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Md. Ashfikur Rahman (মোঃ আশফিকুর রহমান)
Assistant Professor
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Md. Ashfikur
Rahman (মোঃ আশফিকুর রহমান) involved as an Academic Staff in
Development Studies Discipline since 1st September 2020.
- Master in Development Studies from Khulna University, Bangladesh in 2018.
- BSS (Hons) in Development Studies from Khulna University, Bangladesh in 2016.
| | Explore Socio-Economic and Environmental Challenges Impeding
the Way of Sustainable Development
| | Gender and Inequality in Health Care Service
Utilization
| | Child and Maternal Health and Well-Being
| | Vulnerable
Livelihood Communities and Their Health Wellbeing
| | Geriatric and Adolescents Mental Health
| | Contemporary
Public Health Issues in South-Asia
| | Informal
Economy and its Spillover Effects in Economic Empowerment of Underprivileged
Society
Current Research Project/Collaboration
SL | Title | Research Role | Awarded Date | Completion Date | Funding Agency |
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1 | Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilisation in south-Asia: A decomposition analysis | Principal Investigator | 8 Sept 2022 | 7 Sept 2023 | National |
Lecturer: 1st September 2020 to till 23rd October 2022
Assistant Professor: 24th October 2022 (Onwards)
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Supervision
SL | Title | Degree | Role | Start Date | End Date |
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No Supervision Available |
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[44] Rahman MA, Sultana S, Kundu S, et al. Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data. BMJ Open 2022;12:e065674. https://doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065674 [Q1 3.007]
[43] Kundu, S.; Rahman, M.A.; Kabir, H.; Al Banna, M.H.; Hagan J.E., Jr. ; Srem-Sai, M.; Wang, L. Diabetes, Hypertension, and Comorbidity among Bangladeshi Adults: Associated Factors and Socio-Economic Inequalities. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2023, 10, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10010007 [Q1 IF 4.415]
[42] Kundu,
S., Das, P., Rahman, M.A. et al. Socio-economic inequalities in minimum
dietary diversity among Bangladeshi children aged 6–23 months: a decomposition
analysis. Scientific Reports 12, 21712 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26305-9
[Q1 IF 5.516]
[41] Kundu,
S., Kundu, S., Rahman, M.A. et al. Prevalence and determinants of
contraceptive method use among Bangladeshi women of reproductive age: a
multilevel multinomial analysis. BMC Public Health 22, 2357 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14857-4
[Q1 IF 4.544]
[40] Rahman M.A, Kundu S, Rashid HO, Shanto HH, Rahman M.M, Khan B, et al. (2022) Socioeconomic inequalities in utilizing facility delivery in Bangladesh: A decomposition analysis using nationwide 2017–2018 demographic and health survey data. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0278093. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278093 [Q1 IF 3.752]
[39] Mahumud RA, Sultana M, Kundu S, Rahman MA, Mistry SK, Kamara JK, Kamal M, Ali MA, Hossain MG, Brooks C, Khan A. The burden of chronic diseases and patients' preference for healthcare services among adult patients suffering from chronic diseases in Bangladesh. Health Expectations. 2022 Oct 20. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13634 [Q1 IF 3.318]
[38] Rahman MA (2022) Socioeconomic inequalities in the risk factors of non-communicable diseases (hypertension and diabetes) among Bangladeshi population: Evidence based on population level data analysis. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0274978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274978 [Q1 IF 3.752]
[37] Mistry SK, Ali ARMM, Yadav UN, Huda MN, Rahman MM, Saha M, Rahman MA, Lim D and Ghimire S (2022) Stigma toward people with COVID-19 among Bangladeshi older adults. Front. Public Health 10:982095. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.982095 [Q1 IF 6.461]
[36] Satyajit Kundu, Abebaw Gedef Azene, Subarna
Kundu, Md Hasan Al Banna, Tahira Mahbub, Najim Z Alshahrani, Md Ashfikur
Rahman, Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of
breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling, International
Health, 2022;, ihac058, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac058 [Q1 IF 3.131]
[35] Shahjalal, M., Gow, J., Rahman, M.A.
