Lucinda Platt, Ross Warwick
The economic and public health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed existing inequalities between ethnic groups in England and Wales, as well as creating new ones. We draw on current mortality and case data, alongside pre-crisis labour force data, to investigate the relative vulnerabi...
Eliza Omar Eva, Md Zakirul Islam, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek, Md Faizur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Throughout the world all health professionals face stress because of time-pressures, workload, multiple roles and emotional issues. Stress does not only exist among the health professionals but also in medical students. Bangladesh has currently 77 medical colleges 54 of which are private...
Fahmida Dil Farzana, Ahmed Shafiqur Rahman, Sabiha Sultana, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan et al.
INTRODUCTION: In connection to food insecurity, adaptation of new techniques or alteration of regular behavior is executed that translates to coping strategies. This paper has used data from food security and nutrition surveillance project (FSNSP), which collects information from a nationally repres...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Nabil Awan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Olav Muurlink
Background The rapid growth in cases of COVID-19 has challenged national healthcare capacity, testing systems at an advanced ICU, and public health infrastructure level. This global study evaluates the association between multi-factorial healthcare capacity and case fatality of COVID-19 patients by ...
Sahadat Hossain, Afifa Anjum, Md. Elias Uddin, Md. Abdur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND The psychological health of university students is an issue of utmost concern worldwide. Its consequences include multifaceted outcomes from complex interactions of sociocultural, environmental, and individual lifestyle factors. This research explores the impacts of socio-cultural environ...
Edward Fottrell, Naveed Ahmed, Joanna Morrison, Abdul Kuddus et al.
BACKGROUND: Strategies are needed to prevent and control type 2 diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia, which together affect roughly a third of adults in Bangladesh. We aimed to assess the effects of mHealth and community mobilisation on the prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes ...
Kay Choong See, Ming Zhao, Emiko Nakataki, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat et al.
Purpose Professional burnout is a multidimensional syndrome comprising emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished sense of personal accomplishment, and is associated with poor staff health and decreased quality of medical care. We investigated burnout prevalence and its associated risk ...
Tanvir Ahmed, Henry C. Lucas, Azfar Sadun Khan, Rubana Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: The health system of Bangladesh is haunted by challenges of accessibility and affordability. Despite impressive gains in many health indicators, recent evidence has raised concerns regarding the utilization, quality and equity of healthcare. In the context of new and unfamiliar public he...
Fatema Khatun, Anita Heywood, Pradeep Ray, SMA Hanifi et al.
Introduction Evidence in favor of mHealth for healthcare delivery in settings where trained health workforce is limited or unavailable is accumulating. With rapid growth in access to mobile phones and an acute shortage of health workforce in Bangladesh, mHealth initiatives are increasing with more t...
Margaret Lawson, Margaret Thomas
The Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the Department of Health carried out a survey between 1994 and 1996 of infant feeding practices of mothers of Bangladeshi, Indian, or Pakistani origin living in England. 1 A blood sample was taken during October-November 1...
Jan Polcyn, Liton Chandra Voumik, Mohammad Ridwan, Samrat Ray et al.
This study examines the effects of health expenditure, energy consumption, CO2 emissions, population size, and income on health outcomes in 46 Asian nations between 1997 and 2019. Cross-sectional dependence (CSD) and slope heterogeneity (SH) tests are utilized due to the close linkages between Asian...
Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad, Marit Helen Andersen, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Christine Råheim Borge et al.
OBJECTIVES: The way health literacy is understood (conceptualised) should be closely linked to how it is measured (operationalised). This study aimed to gain insights into how health literacy is defined and measured in current health literacy research and to examine the relationship between health l...
Bonnie Hausman, Constance Hammen
The same factors that impede a mother's ability to maintain a stable residence are likely to impair her capacity to nurture children. This double crisis of homelessness and child rearing confronts caregivers with a special set of ethical and practical dilemmas. Psychosocial characteristics of homele...
Satyajit Kundu, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed, Sadia Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to determine the associated factors of household food security (HFS) and household dietary diversity (HDD) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. DESIGN: Both online survey and face-to-face interviews were employed in this cross-sectional study. The Household Food Se...
Fan Luo, Monowar Mahmood, Md. Aftab Uddin