Jahidur Rahman Khan, Nabil Awan, Md. Tuhin Sheikh
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is crucial for the growth, development, and survival of a child. This study aims to examine the factors associated with IYCF practices among the under-2 aged children in Bangladesh and spatial variability. A total of 2336 children aged 6–23 months were selected ...
Haribondhu Sarma, Mohammad Ashraful Islam, Jahidur Rahman Khan, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: In 2007, the Government of Bangladesh incorporated a chapter on HIV/AIDS into the national curriculum for an HIV-prevention program for school students. For the efficient dissemination of knowledge, an intervention was designed to train the teachers and equip them to educate on the topic...
Md. Belal Hossain, Jahidur Rahman Khan, Rajat Das Gupta
AIMS: Overweight and obesity (OWOB) is a modifiable risk factor for both hypertension and diabetes. However, the association between OWOB and diabetes among Bangladeshi adults and how hypertension may mediate this relationship are not well explored. This study aimed to examine (1) whether OWOB is in...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Enamul Kabir
The Bangladesh Cricket Team has performed well in the recent past with steady traits of improvement. Apart from the players’ performance, some external factors are associated with the outcome of a cricket match. This paper investigates prematch toss, batting sequence, match time, opposition team’s o...
Md. Belal Hossain, Jahidur Rahman Khan
Livestock is an integrated part of agriculture, yet the relationship between household livestock ownership and child nutrition is a significant knowledge gap. The present study aimed to assess the association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting and to explore the geospatial ...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Raghu Lingam, Louisa Owens, Katherine Chen et al.
BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory illness among children in Australia. While childhood asthma prevalence varies by region, little is known about variations at the small geographic area level. Identifying small geographic area variations in asthma is critical for highlighting ...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Belal Hossain, Nabil Awan
Coastal morphology makes Bangladesh vulnerable to environmental hazards and climate change. Therefore, environmental characteristics may shape population health, including child health. The prevalence of stunting among under-five aged (U5) children is high in Bangladesh. However, there is a lack of ...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Enayetur Raheem, Mark Daniel
Rising tobacco use (TU) among youth aged 15–24 is a public health concern globally, especially in developing countries. This study examined the correlates of ever and current TU among 7-9th grade students in Bangladesh, accounting for school- and grade-level variations. A complete case analysis was ...
Md. Belal Hossain, Jahidur Rahman Khan, Avizit Chandra Adhikary, A. H. M. Mehbub Anwar et al.
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Tuhin Sheikh, Olav Muurlink
Breastfeeding duration has been linked to maternal and child health. Current-status (or interval-censored) data offers a more reliable measure of duration and cessation of breastfeeding than approaches that rely on recall, due to high percentage of ‘heaping’. The present study explores the determina...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, K. Shuvo Bakar
The Escherichia coli (E. coli) contamination in the household (HH) drinking water is often a public health concern. Very few studies explore the associated factors and spatial risk modeling together for E. coli contamination in Bangladesh, this research gap motivates to explore this fact further by ...
Mamun Al-Mahtab, S Rahman, Mohammad Jahidur Rahman Khan
Background: In inmunocompetent hosts, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is generally asymptomatic. It may however present as infectious mononucleosis. Serious complications have rarely been reported. We report three cases of acute CMV hepatitis in immunocompetent men for the first time from Bangladesh...
Mohammad Jahidur Rahman Khan, Maruf Ahmed Bhuiyan, Shahina Tabassum, Saif Ullah Munshi
For monitoring viral load (VL) or Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV-1, real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) is used to perform on plasma or Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sample. The qPCR method is expensive and requires sophisticated equipment. Therefore, there is a requirement for newer and cheape...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Amena Sultana
Anemia (e.g. iron deficiency anemia) is a serious public health concern that often coexists within the same household, particularly threatening child-mother pairs. Despite the high prevalence, there is a paucity of research to understand the anemia status of child-mother pairs in Bangladesh. This st...
Md Hossen, Sultan Ahmed, Mohammad Jahidur Rahman Khan, K. H. M. Nazmul Hussain Nazir et al.
OBJECTIVE: This research work was conducted for the molecular characterization of the circulating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus in Bangladesh and revealed out their serotype. MATERIALS AND METHODS: gene of six field isolates of FMD virus (FMDV) serotypes (two serotypes O, two serotypes A, and t...
Jabed Tomal, Jahidur Rahman Khan, Abdus S. Wahed
Number of children ever born to women of reproductive age forms a core component of fertility and is vital to the population dynamics in any country. Using Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019 data, we fitted a novel weighted Bayesian Poisson regression model to identify multi-level ind...
Nusrat Mannan, Ruksana Raihan, Ummey Shahnaz Parvin, Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar et al.
BACKGROUND: Self-collection of nasal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) would considerably increase the testing capability and decrease the risk of transmission among healthcare workers (HCW) and the use of personal protective equipm...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Md. Belal Hossain, Rownak Jahan Archie
This study investigated the associations between greenness and blood pressure (BP) metrics (systolic BP [SBP], diastolic BP [DBP], hypertension) among urban adults in Bangladesh and the potential mediation effects of body mass index (BMI) using 2011 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data for ...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, M. Belal Hossain, Sabuj Kanti Mistry
The prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity is increasing in Bangladesh, yet there is a scarcity of research on this growing public health issue. Although breastfeeding has been identified as a protective factor against overweight/obesity among young children, the evidence is limited in Banglades...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Abu Saleh Mosa Faisal, Humayera Islam et al.
Urbanization is accelerating in developing countries, which are simultaneously experiencing a rise in the prevalence of overnutrition (i.e., overweight and obesity), specifically among women. Since urbanization is a dynamic process, a continuous measure may better represent it when examining its ass...