Syeda Zakia Hossain
Biographic Data
| ID | 814899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Syeda Zakia Hossain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Syeda Zakia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hossain |
| SIGNATURE | HOSSAIN S Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8847-3464 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“There was No Alternative Choice” – Australian Migrant Youth’s Abortion Decision-making and Experiences
Introduction Decision-making and experiences of accessing abortion are complex, shaped by myriad intersecting personal, relational, social and structural factors. While abortion is decriminalised in Australia, there is limited information on the experiences of immigrant groups. Migrant youth have lower sexual health knowledge and service uptake than mainstream Australian youth and may have higher rates of unplanned pregnancy and contend with prev…
Sexual and reproductive health and rights decision-making among Australian migrant and refugee youth: A group concept mapping study
13). GCM involved participants brainstorming statements about how migrant and refugee youth make SRH decisions. Participants then sorted statements into groups based on similarity, and rated statements on importance and impact. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to cluster statements into concept maps that represented participants' perspectives. The resulting maps comprised six clusters representing main concepts…
Migrant and Refugee Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Gender Comparison of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Experiences
Young adulthood is a crucial life stage, during which major sexual and reproductive health (SRH) development occurs, and gender norms are often entrenched. Australian migrant and refugee youth (MRY) have particular SRH experiences and vulnerabilities such as under-use of services, higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, and experiences of community and family stigma. There is limited research on how gender int…
Factors driving underweight, wasting, and stunting among urban school aged children: Evidence from Merawi town, Northwest Ethiopia
Prior research identified malnutrition as one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children globally. Furthermore, research revealed that over two thirds of deaths associated with inappropriate feeding practices occurred during the early years of life. Improper feeding practices impact a child’s health in many different ways. However, research on the possible factors driving underweight, wasting, and stunting among school ag…
The Involvement of Bangladeshi Girls and Women in Sex Work: Sex Trafficking, Victimhood, and Agency
In Bangladesh, traffickers have trapped socially and economically marginalised girls and women and sold them into sex work. Furthermore, multiple sociocultural factors shape women's forced and voluntary movement into sex work. However, there are limited peer-reviewed studies of how sex work operators and sociocultural and economic factors shape women's forced and voluntary engagement in sex work in Bangladesh and worldwide. This study examines ho…
Contraception decision making by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Cald) Australian youth: An exploratory study
Context Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) youth may become early parents, with some aspiring to parenthood. Yet, the factors that influence CALD youths contraceptive decision-making are less well known, although important for designing appropriate contraception use support programmes for this population. This study aimed to explore the contraception decision-making patterns of CALD Australian youth, in-addition to investigating the fac…
Translational Strategies to Control and Prevent Spread of Covid-19 in the Rohiynga Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected 213 countries and territories and six continents as of 1st June 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified this highly pathogenic outbreak as posing a severe health threat to the global population. The disease is particularly concerning for approximately one million Rohingya refugees living in the world’s largest refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh …
An exploratory study of acculturation among Muslims in Australia
Muslims constitute 2.2% of the Australian population. Given the current socio-political climate and the limited research, the present exploratory study explores the relationship between acculturation, ethnic identity, self-identity, generational status, religiosity, and demographics among adult Australian Muslims.A cross-sectional convenience sample of 324 adult Australian Muslims completed either online or paper-based questionnaires in either En…
Identity construction of second-generation Iranians in Australia: Influences and Perspectives
Understanding the complexity of identity in the children of immigrants has become important with the growing rates of global migration. A new theoretical construct refers to an individual’s subjective representation of the interrelationships among his or her multiple group identities and how their subjective identity could be explained.The aim of this study was to examine the impact of their Iranian background and the social characteristics of th…
The Role of Acculturation in Health Status and Utilization of Health Services among the Iranian Elderly in Metropolitan Sydney
Decision making, use of contraception and fertility in Bangladesh: A path analysis
Draws on data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey to explore whether or not socio‐demographic factors such as woman’s age, education, occupation, income and residence affect fertility because of different attitudes towards decision making and the use of contraception. Describes the methodology used and forms of data analysis – path modelling via LISREL. Analyses the findings – that as the woman’s age increases so does the number of children…
