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Introduction
Leading a clinical trial for diabetic patients
Leading school-based health promotion
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April 2012 - June 2013
August 2013 - August 2015
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- Researcher
Education
April 2007 - March 2012
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Publications (64)
This article addresses the hypothesis that predisposing, enabling and need factors of households influence utilisation of postpartum care among the young mothers according to the timing and type of providers. To reach our goal Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey of 2007 data (n = 2376) were used. Findings revealed that only one-third of the yo...
Skin lesions are classic clinical signs of toxicity due to long-term exposure to arsenic, and they are considered precursors to arsenic-related skin cancer. The authors prospectively evaluated synergisms between effects of arsenic exposure and those of tobacco use, sun exposure, and pesticide and fertilizer use on incident skin lesions using risk f...
To examine the linkage between the possible influences of the extent of autonomy on young mothers use of reproductive health care services.
This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analyses were based on responses of 1,778 currently married women aged 15 to 24 years, living with at least one 0- to 35-month-old ch...
Contamination of groundwater by inorganic arsenic is one of the major public-health problems in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted (a) to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) and mental health status of arsenic-affected patients and (b) to identify the factors associated with the QOL. Of 1,456 individuals, 521 (35.78%) were selected...
In tropical settings, malaria education at school is potentially useful, but textbook content related to malaria education has so far received little attention. This study aimed to examine whether school textbooks contain sufficient knowledge and skills to help children in primary and lower secondary schools and their family members to cope with ma...
Background
Approximately 80% of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been reported in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, studies on the usefulness of educational interventions run by non-healthcare workers in combating NCDs in resource-limited areas in rural parts of LMICs are limited. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness...
Background:
Readymade garment workers globally experience distinctive vulnerabilities at the workplace. The situation is worse in many developing countries. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence about the health and safety of garment workers in the workplace.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to examine the patterns of illness...
Background:
Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving socioeconomic and health indicators over the past 50 years, but data on national disease burden are scarce. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to estimate the burden of diseases and risk factors in Bangladesh from 1990 to 2019...
This cross-sectional observational study examined the cluster groups of risk behaviors and beliefs associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the demographic factors that influence these cluster groups. The questionnaire survey was conducted in Lohagara Upazila in Narail District, Bangladesh and included basic demographics and items assoc...
We examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and continuum of care (CoC) completion rate in maternal, neonatal, and child health among mothers in Bangladesh. We used data from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) from 2017 to 2018. Our findings were based on the responses of 1527 married women who had at least one child...
Objectives:
We aimed to determine: (1) the prevalence and socio-economic distribution of undiagnosed, untreated, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM); (2) the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and undiagnosed, untreated, and uncontrolled DM; and (3) if this relationship is mediated by gender.
Study design:
Cross-sectional natio...
Snakebite envenoming is an important cause of preventable death. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal to halve snakebite mortality by 2030. We used verbal autopsy and vital registration data to model the proportion of venomous animal deaths due to snakes by location, age, year, and sex, and applied these proportions to venomous animal con...
BACKGROUND AND AIM: There is limited evidence on the causal mechanism in the socioeconomic differentials in blood pressure (BP) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We, therefore, examined the associations of socioeconomic indicators (SEIs) and BP, socioeconomic disparities in metal mixture exposures, and the potential mediation effect of me...
We examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and continuum of care (CoC) completion rate in maternal, neonatal, and child health among mothers in Bangladesh. We used data from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) from 2017 to 2018. Our findings were based on the responses of 1527 married women who had at least one child...
Bangladesh, similar to other countries is experiencing an increased burden of cancer. Absence of a national cancer registry has created a gap in the information regarding the presentation of cancer statistics of the country. The objective of this study was to assess the types and distribution of the cancer patients attending a tertiary academic med...
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of maternal and child health handbook (MCH) enhanced by mobile tools and to generate evidence informing the adoption of the program in Bangladesh. A cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) has been implemented in Lohagora of Narail District and Dhamrai of Dhaka District. Unions of the study settings...
Background
The aim was to investigate: (a) whether there is an association between the maternal double burden of overweight and short stature and the risk of cesarean delivery and (b) whether socioeconomic status (SES) acts as a moderator in the association between the maternal double burden of overweight and short stature and the risk of cesarean...
Background: Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use (SFU) for cooking may impact child health in low-resources countries. This study examined the associations between HAP and early childhood development (ECD) outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh and explored potential effect modification by sex and urbanicity.
