Browsing James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) by Author "Hasan, Mehedi"
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Association between the frequency of television watching and overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: Analysis of data from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
Gupta, Rajat Das; Haider, Shams Shabab; Hashan, Mohammad Rashidul; Hasan, Mehedi; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Sajal, Ibrahim Hossain; Joshi, Hemraj; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (PLOS ONE, 2020-02-10)Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly among women, is increasing in Nepal. Previous studies in the South Asia have found television watching to be a risk factor for overweight and obesity ... -
Association of frequency of television watching with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in India: Evidence from a nationally representative study
Gupta, Rajat Das; Haider, Shams Shabab; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Hashan, Mohammad Rashidul; Sajal, Ibrahim Hossain; Hasan, Mehedi; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (PLOS ONE, 2019-08-29)Background For women of reproductive age, overweight and obesity are an established risk factor for several medical complications. To address the increasing rate of obesity in India through public health awareness programs, ... -
Dietary practices of men in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance
Mridha, Malay; 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 (Oxford Academic, 2020-06)Objectives: Bangladesh has a paucity of information about the dietary practices of adult men. In the recently completed round of the national nutrition surveillance (NNS 2018–2019), we explored the dietary practices of ... -
Double burden of malnutrition among elderly people in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
Hasan, Mehedi; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Hossain, Md. Mokbul; 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: Double burden of malnutrition (DBM), referred as the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition, is an evolving public health concern. There is a paucity of data about DBM among elderly people in ... -
Elderly women are disproportionately vulnerable to hypertension in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Hossain, Md. Mokbul; Hasan, Mehedi; 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: Bangladesh has a dearth of information on the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among elderlies. We assessed the prevalence, sex differences in prevalence, and factors associated with ... -
Eye diseases: The neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sutradhar, Ipsita; Gayen, Priyanka; Hasan, Mehedi; Gupta, Rajat Das; Roy, Tapash; Sarker, Malabika (BMC, 2019-01-31)Introduction: Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to ... -
Factors associated with tobacco use among Nepalese men aged 15–49 years: Data from Nepal demographic and Health Survey 2016
Gupta, Rajat Das; Jahan, Mahmuda; Hasan, Mehedi; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Sajal, Ibrahim Hossain; Haider, Shams Shabab; Joshi, Hemraj; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (Elsevier, 2020-09)Background Tobacco is one of the leading causes of premature death around the world. In Nepal, tobacco kills 15,000 people every year. Men are also the primary users of tobacco. This study aimed to discern the prevalence ... -
Frequency of television viewing and association with overweight and obesity among women of the reproductive age group in Myanmar: Results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Gupta, Rajat Das; Sajal, Ibrahim Hossain; Hasan, Mehedi; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (BMJ Open, 2019-03-20)Objectives This study aimed to discern the association between the frequency of television viewing and overweight and obesity among reproductive age women of Myanmar. Design This was a cross-sectional study. Setting ... -
Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Nepalese adults: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Gupta, Rajat Das; Haider, Shams Shabab; Sutradhar, Ipsita; Hasan, Mehedi; Joshi, Hemraj; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (Cambridge University Press, 2019-08-30)The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure (BP) control among the adult Nepalese population (≥18 years) using ... -
Gender-specific prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among elderly Bangladeshi people: Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey
Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Hossain, Md Mokbul; Hasan, Mehedi; Khan, Md Showkat Ali; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Ullah, Mohammad Aman; Sarker, Samir Kanti; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Mitra, Dipak K; Mridha, Malay Kanti (BMJ Journals, 2021-06-21)Objective: We aimed to estimate the gender-specific prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among elderly people in Bangladesh. Design and method We analysed data from the food security and nutrition surveillance ... -
Inadequate dietary diversity and Its determinants among adolescent girls and boys: Evidence from the National Nutrition surveillance study in Bangladesh
Akter, Fahmida; 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: Bangladesh is experiencing triple burden of malnutrition among adolescents, which may be associated with inadequate dietary diversity (IDD). In the recently completed round of the national nutrition surveillance ... -
Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: Evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme
Kusuma, Dian; Pradeepa, Rajendra; Khawaja, Khadija I.; Hasan, Mehedi; Siddiqui, Samreen; Mahmood, Sara; Shah, Syed Mohsin Ali; De Silva, Chamini K.; de Silva, Laksara; Gamage, Manoja; Loomba, Menka; Rajakaruna, Vindya P.; Hanif, Abu AM; Kamalesh, Rajan Babu; Kumarendran, Balachandran; Loh, Marie; Misra, Archa; Tassawar, Asma; Tyagi, Akansha; Waghdhare, Swati; Burney, Saira; Ahmad, Sajjad; Mohan, Viswanathan; Sarker, Malabika; Goon, Ian Y.; Kasturiratne, Anuradhani; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Katulanda, Prasad; Jha, Sujeet; Anjana, Ranjit Mohan; Mridha, Malay K.; Sassi, Franco; Chambers, John C. (Elsevier, 2021-02-13)Background: South Asia has become a major epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding South Asians’ awareness, attitudes and experiences of early measures for the prevention of COVID-19 is key to improving ... -
Nationally representative surveys show gradual shifting of overweight and obesity towards poor and less-educated women of reproductive age in Nepal
Sutradhar, Ipsita; Akter, Tahmina; Hasan, Mehedi; Gupta, Rajat Das; Joshi, Hemraj; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Sarker, Malabika (Cambridge University Press, 2020-03-27)Overweight and obesity are considered major public health concerns all over the world. They have the potential to increase the risk of developing non-communicable diseases in reproductive age women, increasing their risk ... -
Noncommunicable disease risk factors among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: Evidence from a National survey
Urmy, Nushrat Jahan; Hossain, Md. Mokbul; Shamim, Abu Ahmed; Khan, Md. Showkat Ali; Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Hasan, Mehedi; Akter, Fahmida; Mitra, Dipak Kumar; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Ullah, Mohammad Aman; Sarker, Samir Kanti; Rahman, SM Mustafizur; Bulbul, Md. Mofijul Islam; Mridha, Malay Kanti (Osong public health and research perspectives, 2020-12-11)Objectives: To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors and the factors associated with the coexistence of multiple risk factors (≥ 2 risk factors) among adolescent boys and girls in ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of depression among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide survey
Mridha, Malay Kanti; Hossain, Md Mokbul; Khan, Md Showkat Ali; Hanif, Abu Abdullah Mohammad; Hasan, Mehedi; Mitra, Dipak; Hossaine, Moyazzam; Ullah, Mohammad Aman; Sarker, Samir Kanti; Rahman, S M Mustafizur; Bulbul, Md M Islam; Shamim, Abu Ahmed (BMJ Journals, 2021-01-17)Objective: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with depression among adolescent boys and girls. Design: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study. Setting: This study was carried out in 82 ... -
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 ...