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h-index: 43
Works: 307
Citations: 7,390

Most-cited papers

Patients’ Experiences of Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
L. Tolvanen, Anne Christenson, P. Surkan, Y. Lagerros
2022Obesity Surgery77 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Early Sexual Intercourse in Adolescence: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies
Larissa F. Reis, P. Surkan, Kaitlyn Atkins, Rodrigo García-Cerde +1 more
2023Child Psychiatry and Human Development50 citations Open access
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pregnant Women with Perinatal Anxiety Symptoms in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study
Nida Rauf, S. Zulfiqar, Sidra Mumtaz, Hadia Maryam +6 more
2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health36 citations Open access
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Effects of garlic supplementation on oxidative stress and antioxidative capacity biomarkers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Mohammadreza Askari, H. Mozaffari, Manije Darooghegi Mofrad, Alireza Jafari +3 more
2021Phytotherapy Research35 citations
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Anxiety-focused cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by non-specialists to prevent postnatal depression: a randomized, phase 3 trial
P. Surkan, A. Malik, Jamie Perin, N. Atif +3 more
2024Nature Medicine33 citations Open access
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The Crisis of Perinatal Mental Health in the Age of Covid-19
L. Osborne, M. Kimmel, P. Surkan
2021Maternal and Child Health Journal33 citations Open access
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Intersections between patient-provider communication and antenatal anxiety in a public healthcare setting in Pakistan
Asiya K. Kazi, Armaan A. Rowther, N. Atif, H. Nazir +4 more
2021PLoS ONE21 citations Open access
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“Those whom I have to talk to, I can’t talk to”: Perceived social isolation in the context of anxiety symptoms among pregnant women in Pakistan
H. Nazir, Armaan A. Rowther, Nida Rauf, Maria Atiq +4 more
2022Health and Social Care in the community19 citations Open access
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Barriers and facilitators for healthcare access among immigrants in Japan: a mixed methods systematic review and meta-synthesis
Yu Par Khin, Floret Maame Owusu, Nobutoshi Nawa, P. Surkan +1 more
2025The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific18 citations Open access
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Betrayal-Based Moral Injury and Mental Health Problems Among Healthcare and Hospital Workers Serving COVID-19 Patients
Soim Park, Johannes Thrul, E. Cooney, Kaitlyn Atkins +8 more
2023Journal of Trauma & Dissociation18 citations
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Perceived social support and women’s empowerment and their associations with pregnancy experiences in anxious women: a study from urban Pakistan
A. Malik, Soim Park, Sidra Mumtaz, Armaan A. Rowther +6 more
2023Maternal and Child Health Journal18 citations Open access
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Associations Between Food Insecurity and Common Mental Health Problems Among Reproductive-Aged Women in Kabul-Afghanistan
Fawzia Zahidi, Madiha Khalid, P. Surkan, L. Azadbakht
2022Frontiers in Nutrition17 citations Open access
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Associations between dietary acid load and obesity among Iranian women
S. Fatahi, M. Qorbani, P. Surkan, L. Azadbakht
2021Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research17 citations Open access
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Relationship between maternal caffeine and coffee intake and pregnancy loss: A grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation-assessed, dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies
Alireza Jafari, S. Naghshi, Hossein Shahinfar, S. Salehi +4 more
2022Frontiers in Nutrition16 citations Open access
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Dietary patterns and micronutrients in respiratory infections including COVID-19: a narrative review
Z. Salehi, Mohammadreza Askari, Alireza Jafari, Batoul Ghosn +4 more
2024BMC Public Health15 citations Open access
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Patients’ Perspectives on Dietary Patterns and Eating Behaviors During Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Surgery
L. Tolvanen, Anne Christenson, S. Bonn, P. Surkan +1 more
2023Obesity Surgery15 citations Open access
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Associations between nutritional deficiencies and food insecurity among adolescent girls: A cross‐sectional study
Mursal Basiry, P. Surkan, Batoul Ghosn, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh +1 more
2024Food Science & Nutrition14 citations Open access
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Non-specialist-delivered psychosocial intervention for prenatal anxiety in a tertiary care setting in Pakistan: a qualitative process evaluation
N. Atif, Nida Rauf, H. Nazir, Hadia Maryam +7 more
2023BMJ Open14 citations Open access
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Potato Consumption and Risk of Site-Specific Cancers in Adults: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
Manije Darooghegi Mofrad, H. Mozaffari, Mohammadreza Askari, M. Amini +3 more
2021Advances in Nutrition13 citations Open access
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‘I am really scared for the future’: climate distress among Brazilian youth
Marina Schor, S. Clayton, Maraysa Costa Vieira Cardoso, Marília Nunes Fernandes +2 more
2024Environmental Education Research12 citations
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Caregiver Social Capital and Supportive Relationships are Associated with Better Child Social-Emotional Development
P. Surkan, Soim Park, Kathleen Ridgeway, M. Ribeiro +3 more
2022Child Psychiatry and Human Development12 citations
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How do North Korean refugees in South Korea utilize social support to cope with acculturative stress?