Metho...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with ∼80% of CVD-related deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Growing evidence suggests that chronic arsenic exposure may contribute to CVD through its effect on endothelial function in adults. However, few studies have examined the influence of...
Objectives Using nationally representative surveys, the study’s aims were to: (1) evaluate healthcare facilities’ readiness to provide diabetes mellitus (DM) services and (2) identify the factors that affect DM service readiness.
Data source Data from Service Provision Assessment surveys conducted in three low-resource South Asian (SA) countries:...
Venomous snakebite is an important cause of preventable death. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal to halve snakebite mortality by 2030. We used verbal autopsy and vital registration data to model the proportion of venomous animal deaths due to snakes by location, age, year, and sex, and applied these proportions to venomous animal conta...
One of the most important approaches to improving the health of mothers and newborns has been the continuum of care (CoC) for maternal health. Women's lack of empowerment may be an obstacle to accessing CoC in male-dominated societies. However, research often defines empowerment narrowly, despite the fact that multiple components of empowerment can...
Protecting the health of farmworkers is a crucial issue. Previous studies report that safety training and educational interventions might increase farmworkers’ protective behaviors. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of distributing a checklist as an interventional measure for pesticide protection in rural Asia, where pesticid...
Background: Exposure to heavy metals is frequent in Bangladesh. Previous studies have observed adverse health outcomes of a single environmental exposure using conventional statistical methods that suffer from collinearity and variance inflation due to high dimensionality and multicollinearity among heavy metals. We, thus, examined the joint effect...
This article identifies coping strategies used by economically empowered Bangladeshi women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Interviews were conducted with 19 employed women who experience abuse at the hands of their husbands and with eight community leaders. A “Cultural Biography” approach was used to determine respondents’ understandi...
Background: Household Air Pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use (SFU) may have impacts on childrens health in low-resources countries. Despite these potential health effects, SFU is still highly prevalent in Bangladesh.
Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the associations between SFU and early childhood development index (ECDI) among und...
Background: Globally, air pollution is one of the major global environmental health threats, and most of the people are suffering worldwide. Without any doubt, global environmental pollution is considered an international public health issue with multiple facets including social, economic, and legislative concerns. The long-term effects associated w...
This study aimed to determine the association between average temperature and humidity with COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. This study included 9,455 confirmed cases during the observation period (March 08, 2020 to May 03, 2020). The peak spread of COVID-19 occurred at an average temperature of 26 °C. We find, under a linear regression framework,...
Objective: Bidi is an inexpensive, low-processed, hand-rolled tobacco product. In Bangladesh, especially in Rangpur, tobacco farming and bidi processing are common. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of bidi making on children working in bidi factories. Methods: This qualitative(walk-through survey) and quantitative(questionnaire-based...
Background:
There is a paucity of research on knowledge/attitudes regarding the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoking (SHS) among women. The relationship between exposure to SHS, socioeconomic status (SES) and knowledge/attitudes regarding the risks of SHS has often been ignored. We therefore aimed to examine (1) whether SES and exposure to SH...
Background/objectives:
There is little research on the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and the familial co-existence of maternal over and child under-nutrition (MOCU). Most of these studies conducted in the Latin American countries. Therefore, we intended to further this important area of query by exploring the relationship between...
OBJECTIVES: To examine: 1) whether exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home is associated with symptoms of self-reported illness among mother-child pairs (MCPs); and 2) the relationship between low socio-economic status and SHS exposure and the role these play as obstacles to the reduction of risk of illness in MCPs.
METHOD: A cross-sectional st...
Background:
In Bangladesh, the targets on reduction of maternal mortality and utilization of related obstetric services provided by skilled health personnel in Millennium Development Goals 5 remains unmet, and the progress in reduction of neonatal mortality lag behind that in the reduction of infant and under-five mortalities, remaining as an esse...
Objectives
We aimed to examine (1) whether an association exists between maternal high-risk fertility behavior and chronic undernutrition among children under-5 and (2) exploring the relationship between poverty and high-risk fertility behavior and the relative roles they play as obstacles to reducing the risk of undernutrition among children
Meth...
Background
We aimed to examine the influence of witnessing father-to-mother violence on: 1) perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV); and 2) endorsement of attitudes justifying wife beating in Bangladesh. Methods
This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analyses were based on the responses of 3374 ever-mar...
Objective:
To explore the association between high-risk fertility behaviours and the likelihood of chronic undernutrition, anaemia and the coexistence of anaemia and undernutrition among women of reproductive age.
