Asibul Islam Anik, Md. Mosfequr Rahman, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Ismail Tareque et al.
BACKGROUND: The coexistence of overweight mother and stunted child at the same household is a type of Double Burden of Malnutrition at Household Level (DBMHL). This particular public health concern is now emerging at an alarming rate among most of the South Asian and its neighboring lower-and-middle...
Asibul Islam Anik, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Hafiz T. A. Khan, Md. Nazrul Islam Mondal et al.
INTRODUCTION: Severe undernutrition among under-5 children is usually assessed using single or conventional indicators (i.e., severe stunting, severe wasting, and/or severe underweight). But these conventional indicators partly overlap, thus not providing a comprehensive estimate of the proportion o...
Asibul Islam Anik, Ghose Bishwajit, Md. Mosfequr Rahman
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between women's empowerment and maternal healthcare utilisation in Bangladesh. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study uses data from the most recent nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-2018. SETTING: Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: Ma...
Asibul Islam Anik, Md. Rashedul Islam, Md. Shafiur Rahman
Modern contraceptive methods are effective tools for controlling fertility and reducing unwanted pregnancies. Yet, the unmet need for modern contraception (UNMC) remains high in most of the developing countries of the world. This study aimed to compare the coverage of modern contraceptive usage and ...
Asibul Islam Anik, Md. Rashedul Islam, Md. Shafiur Rahman
OBJECTIVES: Relative to the attention given to improving the measurement of adequacy of antenatal care (ANC) in South Asian (SA) region, the influence of women's empowerment and socioeconomic status (WESES) on adequate ANC services has hardly received any attention. This study aimed to investigate t...
Asibul Islam Anik, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid, Syed Shariful Islam, Md. Takit Mallik et al.
Abstract Since child sexual abuse (CSA) is one of the most serious public health issues, how CSA cases and victims are portrayed in the daily newspapers is a major concern to the public health and communication specialists. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of the ethical standard...
Leuza Mubassara, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid, Sarmin Sultana, Asibul Islam Anik et al.
Background: Cyber abuse has become common among children worldwide; however, it is yet to receive attention in Bangladesh. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of cyber child abuse in the context of Bangladesh. Methods: This population-based study was condu...
Asibul Islam Anik, Tanvir Ahmed, Ahmed Jojan Nandonik, Anwar Parvez et al.
Introduction: The long-term impact of COVID-19 on mental health, particularly in relation to socio-economic vulnerabilities, has received little attention. This study reports the prevalence of mental health-related symptoms among previously hospitalized patients after recovery from COVID-19, and its...
Asibul Islam Anik, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid, M Atiqul Haque
Abstract Spousal violence (SV) is a global problem for women and its elimination is one of the prime targets of Sustainable Development Goal-5. Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys of seventeen countries, representing two sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions (East and Southern Africa [ESA] and W...
Asibul Islam Anik
S. M. Yasir Arafat, Asibul Islam Anik
Israt Jahan, Wai Wai Mroy, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid, Sabrina Mousum et al.
Background: Although hypertension was formerly thought to be a disease in affluent countries, recent data suggest that low-and middle-income countries account for three-quarters of the worldwide hypertension burden. Several studies have shown a high prevalence of HTN in Bangladesh, while data on urb...
Asibul Islam Anik, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Hafiz TA Khan, Md. Nazrul Islam Mondal et al.
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Introduction</bold>Severe under-5 child malnutrition (i.e., severe stunting, severe wasting and severe underweight) is high in Bangladesh. The interplay between risk factors needs to be understood to address this complex public health issues. We aim to explore the preva...
Muhammed Nazmul Islam, Parsa Musarrat, Hanne Konradsen, Marie Tyrrell et al.
Dementia is a growing global public health concern, particularly in LMICs like Bangladesh. With population aging, there is an increasing prevalence of dementia; care facilities are limited. This scarcity of services places a significant responsibility on untrained family caregivers, impacting the he...
Md. Omar Faruk, Md. Ashiquir Rahaman, Asibul Islam Anik, Mohammad Zayeed Bin Alam
<ns3:p> <ns3:bold>Background:</ns3:bold> Hijra people, recognized as a <ns3:italic>third gender</ns3:italic> in Bangladesh, experience a variety of mental health problems, including suicidal ideation. However, there is no psychometric instrument to measure the suicidal ideation of hijra people. The ...
M Atiqul Haque, Asibul Islam Anik, Shabnam Azim, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid et al.
Newspapers can be a vital source of information in Bangladesh for investigating child maltreatment (CM), since the epidemiological data on CM is underestimated. Yet, there is little information on how CM-related content is covered in newspapers. To investigate the distribution and news framing of di...
Ghose Bishwajit, Josephine Etowa, Asibul Islam Anik, Egbe B. Etowa
The objective of the present study is to explore the trends and predictors of birth spacing in Ethiopia with a focus on the unmet need for family planning.
Md. Omar Faruk, Asibul Islam Anik, Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, M. Tasdik Hasan et al.
Muhammed Nazmul Islam (19541072), Parsa Musarrat (21540065), Hanne Konradsen (3474545), Marie Tyrrell (18833884) et al.
<div> Dementia is a growing global public health concern, particularly in LMICs like Bangladesh. With population aging, there is an increasing prevalence of dementia; care facilities are limited. This scarcity of services places a significant responsibility on untrained family caregivers, impacting ...
Muhammed Nazmul Islam (19541072), Parsa Musarrat (21540065), Hanne Konradsen (3474545), Marie Tyrrell (18833884) et al.
<div> Dementia is a growing global public health concern, particularly in LMICs like Bangladesh. With population aging, there is an increasing prevalence of dementia; care facilities are limited. This scarcity of services places a significant responsibility on untrained family caregivers, impacting ...