Mary Angelica Painter, Sameer H. Shah, Gwendolyn C. Damestoit, Fariha Khalid et al.
Social vulnerability approaches seek to identify social, economic, and political drivers that exacerbate environmental risks, and inform adaptation strategies that redress uneven vulnerabilities. Social Vulnerability Indices (SVIs), one such approach, have exponentially increased in use since their ...
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Musabber Ali Chisty, Md Ashraful Alam, Mohammed Sadman Sakib et al.
Global vaccination coverage is an urgent need to recover the recent pandemic COVID-19. However, people are concerned about the safety and efficacy of this vaccination program. Thus, it has become crucial to examine the knowledge, attitude, and hesitancy towards the vaccine. An online cross-sectional...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Muhammad Awfa Islam, Ashfia Tasnim Munia, Md. Mostafizur Rahman et al.
With the fluctuating condition of the pandemic, people's perception of COVID-19 is also inconstant. If people perceive a low risk of any health emergency or any other crisis, they won't look for proper information to change their attitude, which might increase their risk. Through the use of two diff...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Maliha Muhtasim, Fariha Jahin Biva, Syeda Erena Alam Dola et al.
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Saadmaan Jubayer Khan, Kamrun Nahar Tanni, Tuly Roy et al.
Dhaka has become the worst affected city in Bangladesh regarding dengue fever (DF). A large number of university students are residing in this city with a high DF risk. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the DF status and responses among these students through their Knowledge, Attitu...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Nesar Ahmed Khan, Syeda Erena Alam Dola
The main purpose of this study was to assess the level of community flood resilience with a special focus on gender. A gender perspective ensures the representation of diversified voices in the study. From concept development to data representation, all the steps were completed ensuring gender-based...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Syeda Erena Alam Dola, Nesar Ahmed Khan, Md Mostafizur Rahman
Purpose The objective of this study was to assess the relationship among intersectionality, vulnerability and resilience with evidence. The conceptual framework developed by the study believed that intersectionality and vulnerabilities intersect and reduce the level of disaster resilience. Design/me...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Md Mizanur Rahman
Fire is one of the major human-induced hazards which takes place due to less or no precautionary measures. According to the official statistics of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD), a total of 19672 fire incidents took place around the country in the year 2018 from which 6208 inciden...
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Farah Tasnim, Masrur Abdul Quader, Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
Despite the public health concern, there is a dearth of research regarding perceived noise pollution and noise-related health status in Bangladesh. This study was carried out to evaluate the noise-related health status among Bangladesh's adult population. 1386 adult Bangladeshis participated in an o...
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md Arif, Ibnul Mahdi, Md. Adil Rafi et al.
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Irtifa Alam Nabila, Mohammed Sadman Sakib, Nusrat Jahan Silvia et al.
Despite the significant number of fatalities and injuries, there is currently a lack of data on public knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding lightning in Bangladesh. This study aims to assess the public’s knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) towards lightning in the country. A total of 1...
Musabber Ali Chisty, Ashrafuzzaman Nazim, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Syeda Erena Alam Dola et al.
Purpose Persons with disabilities face the impacts of disasters differently. Early warning systems can be one of the powerful tools to reduce the vulnerabilities of persons with disabilities and mitigate the impacts of disasters. The main objective of this study was to assess the disability inclusiv...
Md Mostafizur Rahman, Musabber Ali Chisty, Mohammed Sadman Sakib, Masrur Abdul Quader et al.
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has become a global public health concern. Safe and effective vaccines are required to control the pandemic. However, positive perception toward the vaccine is also necessary for a successful vaccination effort. OBJECTIVE: A rapid online survey was conducted to evaluate the st...
Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Naimur Rahman, Mst Yeasmin Akter et al.
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Saadmaan Jubayer Khan, Kamrun Nahar Tanni et al.
Objectives: This study intends to evaluate the Dhaka city residents’ individual views toward DF. Methods: A cross-sectional survey used google forms for collecting data. Python and RStudio were used for data management and analysis. Kruskal-Wallis or Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression model...