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Nazar P Shabila

College of Health Sciences · Catholic University in Erbil

https://researchid.co/nshabila
@cue.edu.krd
78Scopus Publications
2348Google Scholar Citations
28Google Scholar h-index
57Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Conflict and Health, Health services research, Communicable diseases, Women's Health

Biography

Nazar P Shabila has MSc degree in Public Health in Developing Countries from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and PhD in Community Medicine from Hawler Medical University. He is professor of public health at Catholic University in Erbil, Erbil, Iraq. He teaches different courses including epidemiology of communicable disease, health economics, health information and demography. He has more than 75 publications. His current research work is mainly related to health services research, women’s and reproductive health and conflict and health. Before pursuing the academic career, he established seven years of experience in the humanitarian relief field through working with the ICRC and UNOPS-IDPs Project on addressing the needs of the internally displaced people.

Education

PhD Community Health MSc Public Health in Developing Countries MBChB

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Health-seeking behavior and the related out-of-pocket expenditure for noncommunicable diseases in Erbil, Iraq: a quantile regression analysis
    Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 2026
  2. Assessment of the primary healthcare structure in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: a narrative review
    Family Medicine and Primary Care Review, 2026
  3. A Qualitative Investigation into Childbearing Preferences Among Kurdish Women in Erbil
    Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2026
  4. Prevalence and determinants of physical activity, leisure exercise, and sedentary behavior in women in Erbil: cross-sectional findings
    Discover Public Health, 2026
  5. ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS
    Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2025

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