corporate documents from British American Tobacco (BAT) and focusing on two separate case studies of sponsorship in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa, the paper illustrates how tobacco companies have sought to undermine health legislation from 1990 to 2001. Both case studies suggest that music is an important m…
Sexual violence against men in countries affected by armed conflict
Sexual violence against men in armed conflict has been documented for thousands of years under the various guises of war, torture and mutilation yet it is often neglected mainly because of overwhelming stigma and shame surrounding it. Based on academic and grey literature on sexual violence against men in conflict, this article discusses the complex reasons for lack of quality data on this important topic. The motivations of sexual violence again…
Tracing health system challenges in post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire from 1893 to 2013
While scholarship on health in conflict-affected countries is growing, there has been relatively little analysis of how armed conflict affects health systems in specific African countries, especially former French colonies. There is even less literature on the role of history in shaping health systems and how historical factors such as inequity may influence health impacts of armed conflict. Based on Côte d'Ivoire, this article argues that histor…
The most fragile state: Healthcare in Somalia
This paper outlines some of the key political and socio-economic drivers to instability in Somalia and the challenges faced in delivering healthcare in a country where neither economic support nor stability of the healthcare workforce can be assured. We will describe the scope of international assistance and explore key priorities for healthcare system strengthening in the future
Health in fragile states
The relationship between the security of a state and the health of its people is complex and multifaceted. Fragile states present unique challenges to health care systems
Tracking humanitarian funding for reproductive health: A systematic analysis of health and protection proposals from 2002-2013
Findings show that more agencies are responding to humanitarian appeals by proposing to implement reproductive health programs and receiving increased aid over the twelve year period. While such developments are welcome, project descriptions show comparatively limited attention and programming for family planning and abortion care in particular
Exploring the influence of the Global Fund and the Gavi Alliance on health systems in conflict-affected countries
There is some evidence of increasing engagement of the Global Fund and the GAVI Alliance with health systems in conflict-affected countries, but this engagement should be supported by more context-specific policies and approaches
Eradicating polio in Pakistan: An analysis of the challenges and solutions to this security and health issue
Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988 the global incidence of poliomyelitis has fallen by nearly 99 %. From a situation where wild type poliovirus was endemic in 125 countries across five continents, transmission is now limited to regions of just three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. A sharp increase in Pakistan's poliomyelitis cases in 2014 prompted the International Health Regulations Emergenc…
An assessment of the barriers to accessing the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan: Was the BPHS a success
Afghanistan is one of the most fragile and conflict-affected countries in the world. It has experienced almost uninterrupted conflict for the last thirty years, with the present conflict now lasting over a decade. With no history of a functioning healthcare system, the creation of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in 2003 was a response to Afghanistan's dire health needs following decades of war. Its objective was to provide a bare mini…
The role of public health information in assistance to populations living in opposition and contested areas of Syria, 2012–2014
More investment in data collection and use, technological investment in the use of M- and E-health, capacity building and strong technical and independent leadership should be a key priority for the humanitarian health response in Syria and other emergencies. Much more attention should be also given for the treatment gap for non-communicable diseases including mental disorders
A narrative review of health research capacity strengthening in low and middle-income countries: Lessons for conflict-affected areas
A conceptual framework for capacity strengthening of health research in conflict: The case of the Middle East and North Africa region
BACKGROUND: In conflict settings, research capacities have often been de-prioritized as resources are diverted to emergency needs, such as addressing elevated morbidity, mortality and health system challenges directly and/or indirectly associated to war. This has had an adverse long-term impact in such protracted conflicts such as those found in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), where research knowledge and skills have often been co…
The role of gender inclusive leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic to support vulnerable populations in conflict settings
The real heroines in the fight against COVID-19 are women'.1 Significant attention has been given to women political leaders in highincome settings, where it has been reported that women have led several countries' effective national responses to COVID-19.2 However, little attention has been given to the role of women as leaders and decision makers in conflict settings. In conflict settings, COVID-19 is a multidimensional and existential crisis f…
Assessing the capacity for conflict and health research in Lebanon: A qualitative study
The study indicates that health research in Lebanon is characterized by considerable strengths in terms of human capital and research capacities of certain universities. However, the Lebanese research infrastructure needs further development in terms of ensuring sustainable funding, providing access to data, teaching qualitative research skills, conducting ethical and multidisciplinary research, and promoting cross-sectoral knowledge transfer
Having more women humanitarian leaders will help transform the humanitarian system”: Challenges and opportunities for women leaders in conflict and humanitarian health
Advocating for women leaders in conflict and health in the humanitarian sector, governmental bodies, academia and the global health community is crucial to increasing effective interventions that adequately address the complexity and diversity of humanitarian crises
Covid-19 barriers and response strategies for refugees and undocumented migrants in Turkey
While refugees, migrants under temporary protection and undocumented migrants have been granted access to services for COVID-19 related health problems, social and cultural barriers remain beyond the current legislation. Solidarity and whole-of-society inclusive approaches should always be the guiding principles in the COVID-19 response
Exploring the role of gender and women in the political economy of health in armed conflict: A narrative review
Women Leaders in Syria in the Covid-19 Response and Beyond
Providing a powerful platform to openly discuss how we, as a global community, can advance the role of women as leaders in health in conflict-affected settings is an undervalued opportunity. Honest, evidence-based discussions, holistic approaches, and increasing the visibility of women role models are imperative in settings that are debilitated by conflict and restrictive gender norms. When gender equity and equality are not prioritized, we tend …
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