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Biography

I am a public health researcher. My areas of interest include health services and health system research, lifestyle behaviour, public health nutrition; and application of mixed-methods approach.

Activities

Employment (5)

The University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Saint Lucia, QLD, AU

2023-04-01 to present | PhD Candidate
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Mahfuzur Rahman

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh: Dhaka, Dhaka , BD

2010-06-16 to 2023-02-28 | Assistant Scientist (Nutrition and Clinical Services Division)
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BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health: Dhaka, Dhaka District, BD

2009-11-01 to 2010-06-15 | Field Research Officer
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Population Council: Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

2007-07-22 to 2009-10-31 | Field Research Officer
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BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health: Dhaka, Dhaka District, BD

2006-12-28 to 2007-07-15 | Research Assistant
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Education and qualifications (3)

James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University: Dhaka, BD

2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | MPH
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Shahjalal University of Science and Technology: Sylhet, BD

2001-05-01 to 2002-06-30 | Master of Social Science (MSS) (Anthropology)
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Shahjalal University of Science and Technology: Sylhet, BD

1998-07-01 to 2001-05-31 | Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) (Anthropology)
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Funding (2)

School-Based Nutrition Education in Improving Dietary Diversity among Bangladeshi Adolescent Girls

2019-07 to 2021-03 | Grant
BMGF through icddr,b core (Dhaka, BD)
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GR-00000

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Understanding the key drivers to implementation of the WHO recommendations for the case management of childhood pneumonia and possible serious bacterial infections with amoxicillin dispersible tablet (DT) in Bangladesh

2017-08 to 2018-05 | Grant
GlaxoSmithKline (through PATH, Seattle, USA) (Seattle, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

GR-01542

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Works (28)

Understanding water, sanitation, and hygiene situation through participatory appraisal in urban slum of Dhaka City

European Journal of Environment and Public Health
2024-11-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Fahmida Dil Farzana; Daluwar Hossain; Mahfuzur Rahman; Quamrun Nahar; Shams El Arifeen; Tahmeed Ahmed; Mustafa Mahfuz
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Geographical variations of food insecurity and its associated factors in Bangladesh: Evidence from pooled data of seven cross-sectional surveys

Plos One
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Tariqujjaman, Md.; Rahman, Mahfuzur; Wangdi, Kinley; Karmakar, Gobinda; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Sarma, Haribondhu
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Trends and correlates of low HIV knowledge among ever-married women of reproductive age: Evidence from cross-sectional Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1996–2014

PLOS ONE
2023-05-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: MD. TARIQUJJAMAN; Md. Mehedi Hasan; Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi; Md. Alamgir Hossain; Saad Khan; Nadia Sultana; Rashidul Azad; Md. Arif Hossain; Mahfuzur Rahman; Mohammad Bellal Hossain
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Market-based approach to promoting home fortification of diets with micronutrient powder through volunteer frontline health workers: A qualitative study

PLOS ONE
2023-03-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahfuzur Rahman; Ilias Mahmud; Md. Fakhar Uddin; Tahmeed Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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Dietary diversity modification through school-based nutrition education among Bangladeshi adolescent girls: A cluster randomized controlled trial

PLOS ONE
2023-03-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Zannatun Nyma; Marcos Galván; Mahfuzur Rahman; Subhasish Das; Md Ashraful Alam; Enamul Haque; Tahmeed Ahmed
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Effect of home visits by community health workers on complementary feeding practices among caregivers of children aged 6–23 months in 10 districts of Bangladesh

Frontiers in Public Health
2023-01-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Mahfuzur Rahman; Md. Tariqujjaman; Tahmeed Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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Assessing sustainment of health worker outcomes beyond program end: Evaluation results from an infant and young child feeding intervention in Bangladesh

Frontiers in Health Services
2023-01-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2813-0146
Contributors: Corrina Moucheraud; Adrienne Epstein; Haribondhu Sarma; Sunny S. Kim; Phuong Hong Nguyen; Mahfuzur Rahman; Md. Tariquijaman; Jeffrey Glenn; Denise D. Payán; Purnima Menon et al.
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Household food insecurity and unimproved toilet facilities associate with child morbidity: evidence from a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2458
Contributors: Mohammad Ashraful Islam; Mahfuzur Rahman; Md. Fakhar Uddin; Md. Tariqujjaman; Gobinda Karmakar; Mohammad Ashikur Rahman; Matthew Kelly; Darren Gray; Tahmeed Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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Perceptions, Attitudes, Experiences and Opinions of Tuberculosis Associated Stigma: A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives among the Bolgatanga Municipality People of Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-11-14 | Journal article
Contributors: K. A. T. M. Ehsanul Huq; Michiko Moriyama; David Krause; Habiba Shirin; John Koku Awoonor-Willaims; Mahfuzur Rahman; Md Moshiur Rahman
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Barriers to breastfeeding are shaped by sociocultural context: an exploratory qualitative study in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
2022-08-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2072-1315
Contributors: Md. Fakhar Uddin ; Ishrat Jabeen; Mohammad Ashraful Islam; Mahfuzur Rahman; Mohammod Jobayer Chisti; Tahmeed Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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Barriers to seeking timely treatment for severe childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2022-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0003-9888
Part of ISSN: 1468-2044
Contributors: Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury; Ishrat Jabeen; Mahfuzur Rahman; Abu Syed Golam Faruque; Nur H Alam; Shahjahan Ali; Tahmeed Ahmed; George J Fuchs; Trevor Duke; Niklaus Gyr et al.
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Women’s Undernutrition: Evidence from Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022-04-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1660-4601
Contributors: Mahfuzur Rahman; Md. Tariqujjaman; Md Rayhanul Islam; Sifat Parveen Sheikh; Nadia Sultana; Tahmeed Ahmed; Sayem Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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What is the impact of removing performance-based financial incentives on community health worker motivation? A qualitative study from an infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh

