BACKGROUND Remote areas of Pakistan do not have access to quality healthcare and experienced heal... more BACKGROUND Remote areas of Pakistan do not have access to quality healthcare and experienced healthcare professionals within their communities. Telehealth increases the accessibility of healthcare services, using innovative solutions such as teleconsultation and school settings can be utilized as a powerful healthcare platform. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the effectiveness of introducing school-based Tele-Consultation Services (TCS) in strengthening community health in a semi-rural area of Karachi, Pakistan METHODS This study employed a mixed-method design to address the objectives. The total number of students who were enrolled for the quantitative component was 393 while 35 parents, teachers, and stakeholders of the community participated in the qualitative arm (focused group discussion) study. Proportional computation was done for the quantitative data using SPSS version 24, while qualitative data underwent thematic analysis guided by Creswell 2013. RESULTS A total of 10...
Education is one of the vital social determinants of health. Health and education share a symbiot... more Education is one of the vital social determinants of health. Health and education share a symbiotic relationship for all cadre including children and adolescents to ensure that they are well equipped to combat the health risk in the environment. The current literature globally found some initiatives to create health awareness among school children. However, there is a dearth of studies available addressing parental health awareness through school platforms. Therefore, the current study aims to fill this gap, and the Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery initiated the School Health Program (SHP) in one of the remote communities in Sindh, Pakistan. The overall goal of the study was to improve children’s health by enhancing the health awareness of the parents through school platforms utilizing online modalities. Another objective of this study was to identify the effect of using eLearning on parental knowledge and perceptions. The study utilized a sequential explanatory m...
[Clinical Session Presentation] Background: Stress is the major cause of physiological and psycho... more [Clinical Session Presentation] Background: Stress is the major cause of physiological and psychological disorders. It is proved that the homeless children are at risk to get stress due to their unmet needs that are essential to meet according to Maslow?s hierarchy. Therefore, a study project is ...
The standard of education can be improved if educators actively assess themselves or have someone... more The standard of education can be improved if educators actively assess themselves or have someone else evaluate their teaching skills. Reflection on multiple aspects of teaching can be used as a powerful tool for worldwide educationists. Teaching, particularly in nursing discipline, strives to move beyond the simple divulgence of facts and knowledge. It widens student’s horizons, stimulates their intellects, and teaches them to become self directed. This manuscript is a qualitative review of observations in a class of nursing with context to teaching skills and its impact on students ’ interest in learning during the class. The authors have used their reflections to discuss the ways to improve teaching methodology and related them with various teaching learning theories.
目標:透過將綜合性學校衛生計畫應用在巴基斯坦卡拉奇的一所高中,藉以評估學校健康教育計劃的需求、常見的健康議題、對健康的知識和態度,以及學生、教師與家長的自覺需求。方法:採焦點團體法與250位學生... more 目標:透過將綜合性學校衛生計畫應用在巴基斯坦卡拉奇的一所高中,藉以評估學校健康教育計劃的需求、常見的健康議題、對健康的知識和態度,以及學生、教師與家長的自覺需求。方法:採焦點團體法與250位學生、35位教師進行訪談,以及對16名家長進行問卷調查,將收集到的資料進行主題分析,並依據主題,由一位學校保健室的護理人員制定並實施健康教育課程。結果:學生們傾向於注重身體健康,而父母則傾向於心理和社會發展的相關層面,教師則強調輔導學生的社會心理問題。在課程實施後,帶來一些新的影響,例如:食堂委員會的成立以確保供應健康的食物,以及增設輔導設施,協助學生應付日常生活壓力。結論:此計畫在執行學生健康促進方面來說是成功的,且此架構可作為發展中國家其他有相似需求,並希冀經營和指導學生有關學校健康促進之概念的參考。
Objective: Nursing is considered a growing profession worldwide, but nurses in developing world l... more Objective: Nursing is considered a growing profession worldwide, but nurses in developing world like Pakistan face challenges for their empowerment within and inter professions. The overwhelming feeling of being oppressed shatters nurses’ confidence and self-esteem and hinders their growth and development of the profession as well.Methods: To guide professional growth and empowerment of nursing in Pakistan, a qualitative descriptive study was aimed to discover challenges, strategies and outcomes of empowerment of nurse leaders in Pakistan. Twelve nurses serving as leaders in nursing organization of Pakistan, who fulfilled inclusive criteria were interviewed about their perception of the challenges, strategies and outcomes of empowerment for Pakistani nurses.Results and Conclusions: Nurses in Pakistan are facing great turbulence regarding their professional empowerment, but nursing leaders are striving hard at personal, institutional and government levels to help nurse understand the...
