Financial wellness awareness: A step closer to achieve Millennium Development Goals for Pakistan

Authors

  • Rehana Rehman Aga Khan University KARACHI
  • Dr Shahjahan Katpar Former: VP Dental Section & HoD Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Bahria University Medical and Dental College
  • Rakhshaan Khan Public Health Physician
  • Mehwish Hussain Senior Lecturer of Biostatistics Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6058

Keywords:

Financial wellness, Financial literacy, Financial Security, Medical students, Wellness wheel, Pakistan.

Abstract

Objective: To explore financial wellness (FW) awareness amongst public and private sector medical college students of Karachi.

Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire based survey was conducted on medical students from 3 public and 5 private sector medical colleges of Karachi from February 2011 to December 2011.

Author Biographies

Rehana Rehman, Aga Khan University KARACHI

Assistant Professor Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Dr Shahjahan Katpar, Former: VP Dental Section & HoD Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Bahria University Medical and Dental College

Former: VP Dental Section & HoD Oral Maxillofacial Surgery,

Bahria University Medical and Dental College

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Published

2014-11-24

How to Cite

Rehman, R., Katpar, D. S., Khan, R., & Hussain, M. (2014). Financial wellness awareness: A step closer to achieve Millennium Development Goals for Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6058

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2015): January – February 2015 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles