Ruhul Amin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruhul Amin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruhul |
| FAMILY NAME | Amin |
| SIGNATURE | AMIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Morgan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5329-8152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the multilevel determinants of low birth weight in Bangladesh: Understanding implications for targeted public health interventions
Low birth weight (LBW), a key indicator of impaired fetal growth, is strongly associated with infant morbidity, mortality, and long-term health problems, particularly in developing countries such as Bangladesh. LBW reflects complex public health challenges shaped by interlinked factors across health, education, and socioeconomic sectors, where low maternal education, limited household income, poor nutrition, inadequate healthcare access, and insu…
Unlocking the power of AI in education: Students’ intentions and AI tool use driving learning success in an emerging economy
Purpose This study aims to evaluate students’ intention and actual use (AU) of artificial intelligence (AI) tools’ to discover how the power of AI influences learning and academic success. Design/methodology/approach This paper used the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to develop a structural equation model (SEM) and used convenience sampling to measure 304 students’ five-point Likert scale responses. The model was teste…
An Evaluating Study on Awareness and Understanding of Bike Insurance
Insurance is a contract between vehicle owner and the insurance company. The law mandates that every owner of a motor vehicle must have one motor insurance policy. Driving a motor vehicle without insurance in a public place is a punishable offence in terms of the Motor Vehicles Act. Insurance offers a range of benefits that protect both the rider and their investment. It provides financial protection for both the bike and the rider, covers a rang…
Assessing the impact of infrastructure financing on economic growth in emerging markets
The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of infrastructure financing on economic growth in emerging markets through the application of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. In this study, the research will employ both primary and secondary data to investigate the impact of different structures of infrastructure financing on the performance of the economy through interviews with the stakeholders and policy documents…
Developing Writing Skills Through Effective Writing Approaches
The purpose of the article is to discuss writing as an effective and productive skill while proposing six different approaches that successfully marry both the linguistic dimension and the task-related awareness students need to acquire in order to successfully express themselves in written forms. Grasping proficient levels of literacy is a universal goal for all children in the elementary classroom. This objective is especially challenging for E…
Success Factors for Community Health Workers in Implementing an Integrated Group-Based Child Development Intervention in Rural Bangladesh
Community Health Workers (CHWs) can effectively implement maternal and child health interventions, but there is paucity of evidence on how to integrate child stimulation into these interventions, and their delivery at scale. In rural Bangladesh, CHWs implemented an intervention integrating psychosocial stimulation, nutrition, maternal mental health, water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and lead exposure prevention. In each of 16 intervention village…
Adaptation and Integration of Psychosocial Stimulation, Maternal Mental Health and Nutritional Interventions for Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Bangladesh
Supporting caregivers' mental wellbeing and ability to provide psychosocial stimulation may promote early childhood development. This paper describes the systematic approach of developing an integrated stimulation intervention, identifying the feasibility and challenges faced throughout the period. We developed an integrated curriculum by culturally adapting three interventions (Reach Up, Thinking Healthy, and general nutrition advice) and pilote…
Use of Social Networking Media in Political Participation: A Study on Dhaka University Students
The role of social networking websites (SNWs) on offline political activities has gained currency in recent days. This study aims to explore the dynamics of relationship between users of social networking websites and their political participation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 110 students in the University of Dhaka. The empirical study focuses on evaluating whether there is relationship or not between SNWs and offline political part…
Socioeconomic factors differentiating maternal and child health-seeking behavior in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis
Within rural areas of Bangladesh, where overall poverty is greater and access to health care more difficult, wealth differentials in utilization remain pronounced. Those programs with high international visibility and dedicated funding (e.g., Immunization and Vitamin A delivery) have higher overall prevalence and a more equitable distribution of beneficiaries than the use of modern trained providers for basic essential health care services. Impli…
Integration of an Essential Services Package (ESP) in Child and Reproductive Health and Family Planning with a Micro-credit Program for Poor Women: Experience from a Pilot Project in Rural Bangladesh
Contraceptive Use and Desire for More Children in Two Rural Districts of Sierra Leone
Data from a 1993 household survey in rural Sierra Leone revealed that, among women aged 12-49 with at least one child younger than 5, about 13% were using a contraceptive method and about 67% wanted more children. These rates differ from those reported for the 1980s and 1970s, when the contraceptive use rate was around 6% and more than 85% of women desired more children, suggesting a trend towards fertility limitation over the years. Logistic reg…
Child oral health care in denmark-A great success in health promotion
Relationship between survival status of first child and subsequent child death
This paper examines the association between infant mortality of the first born and subsequent children using data from rural Bangladesh collected during the period 1971–82. It shows that birth spacing and age of mother at the time of the second birth are important predictors of the survival status of the first child. The findings are discussed in terms of policy implications.