Background: In a patriarchal society like Pakistan, where women are oppressed, women dominating p... more Background: In a patriarchal society like Pakistan, where women are oppressed, women dominating professions like nursing is mostly seen as disempowered and requires considerable struggle to achieve its due recognition and respect. Aim: This study aims to explore the experiences of empowerment among the nursing leaders of Pakistan.Methods: This study uses a qualitative descriptive design. Total of twelve Pakistani Nursing leaders were interviewed using semi-structured interview guideline to explore their experiences of empowerment.Results: The study findings revealed five major categories which include: status of a nurse, nursing profession, power relationships, value-belief system, and leadership and management.Conclusions: Nurses’ empowerment is essential for enhancing the image and status of nursing profession in Pakistan. The study identified various personal and professional factors affecting nurses’ empowerment in the country and suggests various strategies, such as access to h...
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2019
OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions and experiences of students and faculty about the modified c... more OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions and experiences of students and faculty about the modified community clinical model. METHODS The descriptive qualitative study was conducted at a nationally-accredited Baccalaureate School of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan in November 2016, and comprised final year students enrolled in Advanced Concepts in Community Health Nursing course, and experienced community health nursing faculty members. Individual interviews were conducted with students while faculty members were requested to write out their reflections. On the basis of this data, codes and categories were identified which led to two broader themes; window of opportunities, and challenges in practice. RESULTS Of the 17 subjects, 12 (70.6%) were students and 5(29.4%) were faculty members. All subjects were females. The window of opportunities theme had three categories: perceived comfort and safety; stakeholder's involvement and support; and open door for personal recognition and s...
Background: Young school going children are at high risk of acquiring communicable and non-commun... more Background: Young school going children are at high risk of acquiring communicable and non-communicable diseases and the situation is alarming in low and middle income countries (LMICs). The prospects are further worsened by poverty and inadequate water and sanitation facilities. This all significantly affect young children’s cognitive, motor and socio-emotional development. Concept of health promoting schools (HPS) has long been advocated where schools are viewed as healthy settings for living, learning and working. Countries around the world have implemented diverse components of HPS, which are delivering promising results.  Current State and Proposed Model: The paper attempts to highlight the need for school health promotion, and reports on the health promotion activities being carried out in a peri-urban school settlement in Pakistan by the Rural Educational Promotion and Development Society (REPDS), Pakistan in collaboration with Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan. Health ...
Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), *Marketing Consultant, YouGotaG... more Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), *Marketing Consultant, YouGotaGift.com In today’s complex world of relationships and affiliations, especially with the invasion of technology in our routine lives and lot of environmental factors; parenting has become a challenging phenomenon especially from the perspective of values and morals. Children’s upcoming/growing behaviour is a reflection of early childhood parenting, which is not only depicted in academia but as well as in their psychosocial interactions and behaviours. With the passage of time, several challenges of child rearing have been brought forward to parents to sustain a society based on values and morals held high by the human civilization. Since ages, the need for parent education has eventually increased (training parents to aptly choose between correct and incorrect strategies to deal with their children). Based on the case study, this paper will discuss about the childhood parenting challenges...
