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Staff Profile
Professor Walid El Ansari Professor of Public Health Email: walidansari@glos.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1242 715274
Bachelor Degree (MBBCH) with Honours in Medicine and Surgery 1984, Alexandria University, EGYPT Diploma Degree in Paediatrics & Child Health (Dip (Ped)) 1987, Alexandria University, EGYPT Master Degree in Public Health Medicine (MSc (PHM)) 1994, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK Diploma Degree in of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) 1996, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA PG Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (PGCert (HE)) 1999, Wolverhampton University, UK Doctorate Degree in Public Health (PhD (Wales)) 1999, University of Wales, UK Doctorate Degree in Education (PhD (Oxford Brookes)) 2006, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Current Research Activity/ Interests Public health; health services research; patient and public participation; community alliances and partnerships in health; inter-agency collaboration; student health; physical activity; multidisciplinary quantitative & qualitative research; epidemiology & statistical methods; primary health care. National Academic and Professional Appointments Co-investigator, the NIHR-funded (£0.5 Million) “Effective Team Working in Mental Health” study. A three-year multi-disciplinary project (2008-2011) between eight UK Universities that aims to generate national guidelines to the enablers of, and barriers to, effective team working in mental health care in the NHS. Member of AIDS Accountability International Expert panel (2008- present). Appointed member to The European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg for the audit of their EU- funded Public Health and Health Determinants research projects (audit of the Framework programmes from FP2 to the current FP7). (2007 — present) "The European Union’s Public Health Programme (2003 to 2007): an effective way to improve European citizens’ health?" Appointed Professional Advisory Member of the charity INVOLVE Public Participation National Advisory Board, London Member of Care Services Improvement Partnership, DOH national organisation for leadership development Member of the National reference group for the Department of Health's 'Public Health Desktop' initiative, London (2006 - present) Board Member to the European Consortium for Cross National Student Health Behaviour Research, Germany Invited member of WHO headquarters in Geneva, Observatory for Health Care for Chronic Conditions, Network of Innovators (invitation only) Co-author of WHO Geneva Stop TB Partnership Report, 2003 Co-author of WHO Geneva HIV/AIDS Health services-Community Interface Report, 2003 Contributor and member to the WHO Reference Group for the WHO report: ?Preparing a Health Care Workforce for the 21st Century: The Challenge of Chronic Conditions?. Walid and his findings were the driving force in making partnering one of 5 main competencies for health workers who deal with chronic illness. Invited Participant at WHO, national and global Conferences on Health Promotion / Public Health Invited and commissioned by BMJ bmjlearning.com to write an interactive module on community partnerships for BMJ educational website for primary care targeted at practice managers. Featured member, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), University of Washington, USA. Requests by Medicines Partnership UK (supported by the Department of Health), and Community Campus Partnerships of Health (University of Washington, USA) for his research tool to be posted on their websites. Editorial Boards: Chronic Illness (UK), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Switzerland), The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services (UK), International Journal of Biomedical Science (USA), Medical Sciences Monitor (USA), Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery (South Africa); and reviewer for another 9 international prestigious peer reviewed journals. Secured and managed Grants from WHO Geneva, USAID/ Egyptian Ministry of Health, DFID and the British Council, University of Wales, Oxford Brookes University, was one of 2 national finalists for 400,000 grant from the SDO Coordinating Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine (2005) for national research on partnership working in health. Publications World Health Organization Headquaters (Geneva) Reports (Author) Steenbergen G., El Ansari W. (2003) The power of partnership. Stop TB Partnership, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. WHO/HTM/STB/2003.24 Steenbergen G., El Ansari W. (2003) A pocket guide to building partnerships. Stop TB Partnership, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. WHO/HTM/STB/2003.25 World Health Organization Headquaters (Geneva) Reports (Editor) H Goede & W El Ansari. (Eds.) (2003). Partnership work: the health service-community interface for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Report of a WHO consultation 5-6 December 2002, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO, Geneva . ISBN 92 4 159095 5. Book Chapter/s El Ansari W. (2009). Forward. In: Ros Carnwell and Julian Buchanan (Eds.), Effective Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice: A partnership approach. Second edition. London: Sage. El Ansari W, Deeny P. (2008). 32: Emergency and Disaster Planning. In: S Watkins and M Mabhala (eds.) Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 174-179 Andersson E., El Ansari W. (2008). 33: User Involvement and Influence. In: S Watkins and M Mabhala (eds.) Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 180-184 El Ansari W. (2008). 34: Collaborative and Partnership Working. In: S Watkins and A Mabhala (eds.) Mills H, Crone D, El Ansari W. (2008). 37: Public Health and Physical Activity. In: S Watkins and M Mabhala (eds.) Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 202-206 El Ansari W. (2008). 47: Student Health. In: S Watkins and M Mabhala (eds.) El Ansari W. (2006) Stakeholders? Perceptions of Outcomes in Public Health Educational Partnerships. In: SL Knobler, T Burroughs, A Mahmoud, SM Lemon (Editors) Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary. Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: The National Academy Press. El Ansari W, Privett S. (2005) Health Protection: communicable disease, public health and infection control educational programmes — A case study from the UK. Public Health 119(4):328-40. Reprinted In: SL Knobler, T Burroughs, A Mahmoud, SM Lemon (Editors) Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary. Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: The National Academy Press. El Ansari W. (2004) The incentives and difficulties of partnership working. In: Mitchell S. (ed.) Worldwide Partnerships for Schools with Voluntary Organizations, Foundations, Universities, Companies and Community Councils. The Edwin Mellen Press. Lewiston, USA. pp. ISBN 0773463607 El Ansari W. (2003). An introduction to the structural and operational underpinnings of partnership work. In: H Goede & W El Ansari. (Eds.) Partnership work: the health service-community interface for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Report of a WHO consultation 5-6 December 2002, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO, Geneva. ISBN 92 4 159095 5. El Ansari W & Goede H. (2003). Afterword to the case presentations. In: H Goede & W El Ansari. (Eds.) Partnership work: the health service-community interface for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Report of a WHO consultation 5-6 December 2002, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO, Geneva . ISBN 92 4 159095 5. El Ansari W. (2002) Community Development and Professional Education in South Africa. In: Mitchell S. (ed.) Effective Educational Partnerships: Experts, Advocates, and Scouts. Praeger: Westport. pp. 217-236. El Ansari W. (2000) Narrowing the Health Gap? Partnerships: Problems and Possibilities. In: Turpin A., Battel-Kirk B (eds.) Narrowing the Health Gap. Health Promotion Working for Social Inclusion. Society of Health Education & Health Promotion Specialists (SHEPS): Glasgow, United Kingdom. pp 47-51. El Ansari W & Phillips CJ. (1997) Altogether Better Health Personnel Education? Findings From Three Community Partnerships in Health in South Africa. In: Conway J, Fisher R, Sheridan-Burns L & Ryan G (eds.) Research and Development in Problem Based Learning. Volume (4) The Australian Problem Based Learning Network: Newcastle, Australia. pp.127-134.
Owens C, Crone D, Kilgour L, El Ansari W. (2009) The place and promotion of wellbeing in Mental Health Services: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (In Press) Mikolajczyk RT , El Ansari W, Maxwell AE . (2009) Food Consumption Frequency and Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms among Students in Three European Countries. Nutrition Journal 15;8:31 Read Article El Ansari W, Stibbe A. (2009) Public Health and the Environment: What Skills for Sustainability Literacy - And Why? Sustainability 1, 425-440; doi:10.3390/su1030425 Read Article El Ansari W. (2009) Joint Working For health and Social Outcomes: The Partnership-leadership Mantra. International Journal of Leadership in Public Services 5(1): 29-39. Read Abstract Mikolajczyk RT, Maxwell AE, Naydenova V, Meier S, El Ansari W. Depressive symptoms and perceived burdens related to being a student: Survey in three European countries. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health (2008) 4:19 Read Article Mikolajczyk R, Brzoska P, Maier C, Ottova V, Meier S, Dudziak U, Ilieva S, El Ansari W. (2008) Factors Associated with Self-Rated Health Status in University Students: A Cross-sectional Study in Three European Countries. BMC Public Health (2008), 8:215 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-215 Read Article Mikolajczyk RT, Maxwell AE, El Ansari W, Naydenova V, Stock C, Ilieva S, Dudziak U, Rajnicova-Nagyova I. (2008) Prevalence of depressive symptoms in university students from Germany, Denmark, Poland and Bulgaria. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 43:105—112 Read Article El Ansari W, Davis T, Pearson D. (2007) Students’ Satisfaction With Their Health And Social Care Educational Programmes: Qualitative Findings from the UK. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 13, 4, 925-938. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Maxwell A, Mikolajczyk R, Stock C, Naydenova V, Krämer A. (2007) Promoting Public Health: Benefits and Challenges of a Europeanwide Research Consortium on Student Health. Central European Journal of Public Health 15(1): 58-65. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Maxwell AE, Stock C, Mikolajczyk R, Naydenova V, Krämer A. (2007) Nurses’ involvement in international research collaborations. Nursing Standard. 21, 26, 35-40. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2006) Chronic Conditions and the Developing World: A Contribution to the Evidence Base. Chronic Illness 2(3): 159-160. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Oskrochi R. (2006) What Matters Most? Predictors of Student Satisfaction in Public Health Educational Courses. Public Health 120(5):462-73. