Professor Fatemeh Rabiee-Khan
Emerita Professor Fatemeh Rabiee is a professor in Public Health Promotion and a registered Public Health Nutritionist with extensive experience of teaching, research, and research supervision in UK, Iran, Netherlands, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other countries of economic transition. She has initiated, designed, managed, and implemented a number of applied research projects in the broad area of health and social care using a range of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Fatemeh is committed to redressing health inequality through working with a range of stakeholders including community groups/ active citizens. Her main area of speciality is translational research working with a range of stakeholders to implement research findings into policy and practice. "Be Active ̽»¨Ö±²¥" is one of the best examples of such work, highlighting the impact of her research by using the research findings and post research activities to promote the health of population through lobbying, advocacy, and campaigning.
Fatemeh regularly contributes as a chair and keynote speaker to a number of international conferences in the broad area of public health.
Current Activity
Teaching interests/activities
- Epidemiology
- Methods of research and evaluation
- Health promotion/public health theory and practice
- Public health nutrition
- Public health in countries of economic transition
- Global health
- Ethics in health care and research
- Community engagement.
Memberships
Membership:
- Nutrition Society
- European Public Health Association
- International Union of Health Promotion & Education (IUHPE).
Collaborators
- Division of Mental Health and Well-being, Warwick Medical School, Warwick University
- School of Public Health, ̽»¨Ö±²¥ University
- Nottingham University
- Avicenna University, Tajikistan
- Tashkent Medical School, Uzbekistan
- Tashkent State Dental Institute, Uzbekistan
- Cardiac Sciences Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Epidemiology, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- The Maldives National University, Malé Maldives.
- WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
- ̽»¨Ö±²¥ & Solihull Mental HealthTrust Foundation (BSMHT), ̽»¨Ö±²¥
- Royal Society for Public Health
- Nutrition Society
- Heart Friends Around the World
- International Union of Health Promotion/ Education
- European Public Health Association
- European Federation of Nutrition Society
- UK Universities' Ethics Committee
- Egyptian Society of Cardiovascular disease, Cairo, Egypt
- British Council, Tashkent, UzbekistanÌý
Research
Research Interests:
- Public health and health policy
- Health promotion
- Public health nutrition
- Mental health promotion
- Obesity prevention and management
- Health inequality
- Evaluation of Community Based intervention programme.
Current research projectsÌý
- Covid-19 Students ‘Health & Wellbeing: The impact of Social distancing on Students’ health & well -being; a collaborative research study with 133 Universities in 27 countries.Ìý
- International Covid-19 Study on Nutritional Behaviour, Health and Well-Being of University staff a collaborative study with 4 Universities in 4 Countries.Ìý
Publications
Publications:
- Rabiee Khan, F.; Abdelraheim Titi, M.; Frankowska, N.; Kowalczyk, K.; Alziedan, R.; Yin-Kei Lau, C.; Biernat, K.; Brown, K.G.ÌýThe Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Staff Dietary Behaviours, Sleeping Patterns, and Well-Being: An International Comparison Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 6941.
- Moghaddam HR, Khan FR, Bazyar H, Aghamohammadi V. Reasons for not getting COVID‑19 vaccine in Ardabil, a Northwestern province in Iran: Based on an ecological approach.Ìý J Edu Health Promot 2023;12:111.
- G.Berg-Beckhoff, M.Bask, S.S.Jervelund, J.D.Guldagar, A.Quickfall,ÌýF.Rabiee Khan, G.Oddsson, K.A.VanDerWel, K.K.Saraajarvi, V.Buffel, V.Skalica, S.Van de.Velde(2022)Ìý Political stringency, infection rates, and higher education students' adherence to government measures in the Nordic countries and the UK during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ìý,Ìý,ÌýNovember 2022, 107245ÌýDOI:ÌýÌý
- Berhe, N.M., Van de Velde, S.,ÌýRabiee-Khan, F.Ìýet al.(2022)ÌýKnowledge deficit and fear of COVID-19 among higher education students during the first wave of the pandemic and implications for public health: a multi-country cross-sectional survey.ÌýBMC Public HealthÌý22,Ìý1144.ÌýÌý
- Veerle Buffel, Sarah Van de Velde, Yildiz Akvardar, Miia Bask, Marie-Christine Brault, Heide Busse, Andreas Chatzittofis, Joel Ladner,ÌýFatemeh Rabiee-Khan, Theoni Stathopoulou, Marie-Pierre Tavolacci, Claudia van der Heijde, Claudia R. Pischke, Paula Mayara Matos Fialho and Edwin Wouters (2022)Ìý Depressive symptoms in higher education students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of containment measures (2022) EuropeanÌýJournal of Public Health.ÌýDOI:ÌýÌýÌý
- S.Van de Velde, V.Buffe, C.van der eijde, S.Çoksan, P.Bracke, T.Abel, H.Busse, H.Zeeb, F.Rabiee-khan, T.Stathopoulou, G.Van al, J.Ladner, M.Tavolacc, R.Tholen, E.Wouters for the C19 ISWS consortium (2021)Ìý. SSM - Population Health, Volume 16, PP;1- 12,
