Dr Mohammad Afzal Mahmood

Teaching Interests

Health Promotion, International Health, Project Planning, Public Health Internship, Health Policy & Public Health Interventions

Research Interests

Disciplinary orientation:

Health Systems and PHC Development, Reproductive Health, Safe Motherhood, Health Promotion

 

Areas of Interest:

Program and Project Planning & Evaluation, Health Services and Community Development, Health Management Information Systems, Participatory Appraisal

 

Some Current Projects:

 

Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health: Strengthening District Health System for Safe Motherhood in East Timor. In collaboration with International Infancy Midwifery Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IMOG) program, Rotary Club of Morialta and Department of Health, Bobonaro, East Timor, with Bruno Giorgio, Steven Scroggs, RCM IMOG team, Sally Johnson, Frances Knight, Penny Bezar, Ben Kildea et al

 

Health System Development: Health Management Trainings, Maternal Health Action Research, Development of a Maternal Health Technical Resource Team for managers of government public health programs, and manager of hospitals, district health and primary care settings, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. With John Moss, Maskito Soerjoasmoro, Rina Kusumaratna, H Sutarnyoto, Syafak Hanung, Syarifah Masitah

 

Quality of Care: Rational use of prescription drugs in primary care settings, quality of care in township hospitals, in Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China, in collaboration with Shandong Health Department & Weifang Medical University. Focus on health care providers and health system factors determining rational use of drugs. With Zhang Aiguo, Wei Li, Hand Dong, Anje Scarfe, Yu Zhenjie, Wu Qi, Lainie Sutton. 

                    

Primary Health Care: Quality of Primary Care at village clinics and township hospitals, Shandong province, in collaboration with the Shandong Department of Health, Peoples Republic of China. With Laine Sutton, Zhang Aiguo, Vanessa Richardson, Alexandra Raulli, Han Dong, Wangyan, Dong Peng

 

Placements of Australian public health graduates and specialists for research, health promotion and health services development in developing countries: Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD): A Raulli (2006, PR China), V Richardson (2007, PR China), F Knight (2008, East Timor), A Scarfe (2009, PR China), Lainie Sutton 2011 -2012, PR China). Public Health Honours: D Halliday (2010 Indonesia), S McEwen (2011, Indonesia)

Other Health Services Research: The influence of living arrangements on health services  utilisation in Australia – an analysis of the National Health Survey Data to identify the utilisation of primary care, acute care and allied health services by people

Publications

Publications (2009- 2012)

Rahman MA, Spurrier N, Mahmood MA, Rahman M, Choudhury SR, et al. Is There Any Association between Use of Smokeless Tobacco Products and Coronary Heart Disease in Bangladesh? 2012.  PLoS ONE 7(1): e30584. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030584

Rahman MA, Mahmood MA, Spurrier N, Rahman M, Leeder S. A systematic review of epidemiological studies on the association between smokeless tobacco use and coronary heart disease. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology Vol. 3(12), pp. 593-603, 21 December, 2011. DOI: 10.5897/JPHE11.175

Mahmood MA, Bauze AE, Lokhorst J, Bi P, Saniotis A. Influence of living arrangements on health services utilisation in Australia. Australian Health Review 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH10920

Stuart K, Mahmood MA, Clark L, Pace R. Health education and a co-ordinated response system to support vulnerable people during heat waves. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2011 Aug;35(4):394-5; discussion 395. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00749.x

Hajialiafzali H, Moss JR, Mahmood MA.  Exploring Health Professionals’ perspectives on factors affecting Iranian hospital efficiency and suggestions for improvement. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2011: 26(1) e17-29.

Kusumaratna, Mahmood MA, Soerjoasmoro MA, Khairual. Health Services needs of older persons: emerging finding from Tarakan City, East Kalimantan. Universa Medicina (Trisakti University), 2011, 30(3) 197-203.

Mahmood MA, Saniotis A. Appropriate use of Syndromic Management Algorithms for STIs: The case for ongoing training and support. JPMA 2011; 61:453-457

Mahmood MA, Raulli A, Yan W, Aiguo Z, Ping D. Cooperative medical insurance and cost of care in Shandong, PR China: patients and communities perspective. Asia Pacific J Public Health. August 2010 DOI: 10.1177/1010539510376664

Mahmood MA. Giorgio B, Scroggs S. Working to prevent maternal mortality in Timor Leste. RANZCOG O&G Magazine. 2009; 11(1):64-66.

Bezar Penny, Mahmood MA, Public health and health services development in post-conflict communities: a case study of a safe motherhood project in East Timor. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2009; 21;469-476.

Haji Ali Afzali H, Moss JR, Mahmood MA. A conceptual framework for selecting the most appropriate variables for measuring hospital efficiency with a focus on Iranian public hospitals. Health Services Management Research 2009; 22: 81–91.

Professional Interests

Some of the past international health & development projects:

Development of Maternal Health Technical Resource Team, East Kalimantan, Indonesia   Management Training for senior and mid level health services managers from Indonesia, 2008, 2009, 2011   Evaluation of Children and Families Integration Services: Evaluating the Outcomes of Service Integration. CYWHS, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide.   Sustainability strategies for reproductive health programs in seventeen communities, Pakistan Voluntary Health and Nutrition Association, Pakistan   Reproductive health operations research – Sexually Transmitted Infections, Emergency Contraceptives, Information System, for reproductive health programs, PAVHNA, Karachi, Pakistan.   Output-to-purpose review of community based health care projects of Marie Stopes Society and Pakistan Voluntary Health and Nutrition Association   Development of health management information systems for use by the community based programs, Karachi, Pakistan   PHC research and program management training for health and social sector managers from East Africa. In collaboration with the Aga Khan Health Services, Mombasa, Kenya

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Health (allied health)
Expertise	Community development; public health; health management information systems; health systems development; international health; reproductive health systems
Notes	Alt phone: (08) 8303 4637

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 7 Aug 2012