M M Islam

Datos Biográficos

ID31170
NOMBREM M Islam
NOMBRESM M
APELLIDOIslam
FIRMAISLAM M M
AFILIACIONESLa Trobe University
ORCID0000-0003-1330-863X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS39
TOTAL DE CITAS8
TOTAL COMO AUTOR39
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Does Child Marriage Mediate the Relationship Between Experiencing Pre-Marital Sexual Intercourse and the Discontinuation of Education or Employment

    Open AccessM M IslamARTICLEInternational Journal of Sexual…2026

  • Adverse commercial determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessM M Islam, Cassandra de Lacy‐Vawdon et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    Research on the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) has primarily focused on high-income countries and large commercial entities, with limited scholarly literature addressing the practices of smaller commercial entities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, LMICs face the greatest public health challenges resulting from harmful commercial activities, and most commercial entities in these countries are small and medium-sized e…

  • Does social prescribing address social determinants of health

    Open AccessM M IslamARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Social prescribing allows healthcare professionals to refer and connect patients to various nonclinical services in their local areas [1]. In recent years, social prescribing has gained traction in numerous countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Japan, New Zealand, many European countries, Singapore, South Korea and the United States of America [2]. The key reason for implementing social prescribing is that, in many insta…

  • Barriers to contraceptive use among people living with diabetes and/or hypertension

    Open AccessNuruzzaman Khan, Shimlin Jahan Khanam et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and considerations involved in contraceptive use-related decision-making among individuals with diabetes and/or hypertension. These findings can be used in policymaking and programme development to promote contraceptive use and improve the reproductive health outcomes of this population

  • In response to letter to the editor

    Open AccessMd Mostaured Ali Khan, Arif Billah et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

  • Child undernutrition and its association with household environmental conditions in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMd Mostaured Ali Khan, Arif Billah et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: Undernutrition among children under the age of five years is a prevalent global issue, especially in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore the relationships of household environmental conditions (HECs) with child undernutrition in Bangladesh, with a specific focus on rural–urban variations. Design: We analysed children’s data from the 2017/18 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The outcome variable considered were measures of child…

  • Prevalence and factors associated with psychosocial distress and trauma among Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char in Bangladesh

    Open AccessNuruzzaman Khan, Badsha Alam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Migration and Health2025

    Psychosocial distress is significantly higher among Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char than in Cox's Bazar, highlighting the need for targeted mental health support in isolated settings

  • Covid-19 vaccine uptake in individuals with functional difficulty, disability, and comorbid conditions

    Open AccessShimlin Jahan Khanam, Md Shohel Rana et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    In Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccine uptake was relatively low among individuals with disabilities. The existing COVID-19 vaccine rollout programs and similar future programs should prioritise individuals with disabilities and include targeted strategies to reach them

  • The use of mass media by mothers and its association with their children’s early development

    Open AccessM M IslamARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Targeted and well-designed child development campaigns that are delivered through popular media types are likely to help mothers to take better care of their children

  • Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year

    Open AccessDana Bryazka, Marissa B Reitsma et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2022

    BACKGROUND: The health risks associated with moderate alcohol consumption continue to be debated. Small amounts of alcohol might lower the risk of some health outcomes but increase the risk of others, suggesting that the overall risk depends, in part, on background disease rates, which vary by region, age, sex, and year. METHODS: For this analysis, we constructed burden-weighted dose-response relative risk curves across 22 health outcomes to esti…

  • Neonatal Outcomes of Infants Born to Pregnant Women With Substance Use Disorders

    Helen Tosin Oni, Melissa Buultjens et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2022

    OBJECTIVE: This study examines the associations of substance use disorders in pregnancy with a set of neonatal outcomes. METHODS: This is a quantitative retrospective study. Three linked datasets of a 10-year period (2007-2016) from New South Wales, Australia, were examined. Pregnant women were identified positive for substance use disorders when at least one hospital admission during pregnancy or delivery had opioid-, or cannabis-, or stimulant-…

  • Prevalence and risk factors of short birth interval in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMohammad Zahidul Islam, M M Islam et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The Sustainable Development Goals 3 targets significant reductions in maternal and under-five deaths by 2030. The prevalence of these deaths is significantly associated with short birth intervals (SBI). Identification of factors associated with SBI is pivotal for intervening with appropriate programmes to reduce occurrence of SBI and associated adverse consequences. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with SBI in Bangladesh. A to…