Soim Park, Jennifer A. Wenzel, P. Surkan
2023SSM - Mental Health11 citations Open access
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Addressing the smoking-hypertension paradox in pregnancy: insight from a multiethnic US birth cohort
H. Garrison-Desany, C. Ladd-Acosta, X. Hong, Guo-Ying Wang +4 more
2023Precision Nutrition11 citations
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Guardians Looking From Outside: Gendered Experiences of Labor Migration and Psychosocial Health Among Nepalese Migrant Fathers and Left-Behind Mothers
M. Nguyen, Yoona Kim, Yuni A Choi, J. Jang +4 more
2024Qualitative Health Research10 citations
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Pregnancy stressors and postpartum symptoms of depression and anxiety: the moderating role of a cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention
Yun-Xiang Sun, Soim Park, A. Malik, N. Atif +3 more
2024General Psychiatry10 citations Open access
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“If it has happened once, it can happen again”. The impact of previous pregnancy loss on anxious women’s ongoing pregnancies: A qualitative study from Pakistan
Hadia Maryam, R. Liaqat, Armaan A. Rowther, Maria Atiq +5 more
2024Midwifery9 citations Open access
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“We Want to Eat and be Healthy just like Everybody Else:” How Social Infrastructures Affect Nutrition Equity in a Racialized Urban Community in the United States
Gabby Headrick, Kiera Abdul, Shireen Guru, Allison DeHonney +4 more
2024Current Developments in Nutrition8 citations Open access
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Associations between food insecurity and common mental health problems: a systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies
Fawzia Zahidi, E. Daneshzad, Mohammad Ashraf Farahmand, Asma Noori +4 more
2024Food Security8 citations
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The immune phenotype of perinatal anxiety in an anxiety-focused behavioral intervention program in Pakistan
S. Etyemez, Kruti Mehta, Emily Tutino, A. Zaidi +6 more
2024Brain, behavior, and immunity8 citations
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Family concerns and relationship problems in anxious pregnant women and their associations with postnatal functional disability in Pakistan
Soim Park, Carlued Leon, A. Zaidi, A. Malik +2 more
2024Journal of Psychosomatic Research8 citations Open access
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A qualitative evaluation of the use of Problem Management Plus (PM+) among Arabic-speaking migrants with psychological distress in France – The APEX study
P. Surkan, D. Rayes, L. Bertuzzi, N. Figueiredo +2 more
2024European Journal of Psychotraumatology7 citations Open access
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Associations of plant-based dietary patterns with cardiovascular risk factors in women
Zahra Shirzadi, E. Daneshzad, Ahmad-Raza Dorosty, P. Surkan +1 more
2022Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research7 citations Open access
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Social support and spousal relationship quality improves responsiveness among anxious mothers
Miranda Bain, Soim Park, A. Zaidi, N. Atif +3 more
2024Child Psychiatry and Human Development6 citations
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Impact of an intervention for perinatal anxiety on breastfeeding: findings from the Happy Mother—Healthy Baby randomized controlled trial in Pakistan
Anum Nisar, Haoxue Xiang, J. Perin, A. Malik +4 more
2024International Breastfeeding Journal6 citations Open access
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The association between the dietary behavior, diet quality, and lifestyle scores with anthropometric indices and happiness levels among university students
Amir Hosein Shahroukh Ghahfarokhi, Batoul Ghosn, P. Surkan, S. Akhondzadeh +1 more
2024BMC Nutrition6 citations Open access
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Joint Roles of Oxytocin- and Dopamine-Related Genes and Childhood Parenting Experience in Maternal Supportive Social Network
Y. Koyama, Nobutoshi Nawa, M. Ochi, P. Surkan +1 more
2022Child Psychiatry and Human Development6 citations Open access
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Results of a cognitive behavior therapy-based intervention for antenatal anxiety on birth outcomes in Pakistan: a randomized control trial
Kirsten F. Siebach, J. Perin, A. Malik, N. Atif +3 more
2024Scientific Reports5 citations Open access
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Multiple Mediation Analysis of a Task-shared Psychosocial Intervention for Perinatal Anxiety: Exploratory Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan
A. Malik, A. Waqas, N. Atif, J. Perin +4 more
2024Journal of Affective Disorders5 citations Open access
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Trauma and mental health among North Korean refugees living in South Korea: The role of acculturative stress.