Design:
The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, conducted from 8 July to 27 December 2011.
Setting:
Selected urban and r...
Seven treatments viz. BAU-biofungicide (Trichoderma spp.), basak (Adhatoda vasica), mustard (Brassica campestris) oil-cake, mango (Mangifera indica) inflorescences, shaknote (Amaranthus viridis) and dholkalmi (Ipomoea fistulosa) leaf extracts (S) along with a control were tested against root-knot of brinjal caused by Meloidogyne javanica. The treat...
Background:
There is a dearth of published literature that demonstrates the impact and effectiveness of school-based oral health education (OHE) program in Bangladesh and it is one of the most neglected activities in the field of public health. Keeping this in mind, the objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of OHE program in: 1...
Objectives: This study aimed to examine if socioeconomic status could affect the likelihood of diagnosis, treatment and control of hypertension in diabetic hypertensive individuals. Design: Cross-sectional nationally representative study. Settings: Bangladesh. Participants: This paper used data from the 2011 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. Th...
A prospective study of respiratory symptoms
associated with chronic arsenic exposure in
Bangladesh: findings from the Health Effects of
Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS)
Already 2–3 billion people lack any access to safe drinking water and 884 million more are without sufficient access to a suitable water source, and yet, the situation could worsen still, (link). Indeed, without significant changes, two-thirds of the world's population is expected to be living under " severe water stress conditions " by 2025, (link...
Objectives To assess the impact of a school-based menstrual education programme on: (1) menstrual knowledge, beliefs and practices, (2) menstrual disorders experienced, and (3) restrictions on menstruating adolescents.
Design Intervention study.
Setting Araihazar area, Bangladesh.
Participants 416 adolescent female students aged 11–16 years, in gra...
Introduction
Violence against women is an important public
health problem with substantial consequences
for women’s physical, mental, sexual, and repro�ductive health that is increasingly being recognized as a
serious human rights abuse.1,2 The problem is deeply
embedded in cultures around the world, although its
manifestation differs from one soci...
Background:
Although, Bangladesh has the ninth highest rate of age - standardized rates of deaths due to chronic
diseases, mostly due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. There is scanty literature on the estimated burden,
and the determinants of hypertension in the rural areas of Bangladesh.
Methods:
This facility based cross-sectional surve...
To evaluate the content of school textbooks as a tool to prevent tobacco use in developing countries.
Content analysis was used to evaluate if the textbooks incorporated the following five core components recommended by the WHO: (1) consequences of tobacco use; (2) social norms; (3) reasons to use tobacco; (4) social influences and (5) resistance a...
Objective:
To evaluate the relationship between arsenic exposure and oral cavity lesions among an arsenic-exposed population in Bangladesh.
Methods:
We carried out an analysis utilizing the baseline data of the Health Effects of Arsenic Exposure Longitudinal Study, which is an ongoing population-based cohort study to investigate health outcomes...
This study reviews the current situation of medical waste management (MWM) and practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and examines possible solutions for further study. We collected existing information through an Internet survey using the keywords “Medical Waste Management,” “Health Hazards,” and “Bangladesh.” Medical wastes that are disposed in open pla...
Background: In tropical settings, malaria education at school is potentially useful, but textbook content related to malaria education has so far received little attention. This study aimed to examine whether school textbooks contain sufficient knowledge and skills to help children in primary and lower secondary schools and their family members to...
Textbook publishers, authors, and years of publication/revision.
(DOC)
Although the Republic of Vanuatu has improved maternal indicators, more needs to be done to improve equity among the poorest in the use of reproductive health services to expedite the progress towards the Millennium Development Goal 5(MDG 5) target. While large developing country studies provide evidence of a rich-poor gap in reproductive health se...
To describe home-based newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Bangladesh and to identify sociodemographic, antenatal care (ANC), and delivery care factors associated with these practices.
The 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, conducted from March 24 to August 11, 2007.
Selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh.
A total of 58...
A prospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the effect of arsenic (As) exposure from drinking water on respiratory symptoms using data from the Health Effects of Arsenic Exposure Longitudinal Study (HEALS), a large prospective cohort study established in Ariahazar, Bangladesh in 2000-2002. A total of 7.31, 9.95 and 2.03% of the 11 746 part...
This study investigate the various issues of empowerment and reproductive behavior of married women such as
health status, decision making of reproductive behavior etc in some selected areas of Chapai Nawabganj district,
using the information from 500 ever married women within the reproductive span (15-49 years). Findings reveal that
women are foun...
