Shahaduz Zaman
Biographic Data
| ID | 75805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shahaduz Zaman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shahaduz |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaman |
| SIGNATURE | ZAMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1340-1869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Learning lessons from implementation of health interventions to reduce podoconiosis-related stigma in Musanze district, Rwanda
Podoconiosis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) marked by lymphedema. It develops when a person with genetic susceptibility is repeatedly exposed to environmental risk factors, particularly long-term barefoot contact with irritant red clay soils. Effective interventions rely on understanding the critical milestones an intervention undergoes which are usually underestimated. We focused on a health promotion intervention used to improve on podoc…
Scabies as a manifestation of structural violence in refugee communities
Scabies, a neglected tropical disease affecting an estimated 200 million people globally, thrives in overcrowded, resource-limited environments and carries significant stigma. Refugee camps present conditions conducive to its spread, yet little is known about how scabies is experienced and understood in such settings. This study explores scabies as a manifestation of structural violence among Kinyarwanda speaking Congolese refugees in Kigeme camp…
Contextual aspects of implementing an intervention to mitigate podoconiosis-related stigma in Musanze district, Rwanda
Effective interventions rely on understanding complex contextual aspects of care. We focused on health promotion intervention that increases on podoconiosis awareness to mitigate podoconiosis-related stigma. We applied context and implementation of complex interventions (CICI) framework to evaluate the contextual factors for an existing health promotion intervention aimed to reduce podoconiosis-related stigma in Musanze district, Rwanda. We appli…
A critical anthropological evaluation of digital media based interventions for mycetoma in Sudan; the case of “Hope for a Devastating Neglected Disease” documentary film
Mycetoma, a disfiguring and debilitating neglected tropical disease (NTD), long languished in obscurity. Prior to 2013, limited research, ineffective treatments, and inadequate global recognition plagued the disease. However, a pivotal 2013 meeting in Geneva marked a turning point. Recognizing advocacy as a critical missing link, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) spearheaded efforts to raise awareness and address knowledge gaps. …
Making space for happenstance
Historically, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have received far less global attention than the ‘big three’ diseases of global health (HIV, TB, and malaria), reinforcing health inequities experienced by those affected. Policy advocacy has been a necessary part of the work of NTD specialists, including researchers. One commonly used tool to support planned change is Theory of Change (ToC), employed by organisations such as the World Health Organ…
Addressing scabies among street children in Ethiopia
Introduction: Scabies is a neglected tropical disease that affects the physical, socioeconomic, and psychological wellbeing of patients. Street children, due to poor living conditions and social marginalization, are at increased risk of infestation and face significant barriers to access healthcare services. Various interventions to control scabies have been suggested and implemented, but few have been based on the needs and viewpoints of the str…
Cultural assumptions and the good death
The concept of a ‘good death’ remains debated, with research largely focused on the Global North, leaving gaps in understanding its relevance to the Global South. While the concept of a good death is not a strict binary, notable differences exist. In the Global North, emphasis often lies on individual autonomy and preferences, whereas in the Global South, the focus tends to include the perspectives and needs of family and social networks. Despite…
Exploring perceptions on vulnerabilities and resilience to scabies among street children
Peer-led, integrated health education interventions are crucial in reducing street children's vulnerability to scabies. These efforts should actively engage street children and their support networks. Additionally, gender-specific interventions should be developed to address the unique vulnerabilities of male and female street children, tailoring health communication accordingly
It totally depends on the goodwill of the health professional”
With the absence of adequate targeted interventions and policy frameworks, responding to the healthcare and other needs of street children infested with scabies remains a highly neglected issue. Identifying street children's access to healthcare services and the intricacies of policy environments driving morbidity from scabies, this study indicated the important steps that should be taken toward addressing inequity related to a neglected tropical…
The role of NGOs in mainstreaming services for podoconiosis into healthcare facilities
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have played an important role in supporting progress towards the goals of the WHO Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Roadmap 2021-30. Several NGOs have shifted from directly delivering NTD services to mainstreaming them to existing health systems. There is little information about the NGOs themselves – their organisational environments and their influence in mainstreaming NTD services and associated challenges.…
