Dr Rabeea'h Aslam

Research, Medicine

+44 (0) 1792 606464

r.w.aslam@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0916-9641

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Dr. Aslam is a medical doctor and works full-time in mixed-methods research at the Swansea University Medical School, London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine, and as Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests lie at the intersection of transnational migration (specifically refugees and asylum seekers), community engagement, cultural psychiatry, global mental health research and policy. She has led and been part of multiple projects funded and commissioned by National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW), Cochrane, and Department of Health in the United Kingdom.

She also teaches and supervise students for their undergraduate and postgraduate theses.

Areas Of Expertise

Asylum seeker and refugee health
Global Mental Health
Mixed-methods research

Teaching Interests

Methods of evidence synthesis

Mixed-methods research

Research

Active projects

STRETCHED STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained high needs - an Evaluation using linked Data
UPSIDES Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services
PROSPER Feasibility study and pilot trial of an evidence-based low intensity psychosocial intervention delivered by lay therapists for asylum seekers and refugees
TIME Take home naloxone Intervention Multi centre Emergency setting feasibility trial

Publications

Research Highlights

Aslam, R., Bates, V., Dundar, Y., Hounsome, J., Richardson, M., Krishan, A., Dickson, R., Boland, A., Fisher, J., Robinson, L., Sikdar, S. 2018 A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of automated tests for cognitive impairment International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 33 4 561 575
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53100 doi: 10.1002/gps.4852
Aslam, R., Bates, V., Dundar, Y., Hounsome, J., Richardson, M., Krishan, A., Dickson, R., Boland, A., Kotas, E., Fisher, J., Sikdar, S., Robinson, L. 2016 Automated tests for diagnosing and monitoring cognitive impairment: a diagnostic accuracy review Health Technology Assessment 20 77 1 74
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53102 doi: 10.3310/hta20770
Aslam, R., Pye, K., Rai, T., Hall, B., Timmis, L., Yeo, S., Leeson, S. 2016 Follow-up strategies for women with endometrial cancer after primary treatment Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53103 doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd012386
Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Noyes, J., Ntambwe, L., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J., Williams, N., Whitaker, R. 2017 Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement BMC Medicine 15 1
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53104 doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0904-7
Charles, J., Rycroft-Malone, J., Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Pasterfield, D., Whitaker, R. 2016 Reducing repeat pregnancies in adolescence: applying realist principles as part of a mixed-methods systematic review to explore what works, for whom, how and under what circumstances BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 16 1
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53105 doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1066-x
Bhui, K., Aslam, R., Palinski, A., McCabe, R., Johnson, M., Weich, S., Singh, S., Knapp, M., Ardino, V., Szczepura, A. 2015 Interventions designed to improve therapeutic communications between black and minority ethnic people and professionals working in psychiatric services: a systematic review of the evidence for their effectiveness Health Technology Assessment 19 31 1 174
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53107 doi: 10.3310/hta19310
Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Carter, B., Noyes, J., Malone, J., Booth, A., Pasterfield, D., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Ntambwe, L., Williams, N., Whitaker, R. 2015 Interventions for preventing unintended repeat pregnancies among adolescents Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53108 doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd011477

All Research

Journal Articles

Aslam, R., Bates, V., Dundar, Y., Hounsome, J., Richardson, M., Krishan, A., Dickson, R., Boland, A., Fisher, J., Robinson, L., Sikdar, S. 2018 A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of automated tests for cognitive impairment International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 33 4 561 575
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53100 doi: 10.1002/gps.4852
Aslam, R., Bates, V., Dundar, Y., Hounsome, J., Richardson, M., Krishan, A., Dickson, R., Boland, A., Kotas, E., Fisher, J., Sikdar, S., Robinson, L. 2016 Automated tests for diagnosing and monitoring cognitive impairment: a diagnostic accuracy review Health Technology Assessment 20 77 1 74
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53102 doi: 10.3310/hta20770
Aslam, R., Pye, K., Rai, T., Hall, B., Timmis, L., Yeo, S., Leeson, S. 2016 Follow-up strategies for women with endometrial cancer after primary treatment Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53103 doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd012386
Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Noyes, J., Ntambwe, L., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J., Williams, N., Whitaker, R. 2017 Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement BMC Medicine 15 1
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53104 doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0904-7
Charles, J., Rycroft-Malone, J., Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Pasterfield, D., Whitaker, R. 2016 Reducing repeat pregnancies in adolescence: applying realist principles as part of a mixed-methods systematic review to explore what works, for whom, how and under what circumstances BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 16 1
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53105 doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1066-x
Bhui, K., Aslam, R., Palinski, A., McCabe, R., Johnson, M., Weich, S., Singh, S., Knapp, M., Ardino, V., Szczepura, A. 2015 Interventions designed to improve therapeutic communications between black and minority ethnic people and professionals working in psychiatric services: a systematic review of the evidence for their effectiveness Health Technology Assessment 19 31 1 174
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53107 doi: 10.3310/hta19310
Aslam, R., Hendry, M., Carter, B., Noyes, J., Malone, J., Booth, A., Pasterfield, D., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Ntambwe, L., Williams, N., Whitaker, R. 2015 Interventions for preventing unintended repeat pregnancies among adolescents Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53108 doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd011477

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