Yuni A Choi, Soim Park, Hayoung Lee, Ji-Ho Cha +1 more
2023Journal of Traumatic Stress5 citations
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Effects of Stress and Nativity on Maternal Antenatal Substance Use and Postnatal Mental Disorders
Soim Park, Yue-Long Ji, X. Hong, B. Zuckerman +2 more
2021Journal of Women's Health5 citations Open access
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Associations between mother–child dyad dietary patterns and child anthropometric measures among 6-year-old children
Maedeh Moradi, Y. Jalilpiran, Mohammadreza Askari, P. Surkan +1 more
2021European Journal of Pediatrics5 citations
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Teacher-Preschool Student Relationships and Their Associations with Child Mental Health Problems
Marília M. Mendes-Sousa, Maria de Lourdes Gurian Ernesto, Bernardo C. Gomes, A. Silva +7 more
2024American Journal of Health Education4 citations
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Exploring preference for delivery methods for a psychosocial intervention for prenatal anxiety: A qualitative study from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
Maria Atiq, H. Nazir, A. Rahman, A. Malik +2 more
2024Global Mental Health4 citations Open access
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Perinatal intimate partner violence and maternal-infant bonding in women with anxiety symptoms in Pakistan: the moderating role of breastfeeding
Hina Naseem, Soim Park, Armaan A. Rowther, N. Atif +5 more
2024Journal of Interpersonal Violence4 citations Open access
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Cross-sectional study of prepared foods sold in Indonesian school canteens to inform childhood obesity programs and policies
Madelyn O. Sijangga, Hastrin Hositanisita, Emma C. Lewis, Hamam Hadi +6 more
2026Journal of Nutritional Science3 citations Open access
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Locked down, locked out: a cross-sectional study on experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and barriers to formal and informal support during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario
Dina Idriss-Wheeler, P. Surkan, Shannon Bainbridge, Ziad El-Khatib
2025BMC Public Health3 citations Open access
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Okweraliikirira and Okwenyamira: Idioms of Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda
Nora S. West, R. Nakubulwa, Sarah M. Murray, W. Ddaaki +6 more
2025Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry3 citations Open access
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Associations between individual-level social capital, homophilous and heterophilous social network diversities, and climate stewardship in Japan.
A. Morita, Nobutoshi Nawa, D. Storey, Carol R. Underwood +2 more
2025Journal of Environmental Management3 citations
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Self-reported problems and functional difficulties in anxious pregnant women in Pakistan: The use of a patient-generated mental health outcome measure
Nida Rauf, Soim Park, A. Zaidi, A. Malik +2 more
2024Transcultural Psychiatry3 citations
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The Association of Spousal Relationship Quality and Social Support With Maternal-Infant Bonding: Moderating Roles of Maternal Age and Paternal Occupation
Kirsten F. Siebach, Soim Park, Maryam Mansoor, N. Atif +4 more
2024Infancy3 citations
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