  • Negative effects of short birth interval on child mortality in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMohammad Zahidul Islam, Arif Billah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

  • Comparison between Smokers and Smokeless Tobacco Users in Their Past Attempts and Intentions to Quit

    Open AccessM M IslamARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    This study compares current tobacco smokers and smokeless tobacco (SLT) users in terms of their past quitting attempts and intentions to quit in the future, and identifies approaches used in their recent quitting attempts. Data (n = 14,498) of current tobacco users from two rounds of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey Bangladesh were analysed. Poisson regressions with robust variance were used to examine associations between the study factor and the…

  • Hardcore use of smoked and smokeless tobacco products among men and women in Bangladesh

    M M IslamARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2022

    This study examines the prevalence of and factors associated with "hardcore" use of smoked and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products in Bangladesh and the variation in the ages people started using them daily. Data from the 2009 and 2017 rounds of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey for Bangladesh were analyzed using multilevel logistic regression. The prevalence of "hardcore" use of smoked tobacco among current smokers decreased from 15.5% in 2009 to 13.…

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health

    Open AccessKatherine R Paulson, Katherine Paulson et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2021

    BACKGROUND: Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 has targeted elimination of preventable child mortality, reduction of neonatal death to less than 12 per 1000 livebirths, and reduction of death of children younger than 5 years to less than 25 per 1000 livebirths, for each country by 2030. To understand current rates, recent trends, and potential trajectories of child mortality for the next decade, we present the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, a…

  • Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age

    Open AccessM M Islam, Fulvia Bleu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    Currently, around a million Rohingya refugees live in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This study examines the attitudes toward physical abuse and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) of Rohingya refugee women who experienced child marriage. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Rohingya refugee settlement at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Attitudes towards physical abuse have been assessed by a set of five questions that asked the situation …

  • The role of rural women in household food security and nutrition management in Bangladesh

    S K Ghosh, Subarna Ghosh et al.ARTICLEAsian Journal of Women s Studies2021Citada por: 1Referencias: 4

    Ensuring nutrition at the household level has been one of the greatest challenges for rural communities in Bangladesh. In this study, a coastal sub-district in Barguna, Bangladesh was selected for data collection, where we undertook 20 focus group discussions, 10 key informant interviews, and dietary diversity scoring with 50 respondents to understand women’s involvement in decision-making and income-generating activity. Based on descriptive and …

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Cristiana Abbafati et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

  • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019

    Open AccessR Lozano, Nancy Fullman et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority for both countries and global institutions, as highlighted by the agenda of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and WHO's Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW13). Measuring effective coverage at the health-system le…

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019

    Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Aleksandr Y Aravkin et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequate. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a standardised and comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of risk factor exposure, relative risk, and attribu…

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019

    Open AccessTheo Vos, Stephen S Lim et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence on trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) provides a systematic scientific assessment of published, publicly available, and contributed data on incidence, prevalence, and mortality for a mutually exclusive…

  • Social Prescribing—An Effort to Apply a Common Knowledge

    Open AccessM M IslamARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    In recent times, social prescribing has been introduced in some countries, and substantially in the U.K. The objective of this scheme is to offer non-medical care mainly to primary care patients. Although the idea of this scheme is not new, its formalization is. Using a narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed and gray literature, this article discusses the social prescribing scheme, some of its compelling aspects and challenges in offering non-medic…

  • Trends and Variations in Concurrent Dispensing of Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines in Australia

    Open AccessM M Islam, Dennis WollersheimARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2020Referencias: 37

    Objective: Concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines may cause a range of adverse health outcomes including fatal overdose. However, little is known about levels of concurrent use and its variation across jurisdictions. This study examined the population-level prevalence of concurrent use in Australia. Methods: We analyzed a 10% sample of unit record data of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines dispensed between January 2013 and December …

  • Inequalities in Utilization of Maternal Reproductive Health Care Services in Urban Bangladesh

    Open AccessNuruzzaman Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Khan et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2020Citada por: 1Referencias: 29

    This study examined inequalities in the utilization of maternal reproductive health care services in urban Bangladesh. Data of 6,617 urban women were extracted from most recent two rounds of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, conducted in the years 2011 and 2014. Inequalities in the utilization of antenatal checkup, receiving care from a skilled birth attendant, delivery in health care facilities, and postnatal care were investigated throu…