BACKGROUND Remote areas of Pakistan do not have access to quality healthcare and experienced heal... more BACKGROUND Remote areas of Pakistan do not have access to quality healthcare and experienced healthcare professionals within their communities. Telehealth increases the accessibility of healthcare services, using innovative solutions such as teleconsultation and school settings can be utilized as a powerful healthcare platform. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the effectiveness of introducing school-based Tele-Consultation Services (TCS) in strengthening community health in a semi-rural area of Karachi, Pakistan METHODS This study employed a mixed-method design to address the objectives. The total number of students who were enrolled for the quantitative component was 393 while 35 parents, teachers, and stakeholders of the community participated in the qualitative arm (focused group discussion) study. Proportional computation was done for the quantitative data using SPSS version 24, while qualitative data underwent thematic analysis guided by Creswell 2013. RESULTS A total of 10...
Education is one of the vital social determinants of health. Health and education share a symbiot... more Education is one of the vital social determinants of health. Health and education share a symbiotic relationship for all cadre including children and adolescents to ensure that they are well equipped to combat the health risk in the environment. The current literature globally found some initiatives to create health awareness among school children. However, there is a dearth of studies available addressing parental health awareness through school platforms. Therefore, the current study aims to fill this gap, and the Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery initiated the School Health Program (SHP) in one of the remote communities in Sindh, Pakistan. The overall goal of the study was to improve children’s health by enhancing the health awareness of the parents through school platforms utilizing online modalities. Another objective of this study was to identify the effect of using eLearning on parental knowledge and perceptions. The study utilized a sequential explanatory m...
[Clinical Session Presentation] Background: Stress is the major cause of physiological and psycho... more [Clinical Session Presentation] Background: Stress is the major cause of physiological and psychological disorders. It is proved that the homeless children are at risk to get stress due to their unmet needs that are essential to meet according to Maslow?s hierarchy. Therefore, a study project is ...
The standard of education can be improved if educators actively assess themselves or have someone... more The standard of education can be improved if educators actively assess themselves or have someone else evaluate their teaching skills. Reflection on multiple aspects of teaching can be used as a powerful tool for worldwide educationists. Teaching, particularly in nursing discipline, strives to move beyond the simple divulgence of facts and knowledge. It widens student’s horizons, stimulates their intellects, and teaches them to become self directed. This manuscript is a qualitative review of observations in a class of nursing with context to teaching skills and its impact on students ’ interest in learning during the class. The authors have used their reflections to discuss the ways to improve teaching methodology and related them with various teaching learning theories.
目標:透過將綜合性學校衛生計畫應用在巴基斯坦卡拉奇的一所高中,藉以評估學校健康教育計劃的需求、常見的健康議題、對健康的知識和態度,以及學生、教師與家長的自覺需求。方法:採焦點團體法與250位學生... more 目標:透過將綜合性學校衛生計畫應用在巴基斯坦卡拉奇的一所高中,藉以評估學校健康教育計劃的需求、常見的健康議題、對健康的知識和態度,以及學生、教師與家長的自覺需求。方法:採焦點團體法與250位學生、35位教師進行訪談,以及對16名家長進行問卷調查,將收集到的資料進行主題分析,並依據主題,由一位學校保健室的護理人員制定並實施健康教育課程。結果:學生們傾向於注重身體健康,而父母則傾向於心理和社會發展的相關層面,教師則強調輔導學生的社會心理問題。在課程實施後,帶來一些新的影響,例如:食堂委員會的成立以確保供應健康的食物,以及增設輔導設施,協助學生應付日常生活壓力。結論:此計畫在執行學生健康促進方面來說是成功的,且此架構可作為發展中國家其他有相似需求,並希冀經營和指導學生有關學校健康促進之概念的參考。
Objective: Nursing is considered a growing profession worldwide, but nurses in developing world l... more Objective: Nursing is considered a growing profession worldwide, but nurses in developing world like Pakistan face challenges for their empowerment within and inter professions. The overwhelming feeling of being oppressed shatters nurses’ confidence and self-esteem and hinders their growth and development of the profession as well.Methods: To guide professional growth and empowerment of nursing in Pakistan, a qualitative descriptive study was aimed to discover challenges, strategies and outcomes of empowerment of nurse leaders in Pakistan. Twelve nurses serving as leaders in nursing organization of Pakistan, who fulfilled inclusive criteria were interviewed about their perception of the challenges, strategies and outcomes of empowerment for Pakistani nurses.Results and Conclusions: Nurses in Pakistan are facing great turbulence regarding their professional empowerment, but nursing leaders are striving hard at personal, institutional and government levels to help nurse understand the...