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Weiss E. (2006) Quality of Community Partnership Research: Developing the Evidence Base. Health Education Research 21: 175-180. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2005) Collaborative Research Partnerships with Disadvantaged Communities: Challenges and Potential Solutions. Public Health 119(9):758-70. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Privett S. (2005) Health Protection: communicable disease, public health and infection control educational programmes — A case study from the UK. Public Health 119(4):328-40. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2005) Passive smoking and chronic illness in children: age and gender inequalities, and the fallacy of ?low-strength? cigarettes. Chronic Illness1(1):87-91. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Oskrochi R. (2004) What ?really? affects health professions students? satisfaction with their educational experience? Implications for practice and research. Nurse Education Today 24 (8): 644-655. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Soweid R, Jabbour S. (2004) Geography of Biomedical Publications. Lancet 363: 489. Spence W, El Ansari W. (2004) Portfolio assessment: practice teachers? early experience. Nurse Education Today 24(5): 388-401. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2004) Appraisal skills as a public health competency for evidence-based care: Student satisfaction with their research education. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 10(4): 354-365. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Phillips CJ, & Zwi AB. (2004). Collaboration in Health: Public Health Nurses? Perspectives. Public Health Nursing 21 (3): 278-287. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Phillips CJ. (2004) The Costs and benefits of participants in community partnerships. A paradox? Health Promotion Practice 5(1): 35 - 48. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Russell J, Wills J. (2004). Reply to: response to article published by El Ansari et al. in Public Health. Public Health 118(2): 162-164. El Ansari W, Russell J, Wills J. (2003) Education for Heath: Case Studies of Two Multidisciplinary MPH/MSc Public Health Programmes in the UK. Public Health 117: 366-376. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2003).The tests, the tools, the methods, certainty, and thinking outside the box?. Physiotherapy 89(5): 320-322. El Ansari W, Russell J, Spence W, Ryder E, Chambers C. (2003) New skills for a new age: Leading the introduction of public health concepts in health care curricula. Public Health 117(2): 77-87. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2003) Satisfaction Trends in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Education. Physiotherapy 89(3):171-185. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2003) Educational Partnerships for Health: Do Stakeholders Perceive Similar Outcomes? Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 9(2): 136-156. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2002) Passive Smoking in Children: Facts and Implication. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 8(1): 74-87. Read Abstract El Ansari W, Pearson D & Davis T (2002) Satisfaction with interprofessional multidisciplinary education? Influences of learners? demographic and academic characteristics. Journal of Interprofessional Care 16(2): 174-175. El Ansari W, Phillips CJ, & Zwi AB (2002) Narrowing the Gap Between Academic Professional Wisdom and Community Lay Knowledge: Partnerships in South Africa. Public Health 116 (3): 151-159. Read Abstract El Ansari W. (2002) Student Nurse Satisfaction Levels With Their Courses: Part I - Effects of Demographic Variables, Nurse Education Today, 22(2): 159-170. Read Abstract El Ansari, W (2002) Student Nurse Satisfaction Levels With Their Courses: Part II - Effects of Academic Variables, Nurse Education Today, 22(2): 171-180. Read Abstract El Ansari W & Phillips CJ. (2001) Empowering Health Care Workers in Africa: Partnerships in Health - Beyond the Rhetoric Towards a Model. Critical Public Health 11(3): 231 — 252. Read Abstract El Ansari W & Phillips CJ. (2001) Community Development for a Changing World? Innovative Joint Working in Health Care - A South African Partnership Model. International Journal of Public Private Partnerships 3(2):269-275. El Ansari W & Phillips CJ. (2001) Interprofessional Collaboration: A Stakeholder Approach to Evaluation of Voluntary Participation in Community Partnerships. Journal of Interprofessional Care 15(4): 351-368. Carlson C & El Ansari W (2001) Improving Health: Postgraduate Public Health Education - Experience from the UK. Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery 3(1):25-29. El Ansari W, Phillips CJ & Hammick M. (2001) Collaboration and Partnerships: Developing the Evidence Base. Health & Social Care in the Community 9(4):215-227. Read Abstract El Ansari W & Phillips CJ. (2001) Partnerships, Community Participation and Intersectoral Collaboration in South Africa. Journal of Interprofessional Care 15(2):119-132. Read Abstract Carlson CL & El Ansari W. (2000) Squaring the circle: Developing public health competencies in primary care. Nursing Times Research 5(2):2-14. Other publications El Ansari W. (1999) Critical Components of Successful Partnerships Across Countries. Partnerships for Child Welfare 6(1):3,10-11. El Ansari W. (1999) Partnerships in Mental Health: Guidelines to Good Practice. Partnerships in Mental Health April:19. El Ansari W. (1998) International Focus. Professional Development News 3 (Spring):3 |
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