et al. Proportion and associated factors of the utilisation of complementary
and alternative medicine exclusively in a hospital in Bangladesh. BMC
Complement Med Ther 22, 225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03709-8 [Q1 IF 2.838]
[34] Islam MS, Awal MA, Laboni JN, Pinki FT, Karmokar S, Mumenin KM, Al-Ahmadi S, Rahman MA, Hossain MS, Mirjalili S. HGSORF: Henry Gas Solubility Optimization-based Random Forest for C-Section prediction and XAI-based cause analysis. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2022 May 30:105671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105671 [Q1 IF 4.589, CiteScore 7.3]
[33] Wang, Y.; Sarkar, A.; Li, M.; Chen, Z.; Hasan,
A.K.; Meng, Q.; Hossain, M.S.; Rahman, M.A. Evaluating the Impact of Forest Tenure Reform on Farmers’ Investment in Public Welfare
Forest Areas: A Case Study of Gansu Province, China. Land 2022, 11,
708. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050708 [Q2 IF 3.398]
[32] Rahman MA, Halder RH, Kundu Satyajit et., Trends
in the prevalence and associated factors of prediabetes and diabetes in
Bangladesh: Evidence from population-based cross-sectional surveys. 2022 Diabetes
Research and Clinical Practice https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109873 [Q1, IF 8.180]
[31] Mahumud, RA, Sultana, M, Gow, J, Rahman MA, et., Association of dietary risks, behavioural and lifestyle factors, and the magnitude of disability burden among Australian cancer patients: An observational epidemiology study. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2022.102161 Cancer Epidemiology [Q2, IF 2.984]
[30] Ge X, Sarkar A, Lu Q, Shuxia Z, Rahman MA,
Tan Y. The impact of the epidemic experience on the recovery of production of
pig farmers after the outbreak-Evidence from the impact of African swine fever
(ASF) in Chinese pig farming. Preventive veterinary medicine. 2022 Jan
5:105568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105568 [Q1, IF 2.670, CiteScore 4.1]
[29] Mahumud, R.A.; Ali, M.A.; Kundu, S.; Rahman,
M.A.; Kamara, J.K.; Renzaho, A.M.N. Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines
against Delta Variant (B.1.617.2): A Meta-Analysis. Vaccines 2022,
10, 277.https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020277
[Q1 IF 4.442]
[28] Howlader, M.H., Roshid, H.O., Kundu, S. Rahman, M.A.,
et al. Determinants associated with high-risk fertility behaviours among
reproductive aged women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMC
Reproductive Health 19, 17 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01333-w [Q1 IF 4.089]
[27] Rahman,
M. S. ., Rahman, M. A. ., Afroze, L. ., Rahman, M. S. ., Khan, A. G. ., Mahmud,
Z. A. ., & Shariful Islam, S. M. . (2022). Determinants of mortality in
children aged under two years in Bangladesh using two approaches: an analysis
of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data. Bangladesh Journal
of Medical Science, 21(2), 413–421. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v21i2.58075 [Q3]
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[26] Rahman, M.A., et al., Prevalence of and factors
associated with prehypertension and hypertension among Bangladeshi young
adults: An analysis of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–18. Clinical
Epidemiology and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100912
[Q3 CiteScore 1.6]
[25] Rahman, M.A., et al., Was there any change in tobacco smoking among adults in Bangladesh
during 2009 to 2017? Insights from two nationally representative
cross-sectional surveys BMJ Open 2021; https://doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057896 [Q1 IF 3.424]
[24] Mahumud, R.A., Rahman, M.A., et al., The global and regional burden of sexual behaviours and food
insecurity and their combined association on the magnitude of suicidal
behaviours among 121,248 adolescent girls: An international observational study
in 67 low- and middle-income and high-income countries. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.023 [Q1 IF 6.533]
[23] Mistry,
S.K.; Ali, A.M.; Yadav, U.N.; Huda, M.N.; Ghimire, S.; Rahman, M.A.;
Reza, S.; Huque, R.; Rahman, M.A. Perceived Change in Tobacco Use and Its
Associated Factors among Older Adults Residing in Rohingya Refugee Camps during
the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021,
18, 12349. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312349 [Q2 IF 3.390]
[22] Rahman, M.A., Halder, H.R., Yadav, U.N. et al.
