Department: Sociology
Extension Number: 346
Email ID: sarajafree@fccollege.edu.pk
Office Number: E123

BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Jafree has over 50 academic research papers published in impact factor international journals under areas of Public Health, Social Policy, and Women’s Studies. She has also authored three books published by Oxford University Press, Springer, and Palgrave Macmillan. The books, “Women, Healthcare and Violence in Pakistan”; “The Sociology of South Asian Women’s Health”; and “Social Policy for Women in Pakistan” have addressed important issues related to women’s health, safety, and need for social protection. Dr Jafree is a recipient of five research grant awards for projects as Principal Investigator and has led large research teams for policy mobilization in areas of microfinance social development, digital health literacy, intergenerational learning for the elderly, and social literacy. Amongst other services to the academic community and students she serves as the founding Editor of the Forman Journal of Social Sciences; as Board Member for the FCCU, Institutional Review Board; and as an Editorial Board Member for the Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies, Alam-e-Niswan, (the official Journal of Pakistan Association for Women’s Studies).

EDUCATION

• Post-Doctorate Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK
• PhD- Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, PK
• MPhil- Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, PK
• BSc Honors- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Books

1. Social Policy for Women in Pakistan, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
2. The Sociology of South Asian Women’s Health, Springer Nature, 2020
3. Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan,Oxford University Press, 2018

Book Chapters

1. Rizvi Jafree, Sara. (2023) Women and Minorities in Pakistan, In Pakistan Studies: A Book of Readings Ed. Sikandar Hayat, Sang-e-Meel Publications.