Immunization coverage and child mortality in two rural districts of Sierra Leone
Infant and child mortality levels and trends in Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality levels and trends in Bangladesh are examined using data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey. Both infant and child mortality declined from the mid 1970s but infant mortality declined more quickly. The level of infant mortality in 1989 was around 100 per 1000 live births while child mortality (5 q ) was 200 per 1000 live births. Life table analysis confirms the change in infant and child mortality. The decline in i…
Factors affecting desired family size in Bangladesh
Factors affecting desired family size in rural Bangladesh are examined using data from contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted between 1983 and 1991. The analysis suggests that mothers having two sons and one daughter are more inclined to perceive their family as complete than those having three sons and no daughter. Logistic regression analysis indicates that important determinants of desire for more children are age of woman, current contrac…
Recent evidence on trends and differentials in Bangladesh fertility: An update
A comparison of contraceptive and fertility data for 1985–91 with data for 1983 shows that fertility has continued to decline in Bangladesh, in all segments of society. The magnitude of decline varied according to educational level, region and urban–rural locality. The percentage decline in total marital fertility rate was somewhat higher among urban than rural residents; educated women showed greater declines than uneducated, increas-ing the ove…
Poor women's participation in income-generating projects and their fertility regulation in rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a recent survey
Immunization coverage, infant morbidity and infant mortality in freetown, Sierra Leone
Recent evidence on trends and differentials in Bangladesh fertility
Recent data from Bangladesh reveal evidence of some fertility decline. Although fertility increased among younger age groups between 1975 and 1983, it was offset by a decrease in fertility in the older age groups, resulting in a slight overall decrease in total fertility in 1983. Fertility was lower among urban residents, educated mothers and contraceptive users than among rural residents, uneducated mothers and contraceptive non-users, respectiv…
Menstrual Regulation Training and Service Programs in Bangladesh: Results from a National Survey
Using nationally representative sample survey data collected in 1986, this study evaluates the training and service programs for menstrual regulation (MR), and estimates the number of MR procedures performed during 1986, in Bangladesh. The results show that most of the MR providers, who received either formal or informal training, were physicians and family welfare visitors (paramedics) employed by the government. They were trained in various asp…
Community health services and health care utilization in rural Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh
Socioeconomic differences and trends in infant and child mortality in Bangladesh are examined using data from the 1975 World Fertility Survey and 1979 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey. There is evidence of some recent decline in infant and child mortality. Logit analysis of infant and child mortality indicates that sociodemographic variables such as mother's education, recent period, or higher birth orders, had significant independent effects upon…
Son preference in Bangladesh: An emerging barrier to fertility regulation
This study investigates the effect of son preference on contraceptive use and desire for additional children using national level survey data from Bangladesh for the years 1969 and 1979. Son preference had a negative effect on contraceptive use and a positive effect on the desire for additional children regardless of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This adverse effect of son preference on fertility regulation seemed to have persist…
Racial Differences in Housing: An Analysis of Trends and Differentials, 1960-1978
Changes and differences in housing quality for blacks and whites in the United States between 1960 and 1978 were examined using data from the Annual Housing Surveys for the years 1974 and 1978, and from the one-in-one-thousand sample Public Use File from the 1960 Census. There were substantial improvements in housing quality between 1960 and 1978. However, racial differences in housing quality, as measured by structural deficiency, crowding, and …
Poor women's participation in income-generating projects and their fertility regulation in rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a recent survey
Integration of an Essential Services Package (ESP) in Child and Reproductive Health and Family Planning with a Micro-credit Program for Poor Women: Experience from a Pilot Project in Rural Bangladesh
Community health services and health care utilization in rural Bangladesh
Immunization coverage and child mortality in two rural districts of Sierra Leone
Immunization coverage, infant morbidity and infant mortality in freetown, Sierra Leone
Use of Social Networking Media in Political Participation: A Study on Dhaka University Students
The role of social networking websites (SNWs) on offline political activities has gained currency in recent days. This study aims to explore the dynamics of relationship between users of social networking websites and their political participation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 110 students in the University of Dhaka. The empirical study focuses on evaluating whether there is relationship or not between SNWs and offline political part…
Menstrual Regulation Training and Service Programs in Bangladesh: Results from a National Survey
