Mrittika Barua

Biographic Data

ID3736027
NAMEMrittika Barua
GIVEN NAMESMrittika
FAMILY NAMEBarua
SIGNATUREBARUA M
AFFILIATIONSBRAC University
ORCID0000-0002-6309-234X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Experiences of older adults and widows with the government allowance programmes in rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessSharmin Akter Shitol, Sahril Nur et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2025References: 10

    The Government of Bangladesh has digitised social safety net programmes to improve enrollment and allowance disbursement, yet the impact on rural beneficiaries remains unclear. This article examines the experiences of older adults and widows in Kurigram based on 68 semi‐structured interviews. At the administrative level, beneficiaries reported positive aspects such as support for enrollment and disbursement. However, challenges included delays du…

  • “When a man drinks alcohol it’s cool but when a woman drinks she is a hoe”

    Open AccessAlena Pauley, Madeline Metcalf et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Alcohol’s ever-increasing global use poses a distinct threat to human well-being, with intake and associated burdens rising especially quickly in low- and middle-income countries like Tanzania. Prior research has shown alcohol use and related consequences differ by gender in Moshi, Tanzania, with important implications for both clinical care and future alcohol-reduction interventions. This study builds upon this knowledge by providing a deeper un…

  • A qualitative assessment on the acceptability of providing cash transfers and social health insurance for tuberculosis-affected families in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Open AccessRachel Forse, Thanh Thi Nguyen et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal’s targets of universal health coverage (UHC) and poverty reduction, interventions are required that strengthen and harmonize both UHC and social protection. Vietnam is committed to achieving financial protection and over 90% of the general population has enrolled in its social health insurance (SHI) scheme. However, an estimated 63% of tuberculosis (TB)-affected households in Vietnam still face catastro…

  • Barriers and facilitators to informal healthcare provider engagement in the national tuberculosis elimination program of India

    Open AccessPoshan Thapa, Padmanesan Narasimhan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    India has a high burden of Tuberculosis (TB), accounting for a significant portion of global cases. While efforts are being made to engage the formal private sector in the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) of India, there remains a significant gap in addressing the engagement of Informal Healthcare Providers (IPs), who serve as the first point of contact for healthcare in many communities. Recognizing the increasing evidence of IPs’ importan…

  • Community-based referral transportation system for accessing emergency obstetric services in the Rohingya refugee camp during the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMrittika Barua, Sayantan Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2022

    The study observed that the referral hub has a high potential to increase the utilization of SRHR services. Despite the barriers, the facilitating factors show a scope of improvement for these services

  • Consent Requirements for Testing Health Policies

    Open AccessAstrid Berner-Rodoreda, Shannon A Mcmahon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2022References: 2

    Individual informed consent is a central requirement for clinical research on human subjects, yet whether and how consent requirements should apply to health policy experiments (HPEs) remains unclear. HPEs test and evaluate public health policies prior to implementation. We interviewed 58 health experts in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Germany on informed consent requirements for HPEs. Health experts across all countries favored a strong evidence base…

  • I Left My Old Self in the Training Session and Came Back With a New One’

    Open AccessRukhshan Fahmi, Mrittika Barua et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Men s Studies2022References: 2

    Sociodrama and psychodrama have shown promising behavioral and attitudinal changes among men who adhere to toxic masculine attitudes and behavior. However, it is unknown whether such an approach could potentially curb the rising gender-based violence in Bangladesh. This paper presents the findings of in-depth interviews with 12 out of the 40 men in an urban slum in Dhaka who received culturally contextualized sociodrama and psychodrama interventi…

  • Amplifying Resilient Communities

    Open AccessRomit Raj, Babitha George et al.ARTICLEEthnographic Praxis in Industry…2022References: 13

    Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an inflection point, bringing heightened awareness around the preparedness and resilience of public health systems in dealing with severe shocks. While the pandemic has accentuated the existing weakness in public health systems, for many, especially those belonging to marginalized sections of society, seeking healthcare has always been fraught with severe challenges and frictions.This paper presents the fi…

  • Knowledge and attitude of key community members towards tuberculosis

    Open AccessSukanta Paul, Rahima Akter et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    This study finding has revealed varying levels of knowledge and mixed attitudes about TB among the KCMs. It also provides insight on the poor knowledge regarding child TB and indicate that despite the significant success of the TB program stigma is yet prevalent in the community. Future ACSM activities should engage community members against stigma and promote child TB related information for further improvement of BRAC TB Control Programme