Research Article Publications

1. Rizvi Jafree S, and Barlow J. (2023) Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan.
2. Sajjad, T., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2023). A qualitative exploration of the health awareness and social challenges facing Pakistani youth engaging in body piercing and tattooing. International Journal of Natural Medicine and Health Sciences, 2(3), 1-8.
3. Rizvi Jafree, S., Shah, G., Zakar, R., Muzamill, A., Ahsan, H., Burhan, S. K., Javed, A., et al. (2023). Characterizing Social Determinants of Maternal and Child Health: A Qualitative Community Health Needs Assessment in Underserved Areas. Healthcare, 11(15), 2224. MDPI AG.
4. Rizvi Jafree, S., Burhan S.K., (2023) Maternal Stress and Health Quality of Life in Mothers with Special Needs Children: Four-Track Social Policy Recommendations Led by Social Work, Advances in Women’s Studies 5: 16-21. DOI: 10.5152/atakad.2023.2302
5. Rizvi Jafree, S., Malik, N., & Khawar, A. (2023). Pakistani Hazara Shia victims: challenges, survival techniques, and protective needs. Conflict, Security & Development, 1-26.
6. Rizvi Jafree, S., Muzammil, A., Burhan, S. K., Bukhari, N., & Fischer, F. (2023). Impact of a digital health literacy intervention and risk predictors for multimorbidity among poor women of reproductive years: Results of a randomized-controlled trial. Digital Health, 9, 20552076221144506.
7. Rizvi Jafree, S., Nadir, S. M. H., Mahmood, Q. K., & Burhan, S. K. (2023). The Migrant Hazara Shias of Pakistan and their Social Determinants for PTSD, Mental Disorders and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Migration and Health, 100166.
8. Bhutta, F. S., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2022). Effect of Private Patriarchy on Spatial Mobility in Urban Women Teachers and Students, Bahria University Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 5(2), 1-22,
9. Maryam, A., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2022). Sociodemographics of Formal and Informal Sector Women Workers of Pakistan and a Comparison of their Perceived and Practiced Autonomy. Global Sociological Review, VII (I), 103-115.
10. Rizvi Jafree, S., Mahmood, Q. K., Mujahid, S., Asim, M., & Barlow, J. (2022). Narrative synthesis systematic review of Pakistani women’s health outcomes from primary care interventions. BMJ Open, 12(8),
11. Khan, R., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2022). The Need for Interventions to Reduce Time Spent on Social Media and Strengthening of Family Relationships in University Students. Global Digital & Print Media Review, V(II), 64-79
12. Rizvi Jafree, S., Burhan, S. K., & Mahmood, Q. K. (2022). Predictors for stress in special education teachers: policy lessons for teacher support and special needs education development during the COVID pandemic and beyond. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1-18.
13. Rizvi Jafree, S., Khawar, A., ul Momina, A., & Mahmood, Q. K. (2022). Infection preparedness of community health workers: implications for maternal and neonatal health services in Pakistan. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 23.
14. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., Rafiq, N., Javed, A., Durrani, R. R., Burhan, S. K., … & Fischer, F. (2022). WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial. Frontiers in public health, 114.
15. K. Mahmood, Rizvi Jafree, S., S. Mukhtar, F. Fischer (2021) Dataset on social media use during COVID-19: Associations with self-efficacy, perceived threat, and preventive behavior, Data in Brief, Volume 37
16. Rizvi Jafree, S. (2021) Transmitting religious values through online religious communities: case study of Pakistani Shia mothers’ home education, Journal of Beliefs & Values, DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2021.1992744
17. Rizvi Jafree, S., Burhan, S. K., Khawar, A., Mahmood, Q. K., & Shahed, S. (2021). The Impact of Intergenerational Learning on Quality of Life in Older Populations Residing in A Public Sector Old Age Home: A Quasi-experimental Study. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1-27.
18. Rizvi Jafree, S., ul Momina, A., Malik, N., Naqi, S. A., & Fischer, F. (2021). Challenges in providing surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative study among Operating Department Practitioners in Pakistan, Vol. 104(2) 1–29, Science Progress
19. Rizvi Jafree, S., ul Momina, A., Muazzam, A., Wajid, R., & Calib, G. (2021). Delivery Health Service Satisfaction of Mothers and Fear of COVID-19: Implications for Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Springer
20. Rizvi Jafree, S., (2021). The Need for Cultural Interventions to Improve Girls’ Education during COVID-19 and Beyond, March,  ESymposia, International Sociological Association,
21. K. Mahmood, Rizvi Jafree, S., Mukhtar, F. Fischer (2021) Social media use, self-efficacy, perceived threat, and preventive behavior in times of COVID-19: results of a cross-sectional study in Pakistan, Frontier Psychology, 12 (2021), p. 2354
22. Rizvi Jafree, S., Mahmood QK, Momina AU, Fisher F, and Barlow J (2021) Protocol for a systematic review of barriers, facilitators and outcomes in primary healthcare services for women in Pakistan; BMJ Open 2021;11:e043715.
23. Rizvi Jafree, S., Bukhari N, Muzamill A, et al, (2021) Digital health literacy intervention to support maternal, child and family health in primary healthcare settings of Pakistan during the age of coronavirus: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, BMJ Open, 11:e045163.
24. Rizvi Jafree, S., Mahmood, Q. K., Burhan, S. K., & Khawar, A. (2021). Protective Factors for Life Satisfaction in Aging Populations Residing in Public Sector Old Age Homes of Pakistan: Implications for Social Policy. Journal of Aging and Environment, 1-20.
25. Mahmood, Q.K., Rizvi Jafree, S.., Sohail, M.M. et al. A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pakistani Muslims Coping with Health Anxiety through Religiosity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Religion and Health 60, 1462–1474 (2021).
26. Rizvi Jafree, S., & Anwar, N. (2021). Social Protection for Socioeconomically Vulnerable Women of Pakistan-During Covid-19 and Beyond. Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-e-Niswan, 27(2), 75-85.
27. Mahmood, Q. K., Rizvi Jafree, S., Jalil, A., Nadir, S. M. H., & Fischer, F. (2021). Anxiety amongst physicians during COVID-19: cross-sectional study in Pakistan. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1-10;
28. Rizvi Jafree S., Zakar R, Ahsan H, et al. (2021) Impact of microfinance health interventions on health-related outcomes among female informal workers in Pakistan: a retrospective quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open;
29. Rizvi Jafree, S., ul Momina, A., & Naqi, S. A. (2020). Significant other family members and their experiences of COVID-19 in Pakistan: A qualitative study with implications for social policy,  Stigma and Health, APA; 
30. Mahmood, Q.K., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2020) Pakistani Youth and Social Media Addiction: the Validation of Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Springer
31. Rizvi Jafree, S. (2020) Determinants of depression in women with chronic disease: Evidence from a sample of poor loan takers from Pakistan, Journal of Community Psychology, WILEY
32. Mahmood, Q.K., & Rizvi Jafree, S. (2020) The Psychometric Validation of FCV19S in Urdu and Socio-Demographic Association with Fear in the People of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Springer
33. Rizvi Jafree, S., Burhan, S.K. (2020) Health challenges of mothers with special needs children in Pakistan and the importance of integrating health social workers, Social Work in Health Care, Taylor & Francis
34. Rizvi Jafree, S., M. Mustafa (2020). The Triple Burden of Disease, Destitution and Debt: Pakistani Women Microfinance Borrowers Health Challenges, Health Care for Women International, Taylor & Francis
35. Rizvi Jafree, S. (2020). Informal Congregational Social Workers and Promotion of Social Welfare in Sermons: A study of Shia Women Religious Scholars of Pakistan, Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, Taylor & Francis
36. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., Mustafa, M., & Fischer, F. (2018). Mothers employed in paid work and their predictors for home delivery in Pakistan, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Springer, 18(1), 316.
37. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Fischer, F. (2017). Assessing the patient safety culture and ward error reporting in public sector hospitals of Pakistan, Safety in Health, Springer, 3(1), 10.
38. Rizvi Jafree, S. (2017). Workplace violence against women nurses working in two public sector hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan, Nursing Outlook, Elsevier, 65(4), 420-427.
39. Rizvi Jafree, S., (2016). Microfinance loan services, community and wellbeing- A case of women borrowers from Pakistan. The Microfinance Review, 8(1), 8-89.
40. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Fischer, F. (2016). Nurse perceptions of organizational culture and its association with the culture of error reporting: a case of public sector hospitals in Pakistan, BMC Health Services Research, Springer, 16(1)
41. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., & Zakar, M. Z. (2015). Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight of Children Among Employed Mothers in Pakistan. SPRINGER, Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(9), 1993-2002.
42. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., Fischer, F., & Zakar, M. Z. (2015). Ethical violations in the clinical setting: the hidden curriculum learning experience of Pakistani nurses. SPRINGER, BMC Medical Ethics, 16(1), 16.
43. Rizvi Jafree, S., Zakar, R., & Zakar, M. Z. (2015). Gender segregation as a benefit–a qualitative study from Pakistan. WILEY, Journal of Nursing Management, 23(8), 983-993.
44. Rizvi Jafree, S., & Ahmad, K. (2013). Women microfinance users and their association with improvement in quality of life: Evidence from Pakistan, The Research Institute of Asian Women, Asian Women, 29(4), 73-105.
45. Rizvi Jafree, S., & Ahmad, K. (2013). Women borrowers of microfinance: an urban Lahore study. Journal of Third World Studies, 30(2), 151.