Perceptions of women, their husbands and healthcare providers about anemia in rural Pakistan: Findings from a qualitative exploratory study

• Sumera Aziz Ali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sumera Aziz Ali, Anam Feroz, Zahid Abbasi, Sarah Saleem

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sa3778@cumc.columbia.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8996-7995

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• Anam Feroz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sumera Aziz Ali, Anam Feroz, Zahid Abbasi, Sarah Saleem

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Zahid Abbasi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sumera Aziz Ali, Anam Feroz, Zahid Abbasi, Sarah Saleem

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Savera Aziz Ali ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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• Ahreen Allana ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• K. Michael Hambidge ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Nancy F. Krebs ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jamie E. Westcott ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Elizabeth M. McClure ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Regional Triangulate Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert L. Goldenberg ,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Sarah Saleem

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sumera Aziz Ali, Anam Feroz, Zahid Abbasi, Sarah Saleem

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

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