Isahaque Ali
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3728640 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Isahaque Ali |
| NOMBRES | Isahaque |
| APELLIDO | Ali |
| FIRMA | ALI I |
| AFILIACIONES | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7113-2882 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Climate change adaptation of smallholder farmers in South Asia
Purpose Climate change significantly increases the vulnerability of agriculture in South Asia. This has led to decreased agricultural yields, resulting in lower incomes, heightened food insecurity and increased poverty levels. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the current climate change adaptation measures used by hazard-prone farming communities in South Asia. Design/methodology/approach The most relevant documents from the Web of Sc…
Comparative analysis of international social work and related subjects in eight Asian countries
This international study examined the state and context of international social work (ISW) education while encouraging its mutual development. For this purpose, it focused on ISW-related subjects in eight Asian countries that responded to the call for research proposals: the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Mongolia. A total of nine teams conducted qualitative surveys of ISW-related subjects in their…
Artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) based smart elderly care in Beijing China faces challenges and requires policy solutions
Confronted with the profound challenges posed by the rapidly aging global population, smart elderly care has emerged as a vital solution for enhancing the quality of life for older adults and alleviating the socioeconomic burden on healthcare systems. Grounded in socio-technical systems theory, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), and welfare pluralism theory, this study identifies and analyzes key barriers to the imple…
The impact of socioeconomic status on the health of elderly individuals in China
This study investigates the health status of China’s elderly population, emphasizing the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and the mediating role of exercise frequency. Using data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and an ordered logistic regression model, SES is assessed through income, education, social class, and social insurance. The findings reveal that income, education, and social class positively correlate with healt…
Challenges of social work field practicum and professionalization in Bangladesh
Social work education and practices began in Bangladesh more than half a century ago. Yet, it has not attained the professional status demanded by the country. This paper aims to examine the challenges of field practicum and the professionalization of social work in Bangladesh. Applying a qualitative approach, the study found that the field education of social work in Bangladesh has been devalued due to a shortage of professional agencies and qua…
Integrative Social Work Practices for Service‐Oriented Community Governance
This study aims to comprehend integrative social work practice within the context of service‐oriented community governance in Pan Zhihua, the largest immigrant city in western China. Specifically, we focused on the Jinfu Community, the largest protected and low‐rent housing community in Pan Zhihua. Employing purposive sampling, 41 participants, including community residents, neighborhood committees, social workers, and volunteers, were selected f…
The status of population aging and countermeasures in Sichuan, China
This study investigates the current state of population aging in Sichuan Province, China, and proposes effective countermeasures to address this pressing issue. Through an in-depth analysis of data from the 2020 seventh population census, the research examines key aspects of population aging, including demographic profiles, self-reported health status of the elderly, primary livelihood sources, and old-age dependency ratios. The findings revealed…
The interplay of religious values, servant leadership and teacher job satisfaction in Bangladeshi education institutions
The interplay of principals’ religious values and servant leadership can play a prominent role in promoting job satisfaction among teachers in Bangladeshi schools and colleges. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of servant leadership style in the relationship between the principals’ religious values and the job satisfaction of teachers in Bangladesh. The study surveyed 335 participants from schools and colleges using a self-administer…
Home‐based elderly care development in Hebei Province, China
Hebei, one of China's most populous provinces, is facing increasing pressure on its elderly care services due to a rapidly aging population. Home‐Based Elderly Care (HBEC) has emerged as a potential solution to alleviate this pressure. However, this care model is significantly impacted by various external environmental changes. The study employed a literature analysis method, conducting a PEST analysis, to examine the environmental factors influe…
An Assessment of the Training Program on Mental Health for Community Health Workers in Kashmir, India
In recent years mental health has emerged as a major health threat in low income countries like India. In response, mental health care has been integrated into primary health care, in turn creating a rising demand for trained and skillful mental health professionals. This study was conducted in district Budgam (J&K), India with the aim of providing training to community health workers (CHWs) and measuring the change using pre- and post-training e…
Occupational Health of Frontline Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak has significantly affected the health and well-being of several people around the world. In a similar vein, Bangladeshi medical professionals have also been affected by several severe physical and mental health complications resulting from their frequent contact with COVID-19 patients. This exposes them to a greater risk of infection with the lethal virus, which can substantially impact their job performance. Therefore, t…
An exploration of contextually relevant curricula in international social work education
Current global uncertainties such as increasing socio-economic and political difficulties have amplified the significance of researching the nature of international social work education. This pilot study collaboratively investigated the educational characteristics of international social work curricula in Asia to identify the prevailing conditions related to this discipline. Data were collected in February 2023 at an international academic forum…
Vulnerability and resilience in the context of natural hazards
Social work practices in community governance
As a significant social subject force, social work plays a unique role in the new pattern of community governance. Through continuous practice and exploration, it has accumulated particular practical experience and theoretical foundation with considerable application value, which provides good references and references for the study. This study is based on a review of published articles that reflect 10 years of research on social work participati…
Social assistance programs during the Covid ‐19 pandemic in Bangladesh
This paper aimed to examine the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the distribution of social assistance (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to explore the best practices in the distribution of SA by five (5) organizations including FBOs, governmental organizations (GOs), Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), political groups, and private voluntary groups. In this study, 14…
The challenges and coping strategies of single mothers caring for children with special needs
Families play a significant role in the development of their children. Nearly 16% of children in the industrialized world live in single‐parent households, which are mostly comprised of single mothers. Although motherhood is the most beautiful feeling a woman cherishes, this experience can be challenging when the woman has to raise their special‐needs child on her own, without the support of her spouse or partner. This study aims to understand th…
Implications for social work teaching and learning in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The global lockdown due to COVID-19 is a major concern as all higher educational institutions face disruption in teaching, learning and assessment. Social work educators in Malaysia’s higher educational institutions are not spared of this disruption. Conventional teaching methods are now being replaced by non-conventional modes of teaching, which include online teaching and assessment using various platforms such as Zoom, WebEx and others. In emb…
Islamic and local knowledge on social work in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Professional social work emerged on the basis of secular and Eurocentric worldview in the West in the late 19th century. As emerging nations in the 1940s, Asian Muslims were not spared being colonized in ways more than just physical presence by foreign powers. This article describes briefly how professional social work entered Malaysia and Bangladesh. The focus is to show how Western-based social work knowledge influenced the respective curriculu…
Psychosocial stress and trauma during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The COVID‐19 outbreak has become a global health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of people across the world. Likewise, the people of Bangladesh are going through a menacing mental health catastrophe with the outbreak of coronavirus that resulting in stress and trauma. Hence, this situation is altering people's lifestyles and generating complexities in psychological well‐being. The study was based on the review of published ar…
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The persecution and brutality against the Rohingya people could as well be regarded as the biggest injustice in the history of human civilisation. This article explores the possible threats to peace and security in Asia and the South Asian regions resulting from the settlement of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh. It examines qualitative data obtained from the Rohingya refugees and various stakeholders, including security personnel, administrator…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Microfinance Helps to Rural Women for Poverty Reduction in the District of Bogra, Bangladesh
The primary objective of this study was to examine the role of microfinance programs in poverty reduction among the poor women in Bogra District. The study was based on data collected from a total of 400 microfinance beneficiaries, which was recruited using a simple random sampling in the year 2011. The study findings suggested that there was no significant relationship of microfinance on specific variables such as household income, education opp…
Professional and Functional Alternative Social Workers
The objective of this study was to compare “professional” ( PW ) and “functional alternative” ( FA ) social workers. The findings suggested that there were no significant differences between PW s and FA s in intervention, evaluation methods, work ethics, and values. The PW s, in clients' eyes, were better at delivering services, while FA s' services were more satisfactory to the clients. While PW s were supposed to be “professional,” FA s were mo…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance
Women's empowerment has been one of the declared goals of Bangladesh's national development program, and microfinance is playing a leading role in bringing about the realization of this program. Since one of the intended goals of microfinance is to empower women, this concept paper attempts to investigate the success rate — does microfinance truly empower or is it a case of disempowering through “empowerment”? The effectiveness of microfinance to…
The challenges and coping strategies of single mothers caring for children with special needs
Families play a significant role in the development of their children. Nearly 16% of children in the industrialized world live in single‐parent households, which are mostly comprised of single mothers. Although motherhood is the most beautiful feeling a woman cherishes, this experience can be challenging when the woman has to raise their special‐needs child on her own, without the support of her spouse or partner. This study aims to understand th…
Psychosocial stress and trauma during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The COVID‐19 outbreak has become a global health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of people across the world. Likewise, the people of Bangladesh are going through a menacing mental health catastrophe with the outbreak of coronavirus that resulting in stress and trauma. Hence, this situation is altering people's lifestyles and generating complexities in psychological well‐being. The study was based on the review of published ar…
Integrative Social Work Practices for Service‐Oriented Community Governance
This study aims to comprehend integrative social work practice within the context of service‐oriented community governance in Pan Zhihua, the largest immigrant city in western China. Specifically, we focused on the Jinfu Community, the largest protected and low‐rent housing community in Pan Zhihua. Employing purposive sampling, 41 participants, including community residents, neighborhood committees, social workers, and volunteers, were selected f…
Social work practices in community governance
As a significant social subject force, social work plays a unique role in the new pattern of community governance. Through continuous practice and exploration, it has accumulated particular practical experience and theoretical foundation with considerable application value, which provides good references and references for the study. This study is based on a review of published articles that reflect 10 years of research on social work participati…
Social assistance programs during the Covid ‐19 pandemic in Bangladesh
This paper aimed to examine the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the distribution of social assistance (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to explore the best practices in the distribution of SA by five (5) organizations including FBOs, governmental organizations (GOs), Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), political groups, and private voluntary groups. In this study, 14…
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The persecution and brutality against the Rohingya people could as well be regarded as the biggest injustice in the history of human civilisation. This article explores the possible threats to peace and security in Asia and the South Asian regions resulting from the settlement of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh. It examines qualitative data obtained from the Rohingya refugees and various stakeholders, including security personnel, administrator…
Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance
Women's empowerment has been one of the declared goals of Bangladesh's national development program, and microfinance is playing a leading role in bringing about the realization of this program. Since one of the intended goals of microfinance is to empower women, this concept paper attempts to investigate the success rate — does microfinance truly empower or is it a case of disempowering through “empowerment”? The effectiveness of microfinance to…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Professional and Functional Alternative Social Workers
The objective of this study was to compare “professional” ( PW ) and “functional alternative” ( FA ) social workers. The findings suggested that there were no significant differences between PW s and FA s in intervention, evaluation methods, work ethics, and values. The PW s, in clients' eyes, were better at delivering services, while FA s' services were more satisfactory to the clients. While PW s were supposed to be “professional,” FA s were mo…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Microfinance Helps to Rural Women for Poverty Reduction in the District of Bogra, Bangladesh
The primary objective of this study was to examine the role of microfinance programs in poverty reduction among the poor women in Bogra District. The study was based on data collected from a total of 400 microfinance beneficiaries, which was recruited using a simple random sampling in the year 2011. The study findings suggested that there was no significant relationship of microfinance on specific variables such as household income, education opp…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Implications for social work teaching and learning in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The global lockdown due to COVID-19 is a major concern as all higher educational institutions face disruption in teaching, learning and assessment. Social work educators in Malaysia’s higher educational institutions are not spared of this disruption. Conventional teaching methods are now being replaced by non-conventional modes of teaching, which include online teaching and assessment using various platforms such as Zoom, WebEx and others. In emb…
Islamic and local knowledge on social work in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Professional social work emerged on the basis of secular and Eurocentric worldview in the West in the late 19th century. As emerging nations in the 1940s, Asian Muslims were not spared being colonized in ways more than just physical presence by foreign powers. This article describes briefly how professional social work entered Malaysia and Bangladesh. The focus is to show how Western-based social work knowledge influenced the respective curriculu…
Psychosocial stress and trauma during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The COVID‐19 outbreak has become a global health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of people across the world. Likewise, the people of Bangladesh are going through a menacing mental health catastrophe with the outbreak of coronavirus that resulting in stress and trauma. Hence, this situation is altering people's lifestyles and generating complexities in psychological well‐being. The study was based on the review of published ar…
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The persecution and brutality against the Rohingya people could as well be regarded as the biggest injustice in the history of human civilisation. This article explores the possible threats to peace and security in Asia and the South Asian regions resulting from the settlement of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh. It examines qualitative data obtained from the Rohingya refugees and various stakeholders, including security personnel, administrator…
Social assistance programs during the Covid ‐19 pandemic in Bangladesh
This paper aimed to examine the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the distribution of social assistance (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to explore the best practices in the distribution of SA by five (5) organizations including FBOs, governmental organizations (GOs), Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), political groups, and private voluntary groups. In this study, 14…
The challenges and coping strategies of single mothers caring for children with special needs
Families play a significant role in the development of their children. Nearly 16% of children in the industrialized world live in single‐parent households, which are mostly comprised of single mothers. Although motherhood is the most beautiful feeling a woman cherishes, this experience can be challenging when the woman has to raise their special‐needs child on her own, without the support of her spouse or partner. This study aims to understand th…
An Assessment of the Training Program on Mental Health for Community Health Workers in Kashmir, India
In recent years mental health has emerged as a major health threat in low income countries like India. In response, mental health care has been integrated into primary health care, in turn creating a rising demand for trained and skillful mental health professionals. This study was conducted in district Budgam (J&K), India with the aim of providing training to community health workers (CHWs) and measuring the change using pre- and post-training e…
Occupational Health of Frontline Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak has significantly affected the health and well-being of several people around the world. In a similar vein, Bangladeshi medical professionals have also been affected by several severe physical and mental health complications resulting from their frequent contact with COVID-19 patients. This exposes them to a greater risk of infection with the lethal virus, which can substantially impact their job performance. Therefore, t…
An exploration of contextually relevant curricula in international social work education
Current global uncertainties such as increasing socio-economic and political difficulties have amplified the significance of researching the nature of international social work education. This pilot study collaboratively investigated the educational characteristics of international social work curricula in Asia to identify the prevailing conditions related to this discipline. Data were collected in February 2023 at an international academic forum…
Vulnerability and resilience in the context of natural hazards
Social work practices in community governance
As a significant social subject force, social work plays a unique role in the new pattern of community governance. Through continuous practice and exploration, it has accumulated particular practical experience and theoretical foundation with considerable application value, which provides good references and references for the study. This study is based on a review of published articles that reflect 10 years of research on social work participati…
The status of population aging and countermeasures in Sichuan, China
This study investigates the current state of population aging in Sichuan Province, China, and proposes effective countermeasures to address this pressing issue. Through an in-depth analysis of data from the 2020 seventh population census, the research examines key aspects of population aging, including demographic profiles, self-reported health status of the elderly, primary livelihood sources, and old-age dependency ratios. The findings revealed…
The interplay of religious values, servant leadership and teacher job satisfaction in Bangladeshi education institutions
The interplay of principals’ religious values and servant leadership can play a prominent role in promoting job satisfaction among teachers in Bangladeshi schools and colleges. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of servant leadership style in the relationship between the principals’ religious values and the job satisfaction of teachers in Bangladesh. The study surveyed 335 participants from schools and colleges using a self-administer…
Home‐based elderly care development in Hebei Province, China
Hebei, one of China's most populous provinces, is facing increasing pressure on its elderly care services due to a rapidly aging population. Home‐Based Elderly Care (HBEC) has emerged as a potential solution to alleviate this pressure. However, this care model is significantly impacted by various external environmental changes. The study employed a literature analysis method, conducting a PEST analysis, to examine the environmental factors influe…
The impact of socioeconomic status on the health of elderly individuals in China
This study investigates the health status of China’s elderly population, emphasizing the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and the mediating role of exercise frequency. Using data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and an ordered logistic regression model, SES is assessed through income, education, social class, and social insurance. The findings reveal that income, education, and social class positively correlate with healt…
Challenges of social work field practicum and professionalization in Bangladesh
Social work education and practices began in Bangladesh more than half a century ago. Yet, it has not attained the professional status demanded by the country. This paper aims to examine the challenges of field practicum and the professionalization of social work in Bangladesh. Applying a qualitative approach, the study found that the field education of social work in Bangladesh has been devalued due to a shortage of professional agencies and qua…
Integrative Social Work Practices for Service‐Oriented Community Governance
This study aims to comprehend integrative social work practice within the context of service‐oriented community governance in Pan Zhihua, the largest immigrant city in western China. Specifically, we focused on the Jinfu Community, the largest protected and low‐rent housing community in Pan Zhihua. Employing purposive sampling, 41 participants, including community residents, neighborhood committees, social workers, and volunteers, were selected f…
Climate change adaptation of smallholder farmers in South Asia
Purpose Climate change significantly increases the vulnerability of agriculture in South Asia. This has led to decreased agricultural yields, resulting in lower incomes, heightened food insecurity and increased poverty levels. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the current climate change adaptation measures used by hazard-prone farming communities in South Asia. Design/methodology/approach The most relevant documents from the Web of Sc…
Comparative analysis of international social work and related subjects in eight Asian countries
This international study examined the state and context of international social work (ISW) education while encouraging its mutual development. For this purpose, it focused on ISW-related subjects in eight Asian countries that responded to the call for research proposals: the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Mongolia. A total of nine teams conducted qualitative surveys of ISW-related subjects in their…
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