Syed Emdadul Haque, Mosiur Rahman, Kawashima Itsuko, Mahmuda Mutahara et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of a school-based menstrual education programme on: (1) menstrual knowledge, beliefs and practices, (2) menstrual disorders experienced, and (3) restrictions on menstruating adolescents. DESIGN: Intervention study. SETTING: Araihazar area, Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: 4...
Mosiur Rahman, Sarker Obaida-Nasrin
OBJECTIVE: This article establishes the hypothesis that predisposing, enabling and household needs influence the complete vaccination status of children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data from the 2004 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (N= 3530) was used. The data was analyzed using descriptive and ...
Syed Emdadul Haque, Mosiur Rahman
Highlights • Peak spread of COVID-19 occurred at an average temperature of 26 °C and a humidity of 55%.• Highest number of cases were clustered within the average temperature range 26 °C–28 °C and within the humidity range 55%–65%.• High temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmi...
Syed Emdadul Haque, Mosiur Rahman, Kawashima Itsuko, Mahmuda Mutahara et al.
BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of published literature that demonstrates the impact and effectiveness of school-based oral health education (OHE) program in Bangladesh and it is one of the most neglected activities in the field of public health. Keeping this in mind, the objectives of this study were...
Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Md. Shafiur Rahman, Mohammad Mubarak Hossain Khan, Mohammad Nazrul Islam Mondal et al.
Objective To identify the prevalence and risk factors of child malnutrition in Bangladesh. Study design Data was extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (2011). The outcome measures were stunting, wasting, and underweight. χ(2) analysis was performed to find the association of outcom...
Syed Emdadul Haque, Mosiur Rahman, Md. Golam Mostofa, Md. Sarwar Zahan
Objective To examine the linkage between the possible influences of the extent of autonomy on young mothers use of reproductive health care services. Methods This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analyses were based on responses of 1,778 currently married women...
Mosiur Rahman, Syed Emdadul Haque, Md. Sarwar Zahan
This article addresses the hypothesis that predisposing, enabling and need factors of households influence utilisation of postpartum care among the young mothers according to the timing and type of providers. To reach our goal Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey of 2007 data (n = 2376) were use...
M A Islam, Mosiur Rahman, Dilip Mahalanabis
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of maternal and socioeconomic factors with the development of severe malnutrition in young children. DESIGN: A case-control study. SETTING: A large diarrhoea treatment centre in a metropolitan city. SUBJECTS: Cases were 125 severely malnourished children, aged < 36...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Md Shaiful Islam, Abdul Karim, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
Given the significance of English in the global world, English language teaching in Bangladesh has become subject to a supreme concern in maintaining economic growth and developing a skilled workforce. In this article, several barriers have been discussed based on a critical analysis of published ma...
Quique Bassat, Dianna M. Blau, Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu, Solomon Samura et al.
Importance: The number of deaths of children younger than 5 years has been steadily decreasing worldwide, from more than 17 million annual deaths in the 1970s to an estimated 5.3 million in 2019 (with 2.8 million deaths occurring in those aged 1-59 months [53% of all deaths in children aged <5 years...
Tapash Roy, Cathy E. Lloyd, Masuma Parvin, Khondker Galib B Mohiuddin et al.
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence of depression in people with diabetes in Bangladesh. This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with depression in out-patients with Type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study a random sample of 483 diabetes o...
Mosiur Rahman, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Masashi Kizuki
BACKGROUND: Data from a statewide survey in India and clinic-based studies in developed settings have previously suggested an association between maternal physical intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences and the low use of antenatal care (ANC). This study aimed to explore the association between...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Ambigapathy Pandian
The 2016 World Bank report on worldwide per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) identified Bangladesh as a lower middle-income country based on its consistent GDP growth throughout last decade (World Bank, 2016). To maintain this growth rate and meet the radical demand for human resources in increas...
Mosiur Rahman, Salek Ahmed Sajib, Md. Sifat Rahi, Sharaban Tahura et al.
Abstract This study investigates the effect and mechanisms of low pressure dielectric barrier discharge (LPDBD) produced with Ar/O 2 and Ar/Air technique causing biological stimulation leading to improved germination and growth in wheat. Both plasma treatments caused rougher and chapped seed surface...
Mosiur Rahman, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Masashi Kizuki
BACKGROUND: Evidence from developing countries regarding the association between gender inequity and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in women has been suggestive but inconclusive. Using nationally representative population-based data from Bangladesh, we examined the association between...