BMC Health Services Research
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1472-6963
Contributors: Jeffrey Glenn; Corrina Moucheraud; Denise Diaz Payán; Allison Crook; James Stagg; Haribondhu Sarma; Tahmeed Ahmed; Adrienne Epstein; Sharmin Khan Luies; Mahfuzur Rahman et al.
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The Effects of Deworming and Multiple Micronutrients on Anaemia in Preschool Children in Bangladesh: Analysis of Five Cross-Sectional Surveys

Nutrients
2021-12-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2072-6643
Contributors: Haribondhu Sarma; Dr Kinley Wangdi; Md Tariqujjaman; Ratish Das; Mahfuzur Rahman; Matthew Kelly; Tahmeed Ahmed; Darren J. Gray
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Caregiver perceived barriers to the use of micronutrient powder for children aged 6–59 months in Bangladesh

PLOS ONE
2021-12-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahfuzur Rahman; Enamul Kabir; Md. Tariqujjaman; Mustafa Mahfuz; Tahmeed Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma
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Cost-effectiveness of a market-based home fortification of food with micronutrient powder programme in Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1368-9800
Part of ISSN: 1475-2727
Contributors: Sayem Ahmed; Haribondhu Sarma; Md. Zahid Hasan; Mahfuzur Rahman; Mohammad Wahid Ahmed; Mohammad Ashraful Islam; Eric W Djimeu; Mduduzi Mbuya; Tahmeed Ahmed; Jahangir AM Khan
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Unintended consequences of programmatic changes to infant and young child feeding practices in Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2020-10-16 | Journal article
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Can complex programs be sustained? A mixed methods sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh and Vietnam.

BMC Public Health
2020-09-04 | Journal article
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Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Sepsis among Neonates Admitted into Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Public Hospitals in Dhaka.

Cureus
2020-03-29 | Journal article
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Use of concurrent evaluation to improve implementation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh: A methodological innovation - CORRIGENDUM.

Public Health Nutrition
2020-03-23 | Journal article
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Prevalence and correlates of HIV/AIDS knowledge among ever married women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: an update from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014

2020-03-18 | Journal article
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Role of home visits by volunteer community health workers: to improve the coverage of micronutrient powders in rural Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition
2020-03-05 | Journal article
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Use of concurrent evaluation to improve implementation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh: a methodological innovation

Public Health Nutrition
2020-03-05 | Journal article
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Mahfuzur Rahman
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Understanding key drivers and barriers toimplementation of the WHOrecommendations for the casemanagement of childhood pneumonia andpossible serious bacterial infection withamoxicillin dispersible tablets (DT) inBangladesh: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
2020-02-24 | Journal article
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Does health worker performance affect clients’ health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh

BMC Health Services Research
2019-07-24 | Journal article
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Understanding sustainability of large donor-funded global health programs: a post-endline assessment of Alive & Thrive in Bangladesh and Vietnam

Implementation Science
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Moucheraud, Corrina; Sarma, Haribondhu; Tran Thu Ha; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Doan, Nhung; Epstein, Adrienne; Glenn, Jeffrey; Hoang Hanh; Luies, Sharmin Khan; Moitry, Aninda Nishat et al.
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Understanding sustainability of large donor-funded global health programs: a post-endline assessment of Alive & Thrive in Bangladesh and Vietnam

Implementation Science
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Moucheraud, Corrina; Sarma, Haribondhu; Tran Thu Ha; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Nhung Doan; Epstein, Adrienne; Glenn, Jeffrey; Hoang Hanh; Luies, Sharmin Khan; Moitry, Aninda Nishat et al.
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The Disgust Box: a novel approach to illustrate water contamination with feces

Global Health Promotion
2016-08-01 | Journal article
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Peer review (7 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (7)