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Ms Meherunissa Hamid

Research Student - DrPH - Public Health & Policy

United Kingdom

I am a qualitative researcher with a public health implementation background in low resource settings. My expertise include implementation of health care policy interventions, health systems strengthening research and practice, health policy, and decolonizing global health. I have extensive experience advising on Sexual and Reproductive Health/Tuberculosis research and implementation programmes.

I am also a DrPH (Doctorate of Public Health) student in the Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy. As part of my DrPH Organisational Policy Analysis (RSI), I conceptualised and conducted a qualitative research study on the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Postgraduate Research Degree Admissions at LSHTM (2021-2022). Using semi-structured interviews and analysis of literature and policy documents, I examined LSHTM's formal processes and informal practices to identify existing inequities and bias in the admissions procedures. The report from the study includes recommendations for addressing these issues at various levels. My Research Study (RSII) is titled "Challenges Faced by Women in Social Care Workforce: A Focus on Gender and Race Intersectionality in Training Reforms, with Emphasis on the 2023 English Social Care Sector'". 


Previously, at the School, I was a Research Assistant (part time) on the The Adult Social care Staff Evaluation of Reforms to Training (ASSERT) project funded by NIHR (PI - Prof Shereen Hussein).

I am particularly interested in and keen on exploring internal and external factors contributing to inequities in the implementation of policy interventions that impact a range of individuals from different contexts and settings.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I am a tutor for the Health Systems module on the Distance Learning MSc Global Health Policy.

 

I am a Seminar Leader for the Health Policy, Process and Power module (Face to Face).

Research

Research Area
Reproductive health
Complex interventions
Randomised controlled trials
Contraception
Evaluation
Health policy
Public health
Qualitative research
Social policy
Race and ethnic relations
Disease and Health Conditions
Tuberculosis
Country
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Region
South Asia

Selected Publications

Examining England's 2023 Social Care Workforce Reforms: Insights and Challenges Ahead
HAMID, M; Lalani, M; GRIEVE, R; Lugo Palacios, D; Mays, N; HUSSEIN, S;
2024
HSR UK Conference 2024
Incentivisation practices and their influence on physicians' prescriptions: A qualitative analysis of practice and policy in Pakistan.
KHAN, M; Rahman-Shepherd, A; Noor, MN; Sharif, S; HAMID, M; Aftab, W; Isani, AK; Khan, RI; Hasan, R; Shakoor, S; Siddiqi, S;
2023
PLOS global public health
Stool for bacteriologic confirmation in childhood intra-thoracic TB: a private TB programme experience
Siddiqui, S; Asif, K; Anwar, A; HAMID, M; Khursheed, N; Adnan, A; Amanullah, F;
2019
50th World Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)
Risk factors for unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in children.
HAMID, M; Brooks, MB; Madhani, F; Ali, H; Naseer, MJ; Childhood Tuberculosis Karachi Group,; Becerra, M; Amanullah, F;
2019
PloS one
Drug-resistant tuberculosis in children and adolescents: experience from the Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Amanullah, F; Salahuddin, N; Ahsana, N; Asif, K; HAMID, M; Aamir, K;
2018
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Increasing childhood TB diagnosis through symptom screening in pediatric outpatient departments of key hospitals in Karachi
HAMID, M; Madhani, F; Naeem, N; Ahmed, MJ N; Ali, H; Safdar, N; Khan, AJ; Amanullah, F;
2018
https://theunion.org//sites/default/files/2020-09/TheUnion2018_Abstracts_Web.pdf
IRADA: Improving Reproductive Health through Awareness, Decision and Action to improv
Gul, X; Abbas, AA; Daredia, K; Gorter, A; HAMID, M; Balal, A;
2014
The 13th ESC Congress “Challenges in sexual and reproductive health
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