A5046356196- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Global Health Care Issues
- Sleep and related disorders
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Resilience and Mental Health
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Smart Parking Systems Research
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Jahangirnagar University
2021-2023
Gopalganj Science and Technology University
2019-2020
Clinical Research Organization
2020
The recently developed Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale that assesses the severity fears COVID-19. Given rapid increase cases in Bangladesh, we aimed to translate and validate FCV-19S Bangla. forward-backward translation method was used English version questionnaire into reliability validity properties Bangla were rigorously psychometrically evaluated (utilizing both confirmatory factor analysis Rasch analysis) relation socio-demographic variables,...
As with other countries worldwide, lockdown measures during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh were sudden and unexpected, have capacity to elicit serious psychological consequences. The present study examined consequences of period.A nationwide online cross-sectional survey recruited 10,067 individuals covering all 64 districts via social media (April 1-10, 2020). comprised questions concerning socio-demographics, knowledge COVID-19, behavior towards fear insomnia, depression, suicidal...
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious violation of women's human rights and dominant chronic global public health problem. Although it suspected that epidemic-induced economic downturns have fueled the IPV, enough empirical literature are not available to make consensus. Against this backdrop, present study has attempted explore prevalence associated factors IPV amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract Recently, suicide among Bangladeshi university students has become a serious problem. However, to date, there have been no studies assessing suicidal behaviors students. Therefore, the present study investigated ideation (SI) and its risk factors this population. A classroom-based convenience sampling method was utilized survey 665 of in Bangladesh (67.5% males; aged 21.16 years: SD ± 1.6). In addition socio-demographic questions, also included Smartphone Application-Based Addiction...
Electricity consumption and government policy are two vital elements for economic growth. Thus, this study explores the roles of electricity use in growth selected four South Asian countries over period from 1980 to 2014. The includes variable extended Cobb–Douglas production function driven model, which was absent earlier studies. pooled mean group-based panel autoregressive distributed lag (P-ARDL) method is used empirical investigation, while fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS)...
Abstract Background: The study attempted to explore the prevalence and associated factors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 pandemic. IPV is a complete violation women's human rights dominant chronic global public health problem. Methods: target population was Bangladeshi married women, aged between 16 49 years, lived with an intimate partner. Data were collected from Dhaka city eight other districts Bangladesh, among 605 women response rate 84.30%. WHO...
BackgroundPreventing depression and helping individuals to become more resilient depression, awareness-related programs have been suggested. To implement such programs, literacy (D-Lit) assessment is needed. However, little information known about it in Bangladesh, this gap was addressed - the present study.MethodsAn online-based cross-sectional survey carried out among 404 university students (62.6% male; 69.3% undergraduates, mean age = 22.35 ± 2.69 years). The included questions asking...
Although several studies have been conducted in Bangladesh regarding sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, none utilized a large nationwide sample or presented their findings based on geographical distribution. Therefore, aim of present study was to explore total duration, night-time sleep, and daily naptime associated factors as well geographic information system (GIS) A cross-sectional survey carried out among 9730 people April 2020, including questions relating socio-demographic...
Students are one of the most vulnerable groups to suicide. Before COVID-19 pandemic, a Bangladeshi study was conducted assessing their suicide patterns regarding gender-based associations. But how has pandemic changed students' is not studied yet, which investigated herein. Besides, for first time, this provides GIS-based distribution cases across country's administrative district.As Bangladesh no surveillance system, utilized media reporting following prior studies. A total 127 from March...
Abstract Background Food insecurity indicates the difficulty of constantly obtaining adequate food because limited economic resources. challenges desired health outcomes. Although extensive literature has examined associations between security and health, low-wage informal sector workers have been less frequently addressed in this topic. The present study focused on among working enterprises who experienced entrenched disadvantage during COVID-19 examines relationship status as measured by...
The aim of this study is to estimate the health production function for south Asian countries. expresses functional relationship between status and care inputs, while life expectancy at birth has been widely used as an indicator population a country inputs can be categorized into three broader categories named economic factors, social factors environmental factors. It prior work A balanced panel data seven South countries are taken period 1995-2015 from World Development Indicator 2017....
The working condition of street hawkers in Dhaka city is not a pleasant scenario. This study conducted to investigate their highlighting corruption, the threat e-commerce, lack education, exposure noise and people's perception them. Several field surveys on have been based well prepared questionnaire covering six places we collected data level (Levels sound were taken through mobile app from 5 busy where hawking prevails), amount bribe, education price variation with online shop. We also an...
Over the last four decades female labor force participation rate increases significantly in South Asian countries, while it remains stagnant or sometime declines into developed countries. The study is for investigating macroeconomic determinants that play vital role decision making whether a will participate not. Data are taken from five south countries named Bangladesh, India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan over period of 1990-2015. Breusch-Pagan, Honda, King-Wu, Standardized Honda King-Wu...