Traditional healing and mycetoma management in East Sennar State (Sudan)
Traditional healers play a crucial role in sustaining access to care for people with mycetoma in Sudan. Effective collaboration between health systems will require addressing the structural and relational power imbalances that currently hinder integration. Recognising traditional healers as healthcare stakeholders is essential for culturally appropriate and equitable health interventions
Covid-19 pandemic experiences of students from Bame and White ethnic groups pursuing higher education in the UK
Based on the recommendations of the WHO in relation to COVID-19, universities need to effectively manage the information they provide to students and build trust through risk communication and community engagement. One important area in this regard is addressing access to mental health services. The reasons why BAME females experience more mental health issues should be explored further
Brokers on the Ward
This paper is based on an ethnographic study conducted in a public hospital in Bangladesh. The study shows how the social dynamics necessary to deal with the structural realities of the hospital give this cosmopolitan institution a local character. In this paper, we describe this local character by focusing on the lower-level hospital staff, such as ward boys, cleaners, and gatemen. Social inequality and exclusion are rampant in Bangladeshi publi…
Look under the sheets!’ Fighting with the senses in relation to defecation and bodily care in hospitals and care institutions
This essay focuses on sensory aspects of care in situations surrounding defecation in hospitals and other care institutions. Sensory activity does not merely encompass pleasant experiences that enhance healing and well-being. Anthropologists-and other disciplines as well-have paid little attention to unpleasant and disgusting experiences that our senses meet and that may rather increase pain and suffering in the context of care. Our essay therefo…
Mental Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
We applied semi-structured and in-depth interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of 60 practitioners/policymakers and 25 Syrian participants involved in mental health services for refugees in Lebanon. Refugees were found to view their distress as a normal shared reaction to adversity while professionals perceived it as symptomatic of mental illness. Practitioners viewed Syrian culture as an obstacle to providing care and prioritized …
Context-led capacity building in time of crisis
BACKGROUND: This paper examines one EC-funded multinational project (RESCAP-MED), with a focus on research capacity building (RCB) concerning non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa. By the project's end (2015), the entire region was engulfed in crisis. OBJECTIVE: Designed before this crisis developed in 2011, the primary purpose of RESCAP-MED was to foster methodological skills needed to conduct multi-d…
Translation of a community palliative care intervention
Background : The community form of palliative care first constructed in Kerala, India has gained recognition worldwide. Although it is the subject of important claims about its replicability elsewhere, little effort has gone into studying how this might occur. Drawing on translation studies, we attend to under-examined aspects of the transfer of a community palliative care intervention into a new geographic and institutional context. Methods : Ov…
A moment for compassion
Compassion is an emotional response to the suffering of others. Once felt, it entails subsequent action to ameliorate their suffering. Recently, ‘compassion’ has become the flagship concept to be fostered in the delivery of end-of-life care, and a rallying call for social action and public health intervention. In this paper, we examine the emerging rhetorics of compassion as they relate to end-of-life care and offer a critique of the expanding di…
Declarations on euthanasia and assisted dying
Declarations on end-of-life issues are advocacy interventions that seek to influence policy, raise awareness and call others to action. Despite increasing prominence, they have attracted little attention from researchers. This study tracks the emergence, content, and purpose of declarations concerned with assisted dying and euthanasia, in the global context. The authors identified 62 assisted dying/euthanasia declarations covering 1974-2016 and a…
Common or multiple futures for end of life care around the world? Ideas from the 'waiting room of history
Meaning of Death
L'hôpital comme microcosme de la société
Cet article se base sur une étude ethnographique réalisée dans un hôpital du Bangladesh. Il existe très peu d'exemples d'ethnographies réalisées en contexte médical dans des pays non occidentaux, et aucun au Bangladesh. Cette recherche a démontré que, contrairement à l'universalisme supposé de la biomédecine, la pratique biomédicale est en fait le produit de conditions sociales particulières, et que l'hôpital dans laquelle elle se déroule reflète…
Health system challenges of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries
This paper presents evidence from research into health system challenges of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries: the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. We address two questions. How has the health system in each country been conceptualised and organised to manage the provision of care for those with CVD or diabetes? And what were key concerns about the institutional ability to …
McDonaldization without a McDonald's
Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries where there is no McDonald's and yet the process of “McDonaldization” is in full progress. This paper explores the food consumption practices of a group of affluent university-educated urban youth in Bangladesh to illustrate this process of McDonaldization. Based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, document review, informal observation and content analysis of…
OP10 How do Women Living in Socioeconomically Contrasting Neighbourhoods Perceive the Relationship between their Neighbourhoods and Health? A Qualitative Study in Aleppo, Syria
Background There is substantial evidence from multilevel studies in high income countries that neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences health independent of individual SES characteristics. In comparison, few qualitative studies have explored lay knowledge of neighbourhood influence on health. We explored and compared views on how neighbourhoods influenced health in married women, from different socioeconomic positions and living in ne…
Poverty and violence, frustration and inventiveness
Common or multiple futures for end of life care around the world? Ideas from the 'waiting room of history
Native among the Natives
The focus of the present article is the methodological aspects of conducting ethnography in a district level hospital in Bangladesh, the first of its kind in the country. Ethnographies in non-Western medical settings are rare. I describe the experience of gaining entry and negotiating my way through diverse gatekeepers, building rapport and trust with the doctors, the staff community, and the patients. I share the challenges of being native among…
Role and function
Declarations on euthanasia and assisted dying
Declarations on end-of-life issues are advocacy interventions that seek to influence policy, raise awareness and call others to action. Despite increasing prominence, they have attracted little attention from researchers. This study tracks the emergence, content, and purpose of declarations concerned with assisted dying and euthanasia, in the global context. The authors identified 62 assisted dying/euthanasia declarations covering 1974-2016 and a…
Mental Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
We applied semi-structured and in-depth interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of 60 practitioners/policymakers and 25 Syrian participants involved in mental health services for refugees in Lebanon. Refugees were found to view their distress as a normal shared reaction to adversity while professionals perceived it as symptomatic of mental illness. Practitioners viewed Syrian culture as an obstacle to providing care and prioritized …
Ladies Without Lamps
In this article, I explore the experiences and concerns of Bangladeshi nurses. I have based this on a larger ethnographic study that was conducted in a ward of a government teaching hospital in Bangladesh. The study shows how the values and norms of Bangladeshi society have shaped the life of Bangladeshi nurses, that they do scarcely any nursing work, and that they suffer from various negative social images. I argue, through this article, that th…
Brokers on the Ward
This paper is based on an ethnographic study conducted in a public hospital in Bangladesh. The study shows how the social dynamics necessary to deal with the structural realities of the hospital give this cosmopolitan institution a local character. In this paper, we describe this local character by focusing on the lower-level hospital staff, such as ward boys, cleaners, and gatemen. Social inequality and exclusion are rampant in Bangladeshi publi…
Look under the sheets!’ Fighting with the senses in relation to defecation and bodily care in hospitals and care institutions
This essay focuses on sensory aspects of care in situations surrounding defecation in hospitals and other care institutions. Sensory activity does not merely encompass pleasant experiences that enhance healing and well-being. Anthropologists-and other disciplines as well-have paid little attention to unpleasant and disgusting experiences that our senses meet and that may rather increase pain and suffering in the context of care. Our essay therefo…
A moment for compassion
Compassion is an emotional response to the suffering of others. Once felt, it entails subsequent action to ameliorate their suffering. Recently, ‘compassion’ has become the flagship concept to be fostered in the delivery of end-of-life care, and a rallying call for social action and public health intervention. In this paper, we examine the emerging rhetorics of compassion as they relate to end-of-life care and offer a critique of the expanding di…
Meaning of Death
McDonaldization without a McDonald's
Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries where there is no McDonald's and yet the process of “McDonaldization” is in full progress. This paper explores the food consumption practices of a group of affluent university-educated urban youth in Bangladesh to illustrate this process of McDonaldization. Based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, document review, informal observation and content analysis of…
L'hôpital comme microcosme de la société
Cet article se base sur une étude ethnographique réalisée dans un hôpital du Bangladesh. Il existe très peu d'exemples d'ethnographies réalisées en contexte médical dans des pays non occidentaux, et aucun au Bangladesh. Cette recherche a démontré que, contrairement à l'universalisme supposé de la biomédecine, la pratique biomédicale est en fait le produit de conditions sociales particulières, et que l'hôpital dans laquelle elle se déroule reflète…
