Browsing by Author "Hasan, Mehedi"
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Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension in selected urban and rural areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Findings from SHASTO baseline survey
Hasan, Mehedi; Khan, Md Showkat Ali; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Hossain, Md Mokbul; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Yoshimura, Yukie; Choudhury, Sohel Reza; Sarker, Malabika; Mridha, Malay Kanti (BMJ Journals, 2021-01-20)Objective: We implemented this study to report the prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension among adult men and women aged >30 years residing in selected urban and rural areas of Dhaka division, Banglad ... -
Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adult population in Nepal: Data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
Hasan, Mehedi; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Akter, Tahmina; Gupta, Rajat Das; Joshi, Hemraj; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (PLOS ONE, 2018-05-31)Like other developing countries, Nepal is currently going through epidemiological transition along with rising burden of Non-communicable Diseases. However, since 2013, no study investigated the prevalence and determinants ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bangladesh: A systematic review
Sutradhar, Ipsita; Gupta, Rajat Das; Hasan, Mehedi; Wazib, Amit; Sarker, Malabika (Cureus, 2019-01-28)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) including Bangladesh. But no systematic review has been carried out in Bangladesh, which ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression within one year after birth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Azad, Rashidul; Fahmi, Rukhshan; Shrestha, Sadichhya; Joshi, Hemraj; Hasan, Mehedi; Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam; Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir; Arifeen, Shams El; Billah, Sk Masum (PLOS ONE, 2019-05-02)Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious pubic health concern and known to have the adverse effects on mother’s perinatal wellbeing; and child’s physical and cognitive development. There were limited literatures on PPD in ... -
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Insufficient Physical Activity Among Adolescents: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
Hossain, Md Mokbul; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Hasan, Mehedi; Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Ullah, Mohammad Aman; Sarker, Samir Kanti; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Mitra, Dipak Kumar; Haque, Md Emdadul; Mridha, Malay (Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) set a target of 15% relative reduction of the prevalence of insufficient physical activity (IPA) by 2025 among adolescents and adults globally. In Bangladesh, there is no ... -
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Asia: A systematic review
Hasan, Mehedi; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Gupta, Rajat Das; Sarker, Malabika (BMC, 2018-10-23)Abstract Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem around the world. But the prevalence has not been reported in South Asian region as a whole. This study aimed to systematically ... -
Prevalence of Non-communicable disease risk factors among adolescent girls and boys in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
Urmy, Nushrat Jahan; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Hossain, Md. Mokbul; Hasan, Mehedi; Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Ullah, Mohammad Aman; Sarker, Samir Kanti; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Mitra, Dipak Kumar; Haque, Md. Emdadul; Mridha, Malay (Oxford Academic, 2020-06)Objectives: Non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their risk factors have become a major public health problem worldwide. Understanding NCD risk factors among adolescents is important as many risk behaviors start in this ... -
Sanem: Covid-19 takes away 6m jobs in Bangladesh
Hasan, Mehedi (Dhaka Tribune, 2020-07-18) -
Status of the WHO recommended timing and frequency of antenatal care visits in Northern Bangladesh
Sarker, Bidhan Krishna; Rahman, Musfikur; Rahman, Tanjina; Rahman, Tawhidur; Khalil, Jubaida Jahan; Hasan, Mehedi; Rahman, Fariya; Ahmed, Anisuddin; Mitra, Dipak Kumar; Mridha, Malay Kanti; Rahman, Anisur (PLOS ONE, 2020-11-05)Objective: There is dearth of information on the timeliness of antenatal care (ANC) uptake. This study aimed to determine the timely ANC uptake by a medically trained provider (MTP) as per the World Health Organization ... -
Women are more vulnerable to non-communicable diseases in rural and urban Bangladesh (P18-082-19)
Mridha, Malay; Hasan, Mehedi; Khan, Showkat; Hossain, Mokbul; Sutradhar, Ipsita (Oxford Academic, 2019-06-13)Objectives In Bangladesh, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their risk factors is increasing. We wanted to assess the vulnerability of women by analyzing the differences in risk factors by gender. Met ...