Professor of Public Health
Email: walidansari@glos.ac.uk
Education
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.
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Member of AIDS Accountability International Expert panel (2008- present).
Appointed member to NICE (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence), Centre for Public Health Excellence, Programme Development Group (PDG) for the National Guidelines on Community Engagement, London, UK. (2007 - present) Read More
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?"
Invited reviewer for major funding bodies: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) for the ‘Public Health Research: Centres of Excellence’ initiative. Jointly funded by British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Department of Health, R&D Office for the Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services, Wales Office of R&D, Welsh Assembly Government and Wellcome Trust (£10 Million); and the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) - WOTRO Netherlands (Science for Global Development) (€ 5 million) (2006 — present) (2006 — present)
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), Journal of Integrated Care (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.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK - Reports (Author)
West M, Alimo-Metcalfe B, Dawson J, El Ansari W, Glasby J, Hardy G, Middleton H, Naylor PB, Onyett S, Richardson J, Richter A. Effectiveness of Multi-Professional Team Working (MPTW) in Mental Health Care. Final report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme; 2011.
Book Chapter/s
El Ansari W. (2011). Assigning people as number one priority: Engaging with disadvantaged communities in healthcare research. In: Kabene S. (Ed.) Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems. PA., USA: IGI Global. Pp. 193-210. ISBN 978-1-61520-885-2
El Ansari W, Moseley L, Mills C, Raybould L. (2011). Health Complaints in University Students in England: A European Comparison. In: H Shulz, PR Wright, T Hauser (Eds.) Exercise, Sports and Health. Chemnitz, Germany: Universitatsverlag Chemnitz. pp 9-22. ISBN 978-3-941003-41-5
Khalil KA, El Ansari W, Crone D. (2011). Correlates of Clinically diagnosed anxiety and depression among higher education students in Libya. In: H Shulz, PR Wright, T Hauser (Eds.) Exercise, Sports and Health. Chemnitz, Germany: Universitatsverlag Chemnitz. pp 63-72. ISBN 978-3-941003-41-5
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.
Mabhala M, El Ansari W. (2008). 8: Public health and Population Dynamics In: S Watkins and M Mabhala (eds.) Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 40-44
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.)
Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 185-190
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.)
Fifty Key Concepts in Public Health. London: Sage. Pp. 256-260
El Ansari W. (2006) Public Health For Health Care: Workforce Development Through An Integrated Approach To Health Care Curricula. 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. (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.
Refereed Journal Articles
El Ansari W, Rahman S, Nimeri N, El Tinay S, Salameh K, Abbas T, Yousafzai MT, Bener A. (In Press) Have Neonatal Mortality Rates in the State of Qatar become Static? A PEARL Study Analysis. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
El Ansari W. (In Press) Leadership in Community Partnerships: South African Study and Experience. Central European Journal of Public Health
El Ansari W, Labeeb S, Moseley L, Kotb S, El-Houfey A. (In Press) Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of University Students: Survey of Eleven Faculties in Egypt. International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Sigmund E, El Ansari W, Sigmondova D. (In Press) Does school-based physical activity decrease overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years? A two-year longitudinal study in the Czech Republic. BMC Public Health
El Ansari W, Labeeb S, Kotb S, Yousafzai MT, El-Houfey A, Stock C. (In Press) Correlates of Smoking, Quit Attempts and Attitudes towards Total Smoking Ban at University: Findings from Eleven Faculties in Egypt. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
El Ansari W, Stock C, Mills C. (In Press) University Students – Is Alcohol Consumption Associated with Academic Achievement? Journal of American College Health
Nimeri N, Rahman S, El Tinay S, El Ansari W, et al. (In Press) The National Perinatal Mortality Rate in the State of Qatar during 2011; Trends since 1990 and comparative analysis with World Health Statistics 2011: The PEARL Study Project. Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Sebena R, El Ansari W, Stock C, Orosova O, Mikolajczyk RT. (2012) Are perceived stress, depressive symptoms and religious faith associated with alcohol consumption? A survey of freshmen university students across five European countries. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 7(1):21. [Epub ahead of print] Read Article
El Ansari W, Stock C. (2012) Factors Associated With Smoking, Quit Attempts and Attitudes towards Total Smoking Ban at University: A Survey of Seven Universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 13(2):705-14. Read Abstract
El Ansari W, Stock C, Mikolajczyk R. (2012) Relationships between food consumption and living arrangements among university students in four European countries - A cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal 11(1):28. [Epub ahead of print] Read Article
El Ansari W, Dunne J. (2012) Awareness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Case Study of a blended learning educational programme in the UK. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]. Read Abstract
El Ansari W. (2011) Factors associated with students’ satisfaction with their educational experiences, and their module grades: Survey findings from the United Kingdom. Educational Research 2(11): 1637-1647. Read Article
El Ansari W, Andersson E. (2011) Beyond Value? Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Public Participation in Health Service Delivery and Decision Making. Journal of Integrated Care. 19(6): 45-57.
