A M Rumayan Hasan

Biographic Data

ID7449112
NAMEA M Rumayan Hasan
GIVEN NAMESA M Rumayan
FAMILY NAMEHasan
SIGNATUREHASAN A M R
AFFILIATIONSInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
ORCID0000-0001-7800-5432
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Welcoming pregnant women

    Open AccessTajrin Tahrin Tonmon, Md Refat Uz Zaman Sajib et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Maternal mortality remains high in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh, driven by preventable causes such as inadequate health care access and delays in receiving care in health facilities, highlighting the need for improved support in health facilities. This study aimed to explore the opportunities and difficulties of introducing 'Welcome Persons', a hospital navigation and support cadre for pregnant women, from the pers…

  • Political economy of tobacco tax in Bangladesh

    Open AccessA M Rumayan Hasan, Zillur Rahman Sakin et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2025

    Our findings illustrate a complex interplay of political economy factors that challenge the design and implementation of tobacco taxes in Bangladesh. Creating opportunities for consultation and collaboration between the Ministries of Finance and Health regarding the formulation of tobacco taxes will be very important. National action plans with multi-stakeholder involvement are essential to achieving tobacco control goals through actionable steps

  • Determinants of Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Children and Adolescents in Urban Dhaka

    Open AccessMd Tariqujjaman, Sifat Parveen Sheikh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: Bangladesh faces a double burden of malnutrition, with a rising prevalence of overweight and obesity among children parallel to existing undernutrition. Objective: The current study was designed to assess the determinants of double burden of malnutrition among urban school children from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 2,690 students from 14 schools in Dhaka city from January to June 2018. Anthr…

  • Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Bangladeshi urban slum dwellers towards Covid-19 transmission-prevention

    Open AccessZahid Hasan, A M Rumayan Hasan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The first COVID-19 case in Bangladesh was detected on March 8, 2020. Since then, efforts are being made across the country to raise awareness among the population for preventing the spread of this virus. We aimed to examine the urban slum dwellers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 transmission-prevention. A phone-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in five slums of Dhaka City. Total 476 adult slum dwellers were inte…

  • The Effects of Methamphetamine Use on the Sexual Lives of Gender and Sexually Diverse People in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Open AccessShaista Irshad Khan, Sharful Islam Khan et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021

  • Promoting healthy foods among urban school children in Bangladesh

    Open AccessA M Rumayan Hasan, Gregory D Smith et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    There were many challenges to promoting healthy foods to school children within and outside the school. It is important to formulate policies and guidance to create a supportive environment for healthy foods in and in the proximity of schools. It is also important to educate consumers about identifying and choosing healthy foods. Laws related to food safety should be adequately implemented to boost the population's confidence in safety of availab…

  • Understanding the reasons for using methamphetamine by sexual minority people in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Open AccessShaista Irshad Khan, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2019