Silent saviours
This paper is based on a larger ethnographic study that was conducted in a public hospital in Bangladesh and explores the experiences of family members who have kin in the hospital. The paper shows that family members are an integral part of the informal organisation of the Bangladeshi hospital. The obvious presence of family members in the ward has both structural and cultural dimensions. On one hand, it demonstrates the scarcity of manpower in …
Building international cooperation through ISY
The relationships between the International Space Year and International Geophysical Year and between ISY and the International Biosphere Program are examined. The role of ISY in building international cooperation is described. The need for participation of developing countries in ISY is discussed. >
Poverty and violence, frustration and inventiveness
Role and function
Native among the Natives
The focus of the present article is the methodological aspects of conducting ethnography in a district level hospital in Bangladesh, the first of its kind in the country. Ethnographies in non-Western medical settings are rare. I describe the experience of gaining entry and negotiating my way through diverse gatekeepers, building rapport and trust with the doctors, the staff community, and the patients. I share the challenges of being native among…
Ladies Without Lamps
In this article, I explore the experiences and concerns of Bangladeshi nurses. I have based this on a larger ethnographic study that was conducted in a ward of a government teaching hospital in Bangladesh. The study shows how the values and norms of Bangladeshi society have shaped the life of Bangladeshi nurses, that they do scarcely any nursing work, and that they suffer from various negative social images. I argue, through this article, that th…
A policy effectiveness-feasibility loop? Promoting the use of evidence to support the development of healthy public policy
Background Historically, policy initiatives have made variable contributions to improvements in public health. Today there is a growing interest in translating evidence from health research into healthy public policy. Although research evidence may be a component of policy development, it is rarely enough, because policy makers are subject to a wide range of influences. Furthermore, researchers and policy makers usually work within different time…
Health system challenges of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries
This paper presents evidence from research into health system challenges of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries: the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. We address two questions. How has the health system in each country been conceptualised and organised to manage the provision of care for those with CVD or diabetes? And what were key concerns about the institutional ability to …
McDonaldization without a McDonald's
Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries where there is no McDonald's and yet the process of “McDonaldization” is in full progress. This paper explores the food consumption practices of a group of affluent university-educated urban youth in Bangladesh to illustrate this process of McDonaldization. Based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, document review, informal observation and content analysis of…
OP10 How do Women Living in Socioeconomically Contrasting Neighbourhoods Perceive the Relationship between their Neighbourhoods and Health? A Qualitative Study in Aleppo, Syria
Background There is substantial evidence from multilevel studies in high income countries that neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences health independent of individual SES characteristics. In comparison, few qualitative studies have explored lay knowledge of neighbourhood influence on health. We explored and compared views on how neighbourhoods influenced health in married women, from different socioeconomic positions and living in ne…
Silent saviours
This paper is based on a larger ethnographic study that was conducted in a public hospital in Bangladesh and explores the experiences of family members who have kin in the hospital. The paper shows that family members are an integral part of the informal organisation of the Bangladeshi hospital. The obvious presence of family members in the ward has both structural and cultural dimensions. On one hand, it demonstrates the scarcity of manpower in …
Meaning of Death
L'hôpital comme microcosme de la société
Cet article se base sur une étude ethnographique réalisée dans un hôpital du Bangladesh. Il existe très peu d'exemples d'ethnographies réalisées en contexte médical dans des pays non occidentaux, et aucun au Bangladesh. Cette recherche a démontré que, contrairement à l'universalisme supposé de la biomédecine, la pratique biomédicale est en fait le produit de conditions sociales particulières, et que l'hôpital dans laquelle elle se déroule reflète…
Declarations on euthanasia and assisted dying
Declarations on end-of-life issues are advocacy interventions that seek to influence policy, raise awareness and call others to action. Despite increasing prominence, they have attracted little attention from researchers. This study tracks the emergence, content, and purpose of declarations concerned with assisted dying and euthanasia, in the global context. The authors identified 62 assisted dying/euthanasia declarations covering 1974-2016 and a…
Common or multiple futures for end of life care around the world? Ideas from the 'waiting room of history
Translation of a community palliative care intervention