El Ansari W, Stock C, John J, Deeny P, Phillips C, Snelgrove S, Adetunji H, Hu X, Parke S, Mabhala A. (2011) Health Promoting Behaviours and Lifestyle Characteristics of Students at Seven Universities in the UK. Central European Journal of Public Health 19 (4): 197–204. Read Abstract
Sigmundová D, El Ansari W, Sigmund E, Karel F. (In Press) Secular Trends: A Ten-Year Comparison of the Amount and Type of Physical Activity and Inactivity of Random Samples of Adolescents in the Czech Republic. BMC Public Health 11:731. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-731. Read Abstract. Read Article.
El Ansari W, Oskrochi R. (2011) Methods behaving differently: The effects of method of data analysis on understanding student satisfaction with their educational experience. Educational Research 2(8): 1417-1430. Read Abstract. Read Article
El Ansari W, Stock C, Snelgrove S, Hu X, Parke S, John J, Adetunji H, Stoate M, Deeny P, Phillips C, Mabhala A. (2011) Feeling Healthy? A Survey of Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of Students from Seven Universities in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 8(5), 1308-1323. Read Article
El Ansari W. (2011) When Meanings Blur, Do Differences Matter? Initiatives for Improving the Quality and Integration of Care: Conceptual Matrix or Measurement Maze? Journal of Integrated Care 19(3): 5-21. Read Abstract
El Ansari W, Moseley L. (2011) You get what you measure: Assessing and reporting student satisfaction with their health and social care educational experience. Nurse Education Today 31(2):173-8. Read Abstract
Degni F, Suominen S, Essén B, El Ansari W, Vehvilainen-Julkunen K. (2011) Communication and cultural issues in providing reproductive health to immigrant women: Health care providers' experiences in meeting expectations of Somali women living in Finland. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print] Read Abstract
Lovell GP, El Ansari W. (2011) Attitudes of Female Adolescents in London, United Kingdom, Towards Physical Education and Physical Activity. International Journal of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, 2(1): 37-42.
Degni F, Suominen S, Kauhanen J, El Ansari W. (2010; Publication: January 2011) Religious-Ethnic differences in alcohol consumption and abstinence among 15 to 17-years-old school Adolescents in Turku, Finland. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration Studies, 5(2): 63-69.
El Ansari W; Stock C; Phillips C; Mabhala A; Stoate M; Adetunji H; Deeny P; John J; Davies S; Parke S; Hu X; Snelgrove S. (2011) Does the Association between Depressive Symptomatology and Physical Activity Depend on Body Image Perception? A Survey of Students from Seven Universities in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8, 281-299. Read Article
Sigmundová D, El Ansari W., Sigmund E. (2011) Neighbourhood Environment Correlates of Physical Activity: A Study of Eight Czech Regional Towns. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8(2):341-357. Read Article
El Ansari W, Rahman S, Salameh K, Bener A. (2010) A study of socioeconomic determinants associated with improved maternal, neonatal and perinatal survival in the State of Qatar. Early Human Development 86(Supplement 1): S14 (2nd UENPS Congress Academic Olympics) doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.09.043 (Read Abstract)
Andersen PT, El Ansari W, Rasmussen HB, Stock C. (2010) Municipalities Collaborating in Public Health: The Danish Smoking Prevention and Cessation Partnership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 7(11), 3954-3971; doi:10.3390/ijerph7113954 Read Article
El Ansari W, Oskrochi R, Phillips CJ. (2010) One Size Fits All Partnerships? What Explains Community Partnership Leadership Skills? Health Promotion Practice 11(4): 501-14. Read Abstract
Pelclová J, El Ansari W, Vašíčková J. (2010) One-year longitudinal study of Pedometer-Determined variability of physical activity of high school pupils in the Czech Republic. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 9, 490 – 498. Read Article
Rahman S, Salameh K, Bener A, El Ansari W. (2010) Socioeconomic associations of improved maternal, neonatal, and perinatal survival in Qatar. International Journal of Women’s Health 2: 311–318. Read Article
Pelclová J, El Ansari W, Vašícková J. (2010) Is Participation in After-School Physical Activity Associated with Increased Total Physical Activity? A Study of High School Pupils in the Czech Republic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 2853-2865; doi:10.3390/ijerph7072853 Read Article
