NURTURE
A Trans Disciplinary Research Journal for Human Development
by Pakistan Home Economics Association
CALL FOR PAPERS
All the interested professionals are invited to submit research articles for a new
international journal focusing on promoting research in various applied sciences
and technologies for the purpose of human development.
Objectives & Scope
NURTURE is planned to be an international and transdisciplinary research journal. Nurture provides an international
forum for academia for publishing their research work having
implications for individual, family or community as consumers
and social units. It aims at supporting the creation and
accumulation of knowledge that can be used for empowering
individual, family or community so that they can optimize their
quality of their life. Though the list is not exclusive, a few of
the relevant subject areas are listed below:
1. Family dynamics, globalization & Human Development
2. Home Management & Consumerism
3. Food, Nutrition & Wellness
4. Housing and Interior Designing
5. Textile and Clothing
6. Design and Visual Studies
7. Home Economics Education & Research
Editorial Board
Nurture is honored to have a very
broad based and versatile editorial
board including many renowned
scholars from several parts of the
world. Details are given overleaf.
Frequency of Publication
The Journal will be published in English,
initially as an annual publication; and
after a period of two years as bi annual
publication. The fist issue is scheduled to
be published in December 2007.
Electronic Access
The Journal is planned to be freely
available at its website.
How to submit your articles:
Authors wising to be considered for publication in NURTURE should send a covering letter and the
manuscript by email to: nurture2007@gmail.com or by post to
Ms Farzana Asar
3/P Block 2 P.E.C.H.S. Karachi, Pakistan.
Following type of contributions could be considered for publication: Review article, Original research
article, Short Reports / Short Communications / Special Communications / Case reports, and Letters
to the Editor Detailed guidelines are available at www.chek.edu.pk/indexnurture
All the suitable papers will undergo complete blind review by 3 or more peer reviewers selected for
their familiarity with the field and this process will be completed within 2-3 months. The criteria for
acceptability by the nurture include originality, validity of data, clarity of writing, strength of the
conclusions, and potential importance of the work
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr Rubina Hakeem
M.Sc. Home Economics Kar. University
Ph.D. London University UK
Principal and Prof. RLAK Gov. Coll.of HE Kar. Pak.
Member, IFHE, Nutrition Society U.K, PNDS
E Mail: rubina.hakeem@gmail.com,
Managing Editors
Ms. Ghazal Muzaffar
Mrs. Erum Muqeem
Lecturer, RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Assist.Prof., RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Ms. Mah Laqa Afreen
Ms. Ghazala Naeem
Lecturer, RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Lecturer, RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Ms. Farzana Asar
Ms. Hina Zubair
Lecturer, RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Lecturer, RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Technical Editors
Mr. Ejaz Alam
Ms. Nusrah Hamza
Statistical Officer, JPMC, PMRC Kar., Pak.
Assist.Prof., (English) RLAK Coll. of HE Kar., Pak.
Mr. Iqbal Mujtaba
Bio-Statistician, B.I.D.E Baqai Univ. Kar., Pak.
Editorial Board Members
Dr Tahira K. Hira
Dr. Sidiga Washi,
Dr Shahida Wizarat
Prof and Executive Assistant
President, Iowa State Univ., Ames
Iowa US
Dean, School of Family Sciences,
Ahfad Univ. for Women, Omdurman,
Director Applied Economics Research
Center, Univ. of Kar., Pak.
SUDAN
Prof. Matina Zia
Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat
Dr. Sue L.T. Mc.Gregor,
Prof., Faculty of Education Mount
Saint Vincent Univ. Halifax,
Convener HE Cur. Rev. Comm.HEC;
Retired Principal CHE Lahore, Pak.
CANADA
Dr Nelofar Athar Sheikh
Prof. Dr. Perveen Liaqat
Professional Assoc., Center of
Indigenous People’s Nutrition and
Environment (CINE) McGill
CANADA
Ms. Botha, Marietjie
Project manager Capacity Building,
Faculty of Theology, Univ. of
Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA
Dr. Johanna Varjonen
Research Manager, National
Consumer Research Center Helsinki
FINLAND
Dr. Riikka Räisänen
Lecturer Dept. of HE and Craft
Science Univ. of Helsinki,
FINLAND
Ms. Susan Beaton
Hon. Research Assoc., Dept. Primary
Care Leeds UK
Dr. Ujang Sumarwan,
Prof., Coll. of Human Ecology,
Bogor Agric. Univ., INDONESIA
Chairperson
Allama Iqbal Open Univ. Islamabad
Pak.
Dr Nomana Anjum
Professor & HoD Sociology, Univ. of
Kar., Pak.
Dr Zubair Bandukda
President Textile Institute of
Pak., Kar. Pak.
Dr Hafizur Rehman Sheikh
Prof Emeritus Textile Institute of Pak.
Ms Mona Shaikh
Program Coordinator
Environmental Design, Allama Iqbal
Open Univ., Islamabad, Pak.
Program manager, WFP Islamabad,
Pak.
Dr. Parvez Paracha
M. Phil. Social Sciences,
Assoc. Prof. RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak
Prof and Dean, Faculty of Nutrition
Sciences
NWFP Agricultural Univ., Peshawar,
Pak.
Dr Salma Badruddin
Retired Prof, dept of CHS/Medicine,
The Aga Khan Univ. Kar., Pak.
President Pak. Nutr. & Diet. Society
Dr Ghazala Rafique
Senior Instructor, Dept. of CHS the
Aga Khan Univ. Kar., Pak.
Dr Nasreen Shah
Ms. Perveen Saeed
Ms Badrunnisa Shaukat
Assoc. Prof RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak
Ms Farhat Kaleem
Assoc. Prof. RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak
Ms Shabana Perwaiz
Assoc. Prof RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak
Mrs. Rafia
Ass. Prof. RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak
Mrs. Kahlida Hafeez
Ass. Prof. RLAK G.CHE, Kar., Pak.
Prof. & HoD, Women’s Studies Univ.
of Kar., Pak.
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