Using nationally representative sample survey data collected in 1986, this study evaluates the training and service programs for menstrual regulation (MR), and estimates the number of MR procedures performed during 1986, in Bangladesh. The results show that most of the MR providers, who received either formal or informal training, were physicians and family welfare visitors (paramedics) employed by the government. They were trained in various asp…
Socioeconomic Factors, Intermediate Variables and Fertility in Bangladesh
Cumulative fertility as measured by deviation from the natural fertility schedule is determined more by intermediate variables such as child mortality, the use of supplementary food, lactation, and husband's absence, than by the practice of fertility control using modern contraceptive methods. Socioeconomic factors like education, urban residence and the possession of household assets, though differentiating these intermediate variables of fertil…
Son preference in Bangladesh: An emerging barrier to fertility regulation
This study investigates the effect of son preference on contraceptive use and desire for additional children using national level survey data from Bangladesh for the years 1969 and 1979. Son preference had a negative effect on contraceptive use and a positive effect on the desire for additional children regardless of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This adverse effect of son preference on fertility regulation seemed to have persist…
Racial Differences in Housing: An Analysis of Trends and Differentials, 1960-1978
Changes and differences in housing quality for blacks and whites in the United States between 1960 and 1978 were examined using data from the Annual Housing Surveys for the years 1974 and 1978, and from the one-in-one-thousand sample Public Use File from the 1960 Census. There were substantial improvements in housing quality between 1960 and 1978. However, racial differences in housing quality, as measured by structural deficiency, crowding, and …
Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh
Socioeconomic differences and trends in infant and child mortality in Bangladesh are examined using data from the 1975 World Fertility Survey and 1979 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey. There is evidence of some recent decline in infant and child mortality. Logit analysis of infant and child mortality indicates that sociodemographic variables such as mother's education, recent period, or higher birth orders, had significant independent effects upon…
Menstrual Regulation Training and Service Programs in Bangladesh: Results from a National Survey
Using nationally representative sample survey data collected in 1986, this study evaluates the training and service programs for menstrual regulation (MR), and estimates the number of MR procedures performed during 1986, in Bangladesh. The results show that most of the MR providers, who received either formal or informal training, were physicians and family welfare visitors (paramedics) employed by the government. They were trained in various asp…
Community health services and health care utilization in rural Bangladesh
Recent evidence on trends and differentials in Bangladesh fertility
Recent data from Bangladesh reveal evidence of some fertility decline. Although fertility increased among younger age groups between 1975 and 1983, it was offset by a decrease in fertility in the older age groups, resulting in a slight overall decrease in total fertility in 1983. Fertility was lower among urban residents, educated mothers and contraceptive users than among rural residents, uneducated mothers and contraceptive non-users, respectiv…
Immunization coverage, infant morbidity and infant mortality in freetown, Sierra Leone
Factors affecting desired family size in Bangladesh
Factors affecting desired family size in rural Bangladesh are examined using data from contraceptive prevalence surveys conducted between 1983 and 1991. The analysis suggests that mothers having two sons and one daughter are more inclined to perceive their family as complete than those having three sons and no daughter. Logistic regression analysis indicates that important determinants of desire for more children are age of woman, current contrac…
Recent evidence on trends and differentials in Bangladesh fertility: An update
A comparison of contraceptive and fertility data for 1985–91 with data for 1983 shows that fertility has continued to decline in Bangladesh, in all segments of society. The magnitude of decline varied according to educational level, region and urban–rural locality. The percentage decline in total marital fertility rate was somewhat higher among urban than rural residents; educated women showed greater declines than uneducated, increas-ing the ove…
Poor women's participation in income-generating projects and their fertility regulation in rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a recent survey
Infant and child mortality levels and trends in Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality levels and trends in Bangladesh are examined using data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey. Both infant and child mortality declined from the mid 1970s but infant mortality declined more quickly. The level of infant mortality in 1989 was around 100 per 1000 live births while child mortality (5 q ) was 200 per 1000 live births. Life table analysis confirms the change in infant and child mortality. The decline in i…
Relationship between survival status of first child and subsequent child death
This paper examines the association between infant mortality of the first born and subsequent children using data from rural Bangladesh collected during the period 1971–82. It shows that birth spacing and age of mother at the time of the second birth are important predictors of the survival status of the first child. The findings are discussed in terms of policy implications.
Immunization coverage and child mortality in two rural districts of Sierra Leone
Child oral health care in denmark-A great success in health promotion
Contraceptive Use and Desire for More Children in Two Rural Districts of Sierra Leone
Data from a 1993 household survey in rural Sierra Leone revealed that, among women aged 12-49 with at least one child younger than 5, about 13% were using a contraceptive method and about 67% wanted more children. These rates differ from those reported for the 1980s and 1970s, when the contraceptive use rate was around 6% and more than 85% of women desired more children, suggesting a trend towards fertility limitation over the years. Logistic reg…
Integration of an Essential Services Package (ESP) in Child and Reproductive Health and Family Planning with a Micro-credit Program for Poor Women: Experience from a Pilot Project in Rural Bangladesh
Socioeconomic factors differentiating maternal and child health-seeking behavior in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis
Within rural areas of Bangladesh, where overall poverty is greater and access to health care more difficult, wealth differentials in utilization remain pronounced. Those programs with high international visibility and dedicated funding (e.g., Immunization and Vitamin A delivery) have higher overall prevalence and a more equitable distribution of beneficiaries than the use of modern trained providers for basic essential health care services. Impli…
Use of Social Networking Media in Political Participation: A Study on Dhaka University Students
The role of social networking websites (SNWs) on offline political activities has gained currency in recent days. This study aims to explore the dynamics of relationship between users of social networking websites and their political participation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 110 students in the University of Dhaka. The empirical study focuses on evaluating whether there is relationship or not between SNWs and offline political part…
Adaptation and Integration of Psychosocial Stimulation, Maternal Mental Health and Nutritional Interventions for Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Bangladesh
Supporting caregivers' mental wellbeing and ability to provide psychosocial stimulation may promote early childhood development. This paper describes the systematic approach of developing an integrated stimulation intervention, identifying the feasibility and challenges faced throughout the period. We developed an integrated curriculum by culturally adapting three interventions (Reach Up, Thinking Healthy, and general nutrition advice) and pilote…
Success Factors for Community Health Workers in Implementing an Integrated Group-Based Child Development Intervention in Rural Bangladesh
Community Health Workers (CHWs) can effectively implement maternal and child health interventions, but there is paucity of evidence on how to integrate child stimulation into these interventions, and their delivery at scale. In rural Bangladesh, CHWs implemented an intervention integrating psychosocial stimulation, nutrition, maternal mental health, water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and lead exposure prevention. In each of 16 intervention village…
Developing Writing Skills Through Effective Writing Approaches
The purpose of the article is to discuss writing as an effective and productive skill while proposing six different approaches that successfully marry both the linguistic dimension and the task-related awareness students need to acquire in order to successfully express themselves in written forms. Grasping proficient levels of literacy is a universal goal for all children in the elementary classroom. This objective is especially challenging for E…
An Evaluating Study on Awareness and Understanding of Bike Insurance
Insurance is a contract between vehicle owner and the insurance company. The law mandates that every owner of a motor vehicle must have one motor insurance policy. Driving a motor vehicle without insurance in a public place is a punishable offence in terms of the Motor Vehicles Act. Insurance offers a range of benefits that protect both the rider and their investment. It provides financial protection for both the bike and the rider, covers a rang…
Assessing the impact of infrastructure financing on economic growth in emerging markets
The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of infrastructure financing on economic growth in emerging markets through the application of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. In this study, the research will employ both primary and secondary data to investigate the impact of different structures of infrastructure financing on the performance of the economy through interviews with the stakeholders and policy documents…
Unlocking the power of AI in education: Students’ intentions and AI tool use driving learning success in an emerging economy
Purpose This study aims to evaluate students’ intention and actual use (AU) of artificial intelligence (AI) tools’ to discover how the power of AI influences learning and academic success. Design/methodology/approach This paper used the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to develop a structural equation model (SEM) and used convenience sampling to measure 304 students’ five-point Likert scale responses. The model was teste…
Global Maternal and Child Health (17 works) · Population (17 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Demography (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Fertility (9 works)