Parappil H, Rahman S, Salama H, Al Rifai H, Parambil NK, El Ansari W. (2010) Outcomes of 28+1 to 32+0 Weeks Gestation Babies in the State of Qatar: Finding Facility-Based Cost Effective Options for Improving the Survival of Preterm Neonates in Low Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(6), 2526-2542. doi:10.3390/ijerph7062526 Read Article
Cuberek R, El Ansari W, Frömel K, Skalik K, Sigmund E. (2010) A Comparison of Two Motion Sensors for the Assessment of Free-Living Physical Activity of Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(4), 1558-1576. doi:10.3390/ijerph7041558 Read Article
El Ansari W, El Ashker S, Moseley L. (2010) Associations between Physical Activity and Health Parameters in Adolescent Pupils in Egypt. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(4), 1649-1669; doi: 10.3390/ijerph7041649 Read Article
Lovell G.P., El Ansari W, Parker J.K. (2010) Perceived Exercise Benefits and Barriers of Non-Exercising Female University Students in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(3), 784-798; doi:10.3390/ijerph7030784 Read Article
Mikolajczyk RT, Maxwell AE, El Ansari W, et al. (2010) Relationship between perceived body weight and body mass index based on self- reported height and weight among university students: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries. BMC Public Health 27;10(1):40 Read Article
El Ansari W, Vodder Clausen S, Mabhala A, Stock C. (2010) How Do I Look? Body Image Perceptions among University Students from England and Denmark. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 583-595. doi:10.3390/ijerph7020583 Read Article
El Ansari W, Stock C. (2010) Is the Health and Wellbeing of University Students Associated with their Academic Performance? Cross Sectional Findings from the United Kingdom. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 509-527; doi:10.3390/ijerph7020509 Read Article
Owens C, Crone D, Kilgour L, El Ansari W. (2010) The place and promotion of wellbeing in Mental Health Services: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 17(1): 1–8 Read Abstract
Frömel K, El Ansari W, Vašícková J. (2009) The Impact of Teaching Physical Education to Czech School Children using Progressive Teaching Approaches: Findings of a four-year study. Central European Journal of Public Health 17 (3): 161—168 Read Abstract
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, Newbigging K, Roth C, Malik F. (2009) The Role of Advocacy and Interpretation Services in the delivery of Quality HealthCare to Diverse Minority Communities in London, United Kingdom. Health & Social Care in the Community 17(6), 636—646 Read Abstract
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
Sigmund E, Sigmundová D, El Ansari W. (2009) Changes in Physical Activity of Preschoolers and First-grade Children: Longitudinal Study in the Czech Republic. Child: Care, Health and Development 35, 3, 376—382
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El Ansari W, Lovell G. (2009) Barriers to Exercise in Younger and Older Non-Exercising Adult Women: A Cross Sectional Study in London, United Kingdom . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 6, 1443-1455; doi:10.3390/ijerph6041443 Read Article
Stock C ,Mikolajczyk R, Bloomfield K, Maxwell A, Ozebe H, Petkeviciene J, Naydenova V, Guillén-Grima F, El Ansari W, Krämer A. (2009) Alcohol consumption and attitudes towards banning alcohol sales on campus among European university students. Public Health 123: 122—129. Read Abstract
El Ansari W, Oskrochi R, Phillips C. (2009) Engagement and Action for Health: The Contribution of Leaders’ Collaborative Skills to Partnership Success. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 6, 361-381; doi:10.3390/ijerph6010361 Read Article
El Ansari W, El-Silimy S. (2008) Are Fuel Poverty Reduction Schemes Associated with Decreased Excess Winter Mortality in Elders? A Case Study from London, UK. Chronic Illness 4:289-294.
Stock C., Mikolajczyk R.T., Bilir N., Petkeviciene J., Naydenova V., Dudziak U, Marin-Fernandez B., El Ansari W. (2008) Gender differences in health complaints among students: Results from a survey in seven countries. Journal of Public Health 16 (5): 353-360 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.
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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.
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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.
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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