Background : The community form of palliative care first constructed in Kerala, India has gained recognition worldwide. Although it is the subject of important claims about its replicability elsewhere, little effort has gone into studying how this might occur. Drawing on translation studies, we attend to under-examined aspects of the transfer of a community palliative care intervention into a new geographic and institutional context. Methods : Ov…
A moment for compassion
Compassion is an emotional response to the suffering of others. Once felt, it entails subsequent action to ameliorate their suffering. Recently, ‘compassion’ has become the flagship concept to be fostered in the delivery of end-of-life care, and a rallying call for social action and public health intervention. In this paper, we examine the emerging rhetorics of compassion as they relate to end-of-life care and offer a critique of the expanding di…
Context-led capacity building in time of crisis
BACKGROUND: This paper examines one EC-funded multinational project (RESCAP-MED), with a focus on research capacity building (RCB) concerning non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa. By the project's end (2015), the entire region was engulfed in crisis. OBJECTIVE: Designed before this crisis developed in 2011, the primary purpose of RESCAP-MED was to foster methodological skills needed to conduct multi-d…
Brokers on the Ward
This paper is based on an ethnographic study conducted in a public hospital in Bangladesh. The study shows how the social dynamics necessary to deal with the structural realities of the hospital give this cosmopolitan institution a local character. In this paper, we describe this local character by focusing on the lower-level hospital staff, such as ward boys, cleaners, and gatemen. Social inequality and exclusion are rampant in Bangladeshi publi…
Look under the sheets!’ Fighting with the senses in relation to defecation and bodily care in hospitals and care institutions
This essay focuses on sensory aspects of care in situations surrounding defecation in hospitals and other care institutions. Sensory activity does not merely encompass pleasant experiences that enhance healing and well-being. Anthropologists-and other disciplines as well-have paid little attention to unpleasant and disgusting experiences that our senses meet and that may rather increase pain and suffering in the context of care. Our essay therefo…
Mental Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
We applied semi-structured and in-depth interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of 60 practitioners/policymakers and 25 Syrian participants involved in mental health services for refugees in Lebanon. Refugees were found to view their distress as a normal shared reaction to adversity while professionals perceived it as symptomatic of mental illness. Practitioners viewed Syrian culture as an obstacle to providing care and prioritized …
Covid-19 pandemic experiences of students from Bame and White ethnic groups pursuing higher education in the UK
Based on the recommendations of the WHO in relation to COVID-19, universities need to effectively manage the information they provide to students and build trust through risk communication and community engagement. One important area in this regard is addressing access to mental health services. The reasons why BAME females experience more mental health issues should be explored further
Addressing scabies among street children in Ethiopia
Introduction: Scabies is a neglected tropical disease that affects the physical, socioeconomic, and psychological wellbeing of patients. Street children, due to poor living conditions and social marginalization, are at increased risk of infestation and face significant barriers to access healthcare services. Various interventions to control scabies have been suggested and implemented, but few have been based on the needs and viewpoints of the str…
Cultural assumptions and the good death
The concept of a ‘good death’ remains debated, with research largely focused on the Global North, leaving gaps in understanding its relevance to the Global South. While the concept of a good death is not a strict binary, notable differences exist. In the Global North, emphasis often lies on individual autonomy and preferences, whereas in the Global South, the focus tends to include the perspectives and needs of family and social networks. Despite…
Exploring perceptions on vulnerabilities and resilience to scabies among street children
Peer-led, integrated health education interventions are crucial in reducing street children's vulnerability to scabies. These efforts should actively engage street children and their support networks. Additionally, gender-specific interventions should be developed to address the unique vulnerabilities of male and female street children, tailoring health communication accordingly
It totally depends on the goodwill of the health professional”
With the absence of adequate targeted interventions and policy frameworks, responding to the healthcare and other needs of street children infested with scabies remains a highly neglected issue. Identifying street children's access to healthcare services and the intricacies of policy environments driving morbidity from scabies, this study indicated the important steps that should be taken toward addressing inequity related to a neglected tropical…
Medicine (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Health services research (8 works) · Psychological intervention (8 works) · Context (archaeology (7 works) · Dermatological diseases and infestations (7 works)