Prevalence of and factors associated with hypertension according to JNC 7 and
ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines in Bangladesh. Sci Rep 11, 15420 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94947-2 [Q1 IF 5.133]
[21] Rahman M.A, Halder HR, Rahman M.S, Parvez M (2021) Poverty
and childhood malnutrition: Evidence-based on a nationally representative
survey of Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0256235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256235 [Q1 IF 3.240]
[20] Rahman, M.A., Halder, H.R., Siddiquee, T. et al.
Prevalence and determinants of double burden of malnutrition in Bangladesh:
evidence from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. Nutrire 46, 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41110-021-00140-w
[19] Rahman MA, Rahman MA, Rawal LB, Paudel M,
Howlader MH, Khan B, et al. (2021) Factors influencing place of delivery:
Evidence from three south-Asian countries. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0250012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250012 [Q1 IF 3.240]
[18] Sarker T, Sarkar A, Rabbany MG, Barmon M, Roy R, Rahman
MA, Hossain KZ, Hoque F, Asaduzzaman M. Evaluation of Preventive,
Supportive and Awareness Building Measures among International Students in
China in Response to COVID-19: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. BMC
Global Health Research and Policy 6, 10 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00192-5 [Cite Score 4.0]
[17] Mistry, S.K.; Ali, A.R.M.; Hossain, M.B.; Yadav, U.N.;
Ghimire, S.; Rahman, M.A, et al., Exploring depressive symptoms
and its associates among Bangladeshi older adults amid COVID-19 pandemic:
findings from a cross-sectional study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02052-6 [Q1 IF 4.328]
[16] Rahman MA, Halder HR, Islam SMS. Effects of
COVID-19 on maternal institutional delivery: Fear of a rise in maternal
mortality. J Glob Health 2021;11: 03041. http://www.jogh.org/documents/2021/jogh-11-03041.htm [Q1 IF 5.197]
[15] Mistry, S.K.; Ali, A.R.M.M.; Rahman, A.; Yadav, U.N.; Gupta,
B.; Rahman, M.A.; Huque, R. Changes in Tobacco Use Patterns During
COVID-19 and Their Correlates among Older Adults in Bangladesh. Int. J.
Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18,
1779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041779 [Q2 IF 3.390]
[14] Rahman M.A, Rahman M.S, Aziz Rahman M,
Szymlek-Gay EA, Uddin R, Islam SMS (2021) Prevalence of and factors associated
with anaemia in women of reproductive age in Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal:
Evidence from nationally-representative survey data. PLoS ONE 16(1):
e0245335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0245335 [Q1 IF 3.240]
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[13] Rahman MS, Rahman MA, Afroze L, Islam SM. Unmet
needs for mental care services for older people in Bangladesh during the
COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ General Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;33(6): e100294.https://doi:10.1136/gpsych-2020-100294 [Q3 Cite Score: 4.5]
[12] Rahman MA, Rahman MS, Szymlek-Gay E, Islam
SM., (2020). Physical Distancing with Mental Health
Services during COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Annals of Family Medicine
(Commentary) https://www.annfammed.org/content/physical-distancing-mental-health-services-during-covid-19-bangladesh [Q1, IF 5.16]
2019------------------------------------------------------------------------
[11] Rahman, S., Rahman, A., Ali, M., Rahman, S.,
Yeasmin, A., Ahmed, N. F., & Islam, S. M. S. (2019). Determinants of
depressive symptoms among older people in Bangladesh. Journal of
Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.12.025. [Q1, IF 6.533, Cite Score 7.8]
[10] Rahman MS, Rahman MA, Maniruzzaman M, and
Howlader MH. Prevalence of undernutrition in Bangladeshi children. Journal
of Biosocial Science https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932019000683. [Q1 IF 2.018]
[9] Rahman, A., Rahman, S., et.al., (2019) Factors
Associated with Neonatal Mortality in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of
The Demographic and Health Survey 2014. Iranian Journal of Public
Health. https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v50i11.7593 [Q3 IF 1.291]
[8] Howlader MH, Rahman MA & Mahamudul H, Breastfeeding
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among rural women in Bangladesh: Insights
from the village of Tungipara. Family Medicine and Primary Care Review. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2020.100432 [Q4, Cite Score 0.9]
[7] Rahman, A., Rahman, S., et.al., (2019). Risk
factors of chronic childhood malnutrition: an analysis of the Bangladesh
demographic and health survey 2014 data. Journal of Public Health: From
Theory to Practice. SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-020-01281-4. [Q3]
[6] Rahman MS, Rahman MA, Rahman MS. Prevalence and determinants
of loneliness among older adults in Bangladesh. International Journal of
Emerging Trends in Social Sciences. 2019;5(2):57-64. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.52.57.64
[5] Rahman, A., Rahman, M. S., & Rahman, M. A. (2019).
