Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Syeda Z. Hossain, PhD

Syeda Z. Hossain, PhD Faculty of Health Science University of Sydney, PO BOX 170 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia E-mail: [email protected]

Biography

Zakia Hossain is a Health Sociologist and a Demographer. She is a recipient of AusAID and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships. Her major research and teaching is in the areas of Health Sociology, Health and globalization, International Health and Chronic diseases, research methods and statistics. The PhD thesis' she has supervised examines, Stigma and HIV/AIDS; Media, HIV/AIDS education and young people; Acculturation and health and wellbeing of second generation Iranian in Australia. She has presented her research work in Global Health Conference, Washington DC, World Congress of Gerontology, World Congress of Sociology, APSA and TASA international conferences.

Research Interest

Health Sociology , Women’s health , Breast cancer, Reproductive health, Cross-cultural issues in health & ageing, HIV/AIDS, Stigma Domestic violence, Health Migration, Health inequalities and Teenage pregnancy.

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