Browsing by Author "Barua, Mrittika"
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Double trouble: prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in Bangladesh
Sarker, Malabika; Barua, Mrittika; Guerra, Fiona; Saha, Avijit; Aftab, Afzal; Latif, A. H. M. Mahbub; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul (BRAC Univeristy, 2016-10-31)Background Diabetes among tuberculosis patients increases the risk of tuberculosis treatment failure, death, and development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Yet, there is no data is available in Bangladesh on the ... -
Experiences of the beneficiaries of Interactive Popular Theatre (IPT): a qualitative study on the experiences of the beneficiaries of IPT as a part of BRAC CST program on COVID-19 prevention at Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ramu & Chakoria upazila in Bangladesh
Rahman, Md. Mizanur (Brac University, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing across the globe as well in Bangladesh which spreads very fast in human contact. To prevent this disease from spreading, we need to follow certain guidelines and some behavioral ... -
Experiences of volunteers as change agents for prevention of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: an exploratory qualitative study
Mariam, Warisha (Brac University, 2023)Background: Community volunteers are an important backbone for engaging communities to bring about health related behaviour change among the people of the communities. In recent years the pandemic due to Coronavirus 2019 ... -
An exploratory qualitative study on the enabling factors of volunteerism: the perspective of BRAC volunteers and their family members in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh
Lastima, Jorina (Brac University, 2023)Introduction: Volunteers have a vital role in the community. Their motivation to volunteer can influence other people to change their behavior. Especially in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers assisted ... -
Knowledge and attitude of key community members towards tuberculosis: mixed method study from BRAC TB control areas in Bangladesh
Paul, Sukanta; Akter, Rahima; Aftab, Afzal; M Khan, Antora; Barua, Mrittika; Islam, Shayla; Islam, Akramul; Husain, Ashaque; Sarker, Malabika (© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: Bangladesh National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme adopted a number of strategies to facilitate TB diagnosis and treatment. 'Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization' (ACSM) was one of the key ... -
A qualitative research on knowledge, attitude, and practice of hand washing among BRAC volunteers and their experience on message dissemination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Rajan, N Ganesh (Brac University, 2023)Introduction: Covid-19 Volunteers played a vital role in absorbing the shock on the healthcare system to some extent during the pandemic by task shifting. They played a multifaceted role where healthcare students assisted ... -
A qualitative study on implementer’s perspective of success and challenges: Interactive Popular Theatre (IPT) component of BRAC CST
Nawaz, Shahpara (Brac University, 2023)Interactive popular theater (IPT) has been used as a public health education tool for decades in different countries of the world. Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) conducted IPTs in the Cox’s bazar districts ... -
Tuberculosis and the sexual and reproductive lives of women in Bangladesh
Barua, Mrittika; Driel, Francien Van; Jansen, Willy (PLOS ONE, 2018-07-19)When they do not meet norms related to sexuality and reproduction, Bangladeshi women often face abandonment and are thus deprived of an active sexual life, a marital relationship, and motherhood. Little is known about ... -
Understanding the implementer’s experiences for identifying key facilitators and bottlenecks of BRAC Community Support Team (CST) Cox’s Bazar project for COVID-19 prevention, Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of managerial perspectives
Ferdous, Sharika (Brac University, 2023)Introduction: Recent research has highlighted the significance of understanding a managers' perspective for improving implementation to successfully execute interventions. It is still largely unexplored how their experiences ...