Background: In a patriarchal society like Pakistan, where women are oppressed, women dominating p... more Background: In a patriarchal society like Pakistan, where women are oppressed, women dominating professions like nursing is mostly seen as disempowered and requires considerable struggle to achieve its due recognition and respect. Aim: This study aims to explore the experiences of empowerment among the nursing leaders of Pakistan.Methods: This study uses a qualitative descriptive design. Total of twelve Pakistani Nursing leaders were interviewed using semi-structured interview guideline to explore their experiences of empowerment.Results: The study findings revealed five major categories which include: status of a nurse, nursing profession, power relationships, value-belief system, and leadership and management.Conclusions: Nurses’ empowerment is essential for enhancing the image and status of nursing profession in Pakistan. The study identified various personal and professional factors affecting nurses’ empowerment in the country and suggests various strategies, such as access to h...
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2019
OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions and experiences of students and faculty about the modified c... more OBJECTIVE To explore the perceptions and experiences of students and faculty about the modified community clinical model. METHODS The descriptive qualitative study was conducted at a nationally-accredited Baccalaureate School of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan in November 2016, and comprised final year students enrolled in Advanced Concepts in Community Health Nursing course, and experienced community health nursing faculty members. Individual interviews were conducted with students while faculty members were requested to write out their reflections. On the basis of this data, codes and categories were identified which led to two broader themes; window of opportunities, and challenges in practice. RESULTS Of the 17 subjects, 12 (70.6%) were students and 5(29.4%) were faculty members. All subjects were females. The window of opportunities theme had three categories: perceived comfort and safety; stakeholder's involvement and support; and open door for personal recognition and s...
Background: Young school going children are at high risk of acquiring communicable and non-commun... more Background: Young school going children are at high risk of acquiring communicable and non-communicable diseases and the situation is alarming in low and middle income countries (LMICs). The prospects are further worsened by poverty and inadequate water and sanitation facilities. This all significantly affect young children’s cognitive, motor and socio-emotional development. Concept of health promoting schools (HPS) has long been advocated where schools are viewed as healthy settings for living, learning and working. Countries around the world have implemented diverse components of HPS, which are delivering promising results.  Current State and Proposed Model: The paper attempts to highlight the need for school health promotion, and reports on the health promotion activities being carried out in a peri-urban school settlement in Pakistan by the Rural Educational Promotion and Development Society (REPDS), Pakistan in collaboration with Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan. Health ...
Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), *Marketing Consultant, YouGotaG... more Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), *Marketing Consultant, YouGotaGift.com In today’s complex world of relationships and affiliations, especially with the invasion of technology in our routine lives and lot of environmental factors; parenting has become a challenging phenomenon especially from the perspective of values and morals. Children’s upcoming/growing behaviour is a reflection of early childhood parenting, which is not only depicted in academia but as well as in their psychosocial interactions and behaviours. With the passage of time, several challenges of child rearing have been brought forward to parents to sustain a society based on values and morals held high by the human civilization. Since ages, the need for parent education has eventually increased (training parents to aptly choose between correct and incorrect strategies to deal with their children). Based on the case study, this paper will discuss about the childhood parenting challenges...
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