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- Islam, ZoebiaÌýandÌýRabiee-Khan, FatemehÌýandÌýSingh, Swaran P.Ìý(2021)ÌýÌýDiversity and Equality in Health and Care, 18 (8). pp. 425-429. ISSN 2049-5471
- Fatemeh Rabiee Khan and Karolina Biernat (2021).Ìý.ÌýActa Scientific Nutritional Health 5.8: 03-09.ÌýÌý
- Fatemeh Rabiee Khan, Rasmieh Alzeidan, Shabana Tharkar, Anhar Ullah, and Ahmed S. Hersi (2020)Food and Migration: Dietary Acculturation among Migrants to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,ÌýJournal of Primary Care & Community Health Volume 11: 1–6ÌýÌýDOI: 10.1177/2150132720949771
- Rasmieh Alzeidan, Amel Fayed, Fatemeh Rabiee, Ahmad Hersi and Hala Elmorshedy (2020).ÌýDiagnostic performance of waist-to-height ratio in identifying cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis A cross-sectional study .ÌýSaudi Med J 2020; Vol. 41 (3), PP253-260
- Rabiee, F and Thompson, L (2018) FABTOTS- An early years community-based obesity prevention programme: A pilot study ,ÌýPrev Med Commun Health , 2018 doi: 10.15761/PMCH.1000112 VolumeÌý1(2): 1-7
- Rabiee, F (2018) Redressing health inequality through social prescription programme , Volume 2(4): 3-4,Ìý Health Prim Car, 2018 doi: 10.15761/HPC.1000146
- Rasmieh A. Alzeidan, Fatemeh Rabiee, Ahmed A. Mandil, Ahmad S. Hersi and Anhar A. Ullah (2017), Changes in dietary habits, physical activity and status of metabolic syndrome among expatriates in Saudi Arabia.Ìý EMHJ, Vol. 23, No. 12, PP; 836 - 844ÌýÌý
- Alzeidan R, Rabiee F, Mandil A, Hersi A, Fayed A (2016) Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Employees and Their Families of a Saudi University: An Epidemiological Study. PLOS ONE 11(11): e0165036. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165036Ìý
- Singh, S. P., Brown, L., Winsper, C., Gajwani, R., Islam, Z., Jasani, R., Parsons, H., Rabbie-Khan, F. and Birchwood, M. (2015)Ìý,Ìý15(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12888-0
- Zoebia Islam, Fatemeh Rabiee, and Swaran P. Singh (2015) . Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1–17Ìý DOI: 10.1177/0022022115575737
- Lovelace, S. and Rabiee-Khan, F. (2015) Maternal and Child Nutrition, 11 (4). pp. 870-881. ISSN 17408695
- Rabiee, F. and Robbins, A. and Khan, M. (2015) Health Education Journal Vol. 74(6) 691 –704 DOI: 10.1177/0017896914553957
- Rabiee, F. and Smith, P.(2014) . Diversity and Equality in Health and Care; 11: 125-34
- Stavroula Bibila and Fatemeh Rabiee (2013) . European Journal of Cancer Care. DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12167
- Sally Lovelace and Fatemeh Rabiee-Khan (2013) . Maternal and Child Nutrition First published online. 16 JAN 2013 DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12028
- Yvonne Kerkhof, Fatemeh Rabiee, Charles G. Willems (2013) . Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice. Published online before print October 17, 2013, doi: 10.1177/1471301213504210
- Fatemeh Rabiee and Paula Smith (2013)ÌýÌýInternational Journal of Mental Health Promotion. Volume 15, No3, pp 162-177
- Morag MacDonald, Fatemeh Rabiee and Caren Weilandt (2013). . International Journal of Prisoner Health. Vol 9, No.3,Ìýpp 151-164
- Yvonne Kerkhof, Fatemeh Rabiee, Charles G. Willems(2011) Memory aid to structure and support daily activities for people with dementia. , Vol 29 - Page 3-9. DOI 10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-3
- Rabiee (2007) . Proceeding of Cardiology update 2006,Ìýpp 32-37.
- Rabiee, F. and Smith, P. (2007) Too much overlooking. Mental Health Today, May 2007, pp.26-29.
- Rabiee, F (2006) . , Volume 65,Number 4, November 2006, pp. 418-428.
- Rabiee, F (2004)ÌýÌý Proceeding of Nutrition Society Vol.63, No 4, pp 655-660.
Papers in preparationÌý
- Fatemeh Rabiee, Philip Dee andÌýKarolina Biernat A retrospective analysis of the effectiveness of School based obesity prevention programme in West Midlands-UKin preparation for Journal of Health EducationÌýÌý
- Fatemeh Rabiee-Khan, Natalia Frankowska, Kowalczyk, Katarzyna, Maher Titi, Rasmieh Alzeidan, Chris Hartley, Lau , Christine Yin-kei and Brown, KyleÌýImpact of social support on mental health and lifestyle changes in university staff: An international comparison studyÌý(Journal of Public Health).ÌýÌý
- Fatemeh Rabiee, Karolina Biernat, Veerle Buffel, Sarah Van de Velde,Ìý Edwin Wouters, Claudia Maria Van der Heijde,Ìý Peter VonkÌýand Andreas Chatzittofis.ÌýThe role of social behavior on students’ feelings of loneliness: An international comparison in higher education students during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemicÌý(in preparationÌýfor British Journal of Health Psychology).Ìý
- Edwin Wouters, Fatemeh Rabiee Khan, Andreas Chatzittofis, Arnold-Broccati Petra, Yıldız Akvarda,ÌýVera Skalicka,Ìý Marie-PierreÌýTavolacci, Theoni Stathopoulos,Ìý Claudia van der Heijde, Heide Busse,Ìý Heide Busse and Robert Tholen. Cross-National Variations in Alcohol Use among Higher Education Students during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Role of Government Containment Measures(considering various options where to submit)