Browsing Journal Articles (2019) by Author "Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health"
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Factors associated with low birth weight in Afghanistan: A cross-sectional analysis of the demographic and health survey 2015
Gupta, Rajat Das; Swasey, Krystal; Burrowes, Vanessa; Hashan, Mohammad Rashidul; Al Kibria, Gulam Muhammed (BMJ Open, 2019-05-14)Objectives This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with low birth weight (LBW) in Afghanistan. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting This study used data collected from the Afghanistan Demographic and ... -
‘Feminization’ of physician workforce in Bangladesh, underlying factors and implications for health system: Insights from a mixed-methods study.
Hossain, Puspita; Gupta, Rajat Das; YarZar, Phyoe; Jalloh, Mohamed Salieu; Tasnim, Nishat; Afrin, Ayesha; Naher, Nahitun; Hossain, Md. Tarek; Joarder, Taufique; Ahmed, Syed Masud (PLOS ONE, 2019-01-11)Background Bangladesh is currently faced with an emerging scenario of increased number of female physicians in the health workforce which has health system implications. For a health system to attract and retain female ... -
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 ... -
Geogenic arsenic and Microbial contamination in drinking water sources: Exposure risks to the coastal population in Bangladesh
Saha, Ratnajit; Dey, Nepal C.; Rahman, Mahfuzar; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Rabbani, Golam H. (Frontiers, 2019-05-08)The study aimed to investigate the most usable drinking water sources quality and the dependent population's exposure to potentially contaminated water. The specific area chosen for the study was the coastal area in Satkhira ... -
Gestational weight gain and newborn anthropometric outcomes in rural Bangladesh
Kac, Gilberto; Arnold, Charles D.; Matias, Susana L.; Mridha, Malay K.; Dewey, Kathryn G. (Wiley Online Library, 2019-10)Low gestational weight gain (GWG) is a known predictor of fetal growth restriction in higher income countries, but there is little information on this association in lower income countries. Our objective is to describe the ... -
Health shock and preference instability: Assessing health-state dependency of willingness-to-pay for corrective eyeglasses
Islam, Muhammed Nazmul; Rabbani, Atonu; Sarker, Malabika (BMC, 2019-11-07)Background: Differences in contingent valuation (CV) estimates for identical healthcare goods can cast considerable doubt on the true economic measures of consumer preferences. Hypothetical nature of CV methods can ... -
How health shocks and its relationship to repayments of loans from microfinance institutions can affect migrant households in Bangladesh
Hossain, Md. Shahadath; Sarker, Malabika; Nazneen, Shaila; Basu, Bharati; Rasul, Fatema Binte; Adib, Hossain I. (Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-02-08)Increasing the feasibility of easy loan repayment is one of the objectives of providing microcredits for income generating activities requiring relatively small loans in the developing countries. However, evidence in the ... -
Impact of traffic variability on geographic accessibility to 24/7 emergency healthcare for the urban poor: A GIS study in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ahmed, Shakil; Adams, Alayne M.; Islam, Rubana; Hasan, Shaikh Mehdi; Panciera, Rocco (PLOS ONE, 2019-09-16)Ensuring access to healthcare in emergency health situations is a persistent concern for health system planners. Emergency services, including critical care units for severe burns and coronary events, are amongst those for ... -
An invisible workforce: The neglected role of cleaners in patient safety on maternity units
Cross, Suzanne; Gon, Giorgia; Morrison, Emma; Afsana, Koasar; Ali, Said M.; Manjang, Tina; Manneh, Lamin; Rahman, Atiya; Saxena, Deepak; Vorah, Kranti; Graham., Wendy J. (Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-01-15)Hospital cleaning has been shown to impact on rates of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and good environmental hygiene is critical to quality care, yet those tasked with the role of ensuring a safe and clean ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh
Saha, Avijit; Sarker, Malabika; Kabir, Moktadir; Lu, Guangyu; Müller, Olaf (BMC, 2019-06-25)Abstract Background: Slash and burn cultivators are a signifcant risk group for malaria in South-East Asia. As envisaged in the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination, Bangladesh aims to achieve zero indigenous ... -
Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
Burstein, Roy; .......; Hay, Simon I (Nature, 2019-10-16)Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2-to end preventable ... -
Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries
Local Burden of Disease Educational Attainment Collaborators (Nature, 2019-12-25)Educational attainment is an important social determinant of maternal, newborn, and child health1–3 . As a tool for promoting gender equity, it has gained increasing traction in popular media, international aid strategies, ... -
Maternal nutrition intervention and maternal complications in 4 districts of Bangladesh: a nested cross-sectional study
Todd, Catherine S.; Chowdhury, Zakaria; Mahmud, Zeba; Islam, Nazia; Shabnam, Sadia; Parvin, Musarrat; Bernholc, Alissa; Martinez, Andres; Aktar, Bachera; Afsana, Kaosar; Sanghvi, Tina (PLOS Medicine, 2019-10-04)Background Maternal morbidity is common in Bangladesh, where the maternal mortality rate has plateaued over the last 6 years. Maternal undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies contribute to morbidity, but few ... -
A new social sciences network for infectious threats
Giles-Vernick, Tamara; Kutalek, Ruth; Napier, David; Kaawa-Mafigiri, David; Dückers, Michel; Paget, John; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Cheah, Phaik Yeong; Desclaux, Alice; De Vries, Daniel; Hardon, Anita; MacGregor, Hayley; Pell, Christopher; Rashid, Sabina F; Rodyna, Roman; Schultsz, Constance; Sow, Khoudia; Wilkinson, Annie (The Lancet, 2019-05)The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to escalate, new outbreaks of Lassa fever, yellow fever, measles, and other infectious diseases erupt around the world, and antimicrobial resistance ... -
Newborn physical condition and breastfeeding behaviours: Secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial of prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements in Bangladesh
Ullah, Md Barkat; Mridha, Malay K; Arnold, Charles D; Matias, Susana L; A Khan, Md Showkat; Siddiqui, Zakia; Hossain, Mokbul; Paul, Rina Rani; Dewey, Kathryn G (Wiley, 2019-10)Prenatal nutritional supplements may improve birth outcomes. This study aims to examine the effect of prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS), compared with iron and folic acid (IFA), on general newborn physical ... -
Non-communicable disease (NCD) corners in public sector health facilities in Bangladesh: A qualitative study assessing challenges and opportunities for improving NCD services at the primary healthcare level
Rawal, Lal B; Kanda, Kie; Biswas, Tuhin; Tanim, Md. Imtiaz; Poudel, Prakash; Renzaho, Andre M N; Abdullah, Abu S; Shariful Islam, Sheikh Mohammed; Ahmed, Syed Masud (BMJ Journals, 2019-10-07)Objective To explore healthcare providers’ perspective on non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and management services provided through the NCD corners in Bangladesh and to examine challenges and opportunities for ... -
Nutrition interventions integrated into an existing maternal, neonatal, and child health program reduce food insecurity among recently delivered and pregnant women in Bangladesh.
Frongillo, Edward A; Nguyen, Phuong H; Sanghvi, Tina; Mahmud, Zeba; Aktar, Bachera; Alayon, Silvia; Menon, Purnima (Oxford Academic, 2019-01-13)Background: Antenatal care may be a means to reduce food insecurity in pregnancy and postpartum periods. Objective: With the use of a cluster-randomized design, we tested whether participation in nutrition-focused ... -
Overall care-seeking pattern and gender disparity at a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh
Nuri, Nazmun Nahar; Sarker, Malabika; Ahmed, Helal Uddin; Hossain, Mohammad Didar; Dureab, Fekri; Agbozo, Faith; Jahn, Albrecht (Materia socio-medica, 2019-03-31)Introduction: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the only national level mental health institution in Bangladesh, with both academic and clinical functions, thus playing a crucial role in delivering specialized ... -
Pathways of antibiotic use in Bangladesh: Qualitative protocol for the PAUSE study
Rousham, Emily K; Islam, Mohammad Aminul; Nahar, Papreen; Lucas, Patricia Jane; Naher, Nahitun; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Nizame, Fosiul Alam; Unicomb, Leanne (BMJ Open, 2019-01-25)Introduction Global actions to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) include optimising the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health. In countries with weak healthcare regulation, this requires a greater ...