Md. Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Enryka Christopher et al.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has imposed threats on both physical and mental health since its outbreak. This study aimed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among a representative sample of home-quarantined Bangladeshi adults. A cross-sectional design was used with an onl...
Ram Proshad, Saiful Islam, Tanmoy Roy Tusher, Dan Zhang et al.
Water quality is a big concern for the humankind as it is the most important natural resource. Water is polluted by increasing activities of population and the necessity to provide them with goods and services that use water as a vital resource. In this study, surface water samples were collected in...
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...
Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Enryka Christopher et al.
BACKGROUND: Individuals with certain pre-existing chronic health conditions have been identified as a high-risk group for fatalities of COVID-19. Therefore, it is likely that individuals with chronic diseases may worry during this pandemic to the detriment of their mental health. This study compares...
Md. Hasan Al Banna, Tasnim Rahman Disu, Satyajit Kundu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah et al.
BACKGROUND: Food handlers can play a vital role into reducing foodborne diseases by adopting appropriate food handling and sanitation practices in working plants. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with food safety knowledge and practices among meat handlers who work at butcher shops ...
Abu Sayeed, Nazmul Hassan, Hafizur Rahman, Samer El Hayek et al.
Facebook addiction (FA) has been suggested as a potential behavioral addiction. Data about FA among university students in Bangladesh has been scarce despite being a research topic of growing interest. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of FA and its related factors amongst university stud...
Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Md. Hasan Al Banna, M. Tasdik Hasan et al.
Highlights • This is the first few studies exploring the perceptions of Bangladeshi students towards the COVID-19 pandemic.• Female students showed higher stress levels, greater anxiety symptoms and, depressive symptoms.• Younger students had a greater psychological impact due to COVID-19 than senio...
Achinta Saha, Mohammad A. Masud, Sitesh Chandra Bachar, Joydeb Kumar Kundu et al.
The petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts of Phyllanthus reticulatus. Poir. (Euphorbiaceae) were chosen for pharmacological screening. In the acetic acid-induced writhing test, the ethyl acetate extract in doses of 150 and 300 mg/kg showed 51.23 and 65.12% inhibition of writhing, res...
Tapos Kormoker, Abubakr M. Idris, Mohammed Mahmud Khan, Tanmoy Roy Tusher et al.
The southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh have been severely suffering from the scarcity of safe drinking water due to the combined consequences of hydrogeological processes, groundwater depletion, saltwater intrusion, and adverse anthropogenic activities. This concern results in serious public h...
Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Enryka Christopher et al.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has imposed threats on both physical andmental health since its outbreak. This study aimed to explore the impactof the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among a representativesample of home-quarantined Bangladeshi adults. A cross-sectional designwas used with an online ...
Satyajit Kundu, Jhantu Bakchi, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Abu Sayeed et al.
In low-resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth of research on the mental health of university students. This pilot study aimed to identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms, loneliness, and physical activities as well as the associated factors of depressive symptoms among graduate s...
Md. Hasan Al Banna, Satyajit Kundu, Keith Brazendale, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah et al.
Satyajit Kundu, Subarna Kundu, Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Humayun Kabir et al.
BACKGROUND: Much scholarly debate has centered on Bangladesh's family planning program (FPP) in lowering the country's fertility rate. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of using modern and traditional contraceptive methods and to determine the factors that explain the contraceptive meth...
Md. Hasan Al Banna, Keith Brazendale, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, Abu Sayeed et al.
OBJECTIVE Little is known about the relation between weight status and eating disorders symptomatology among Bangladeshi university students. Moreover, the sociocultural climate in Bangladesh has changed in ways that might increase young adults' vulnerability to eating disorder symptomatology. There...
Md. Hasan Al Banna, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, Humayra Rezyona, Abdul‐Aziz Seidu et al.
Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among hospital food service staff are crucial in the prevention of foodborne disease outbreaks, as hospitalized patients are more vulnerable to potential hazards. This study, therefore, sought to assess the food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices...