Farjana Islam

Biographic Data

ID3604192
NAMEFarjana Islam
GIVEN NAMESFarjana
FAMILY NAMEIslam
SIGNATUREISLAM F
AFFILIATIONSHeriot-Watt University
ORCID0000-0001-7955-8469
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Digital Primary Care Services, Procedural Justice and Intersectionality

    Open AccessGina Netto, Farjana Islam et al.ARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2025References: 26

    Healthcare systems in many international contexts have been rapidly digitalised in recent years. Yet, despite the significant transformation of such systems and well-documented evidence of ethnic inequalities in the use of health services, the consequences of such changes on fairness in decision-making processes or procedural justice for racially minoritised people have been under-explored. Further, little attention has been paid to the influence…

  • Pandemic-induced deathscapes

    Farjana IslamARTICLESocial & Cultural Geography2023Cited by: 2References: 26

    Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, end-of-life rituals and funerals across groups of all faiths and none took on a new character due to government-imposed measures to control disease transmission. This article aims to explore the challenges faced by British-Bangladeshi Muslims in relation to performing end-of-life, funeral, and mourning rituals during the first pandemic wave, underpinned by the perception of a 'good death'. T…

  • How has the Olympic legacy transformed the heart of East London? Understanding socio-economic exclusions and disproportionate Covid-19 impact on minoritised communities through a rights-based perspect…

    Open AccessFarjana IslamARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2023Cited by: 2References: 20

    This research paper explores the experience of British-Bangladeshi and Black African Caribbean communities living in the areas surrounding London's Olympic Park, in terms of how they are appropriating the legacy-led socio-spatial changes, applying Lefebvre's right to the city perspective. Highlighting the top-down legacy-led regeneration process, the empirical evidence suggests that the games-led regeneration is contributing to an unjust trade-of…

  • Synergies and trade-offs between climate change adaptation options and gender equality

    Open AccessJoyashree Roy, Anjal Prakash et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2022

    Climate change impacts are being felt across sectors in all regions of the world, and adaptation projects are being implemented to reduce climate risks and existing vulnerabilities. Climate adaptation actions also have significant synergies and tradeoffs with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5 on gender equality. Questions are increasingly being raised about the gendered and climate justice implications of different adaptat…

  • Prevalence and risk factors of general and abdominal obesity and hypertension in rural and urban residents in Bangladesh

    Open AccessNurshad Ali, Nayan Chandra Mohanto et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This study shows a high prevalence of obesity and hypertension in rural and urban adults. Increased age, inadequate physical activity and place of residence were significant determinants of general and abdominal obesity and hypertension. A comprehensive intervention program focusing on modifiable risk factors such as lifestyles and food habits is needed to increase awareness and prevent the burden of obesity and hypertension in the Bangladeshi po…

  • Examining the outcomes of urban adaptation interventions on gender equality using SDG 5

    Divya Solomon, Divya Susan Solomon et al.ARTICLEClimate and Development2021

    Characterized by inequalities along gender, income, caste, and ethnic differences, urban areas are especially vulnerable to climate risks. Recognizing this, cities are adapting through infrastructural, ecosystem-based, institutional, and behavioural interventions at multiple scales. However, the extent to which these interventions enable or constrain the achievement of specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains unclear. Using a systema…

  • Kripkeans of the world, unite!

    Open AccessFarjana Islam, Giosuè BaggioARTICLEJournal of Semantics2020

    This paper revisits a study by Machery et al. (2004), suggesting that, in experimental versions of Kripke’s (1980) fictional cases on the use of proper names, Westerners are more likely than East Asian participants to show intuitions compatible with Kripke’s causal-historical (CH) theory of reference. We conducted two experiments, recruting participants from Norway and Bangladesh, either in English (experiment 1; N = 75) or in the participants’ n…

  • The Effects of Air Pollution on Covid-19 Infection and Mortality—A Review on Recent Evidence

    Open AccessNurshad Ali, Farjana IslamARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    The outbreak of COVID-19 has created a serious public health concern worldwide. Although, most of the regions around the globe have been affected by COVID-19 infections; some regions are more badly affected in terms of infections and fatality rates than others. The exact reasons for such variations are not clear yet. This review discussed the possible effects of air pollution on COVID-19 infections and mortality based on some recent evidence. The…

  • SP1-112 Prevalence of hypertension among Bangladeshi adult population

    M Zaman, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011

    Background Hypertension is recognised as a major contributor to disease burden globally affecting 20% of adult population. More importantly it has become a significant problem in many developing countries experiencing epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable chronic diseases. Objective The study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension among Bangladeshi adult population by meta-analysis. Method In this meta-analysis…