Determinants of Infant Mortality in Bangladesh: A Nationally Surveyed Data
Analysis. International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition,
8(3). https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2019.08.03.3
[4] Howlader MH, Rahman MA, Rahul MIH. Assessment
of factors influencing health care service utilization in rural area of
Bangladesh. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public
Health 2019; 6:3710-6. https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193641
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[3] Rahman, M. S., & Rahman, M. A. (2018).
Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in Bangladesh: A Review. Journal
of Agriculture and Crops, 5(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.32861/jac.51.6.14
[2] Khan, B., Nabia, S. A. and Rahman, M. A. (2018).
The effect of riverbank erosion on lives and livelihoods of rural people: a
study on Nolian village, Khulna, Bangladesh. Journal of Science,
Technology and Environment Informatics, 06(01), 466-473. https://doi.org/10.18801/jstei.060118.49
[1] Rahman M, Fatema N, Aktar S, Khan B, Shovo TE,
Howlader M. Livelihood Sustainability Status and Challenges of South-western
Coastal Area of Bangladesh. Journal of Social and Political Sciences.
2020 Oct 9;3(4). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3706559
Book Chapter
Rahman, A., Rahman, S.,
Childhood Underweight in Rural Bangladesh (Chapter 5), Rahman, A, eds.
Malnutrition: prevalence, risk factors and outcomes, Nova Science Publishers,
Inc, New York
Rahman, A., Rahman, S., Rahman,
A., Associated risk factors for acute malnutrition among rural Bangladeshi
children: a national surveyed data analysis (Chapter 3), Rahman, A, eds.
Malnutrition: prevalence, risk factors and outcomes, Nova Science Publishers,
Inc, New York
Conference Papers 2021
Tasfia Tahsin, Khondoker Mirazul Mumenin, Farhana Tazmim Pinki, Anamika Biswas Tuli, Shahriar Sikder,
Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Abdullah Al-Mamun Bulbul and Md. Abdul Awal, "GWO-XGB: Grey Wolf Optimization-based eXtreme Gradient Boosting for Hypertension Prediction in Bangladesh" 2021 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ICECIT), 14–16 September 2021, Khulna, Bangladesh
Roll No. |
Thesis
Title 2020-2021 Session (Completed) |
MDS 182106 |
Fear Of COVID-19
Among Adults in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study |
MDS 182123 |
Factors Associated with
Health-Care Seeking Behaviour in Rural Households of Bangladesh |
MDS 182132 |
Prevalence and
Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms Amid COVID-19 Among School Going
Children in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study |
|
|
DS 172116 |
Impact of COVID-19 on
Rickshaw Pullers in Khulna City |
DS 172121 |
Analyzing The Impacts
of COVID-19 On Informal Economy in Khulna City: Livelihood Challenges |
DS 172123 |
Impact of COVID-19 on
Easy Bike Drivers in Khulna City |
DS 172124 |
Measuring The Impact of
COVID-19 Among Hotel and Restaurant Business in Khulna City, Bangladesh |
Op-Ed in News
Paper Articles
1. Md. Ashfikur
Rahman (The Daily Observer “Sustainable development in the coastal
areas of Bangladesh” Published: Wednesday, 10 October, 2018) https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=162457&fbclid=IwAR2cUaSlwPAOczgbDJr_bAWjdihXMJk7UwkZFTTW1Rw8yxK_NJCuBvLvukU
2. Md. Ashfikur
Rahman (The Daily Observer “Behind the scene of development
discourse Published: Wednesday, 18 July, 2018) https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=148583
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