Translational Strategies to Control and Prevent Spread of Covid-19 in the Rohiynga Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected 213 countries and territories and six continents as of 1st June 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified this highly pathogenic outbreak as posing a severe health threat to the global population. The disease is particularly concerning for approximately one million Rohingya refugees living in the world’s largest refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh …
Identity construction of second-generation Iranians in Australia: Influences and Perspectives
Understanding the complexity of identity in the children of immigrants has become important with the growing rates of global migration. A new theoretical construct refers to an individual’s subjective representation of the interrelationships among his or her multiple group identities and how their subjective identity could be explained.The aim of this study was to examine the impact of their Iranian background and the social characteristics of th…
An exploratory study of acculturation among Muslims in Australia
Muslims constitute 2.2% of the Australian population. Given the current socio-political climate and the limited research, the present exploratory study explores the relationship between acculturation, ethnic identity, self-identity, generational status, religiosity, and demographics among adult Australian Muslims.A cross-sectional convenience sample of 324 adult Australian Muslims completed either online or paper-based questionnaires in either En…
The Role of Acculturation in Health Status and Utilization of Health Services among the Iranian Elderly in Metropolitan Sydney
Migrant and Refugee Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Gender Comparison of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Experiences
Young adulthood is a crucial life stage, during which major sexual and reproductive health (SRH) development occurs, and gender norms are often entrenched. Australian migrant and refugee youth (MRY) have particular SRH experiences and vulnerabilities such as under-use of services, higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, and experiences of community and family stigma. There is limited research on how gender int…
Contraception decision making by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Cald) Australian youth: An exploratory study
Context Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) youth may become early parents, with some aspiring to parenthood. Yet, the factors that influence CALD youths contraceptive decision-making are less well known, although important for designing appropriate contraception use support programmes for this population. This study aimed to explore the contraception decision-making patterns of CALD Australian youth, in-addition to investigating the fac…
Decision making, use of contraception and fertility in Bangladesh: A path analysis
Draws on data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey to explore whether or not socio‐demographic factors such as woman’s age, education, occupation, income and residence affect fertility because of different attitudes towards decision making and the use of contraception. Describes the methodology used and forms of data analysis – path modelling via LISREL. Analyses the findings – that as the woman’s age increases so does the number of children…
Decision making, use of contraception and fertility in Bangladesh: A path analysis
Draws on data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey to explore whether or not socio‐demographic factors such as woman’s age, education, occupation, income and residence affect fertility because of different attitudes towards decision making and the use of contraception. Describes the methodology used and forms of data analysis – path modelling via LISREL. Analyses the findings – that as the woman’s age increases so does the number of children…
The Role of Acculturation in Health Status and Utilization of Health Services among the Iranian Elderly in Metropolitan Sydney
Identity construction of second-generation Iranians in Australia: Influences and Perspectives
Understanding the complexity of identity in the children of immigrants has become important with the growing rates of global migration. A new theoretical construct refers to an individual’s subjective representation of the interrelationships among his or her multiple group identities and how their subjective identity could be explained.The aim of this study was to examine the impact of their Iranian background and the social characteristics of th…
An exploratory study of acculturation among Muslims in Australia
Muslims constitute 2.2% of the Australian population. Given the current socio-political climate and the limited research, the present exploratory study explores the relationship between acculturation, ethnic identity, self-identity, generational status, religiosity, and demographics among adult Australian Muslims.A cross-sectional convenience sample of 324 adult Australian Muslims completed either online or paper-based questionnaires in either En…
Translational Strategies to Control and Prevent Spread of Covid-19 in the Rohiynga Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected 213 countries and territories and six continents as of 1st June 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified this highly pathogenic outbreak as posing a severe health threat to the global population. The disease is particularly concerning for approximately one million Rohingya refugees living in the world’s largest refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh …
Contraception decision making by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Cald) Australian youth: An exploratory study
Context Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) youth may become early parents, with some aspiring to parenthood. Yet, the factors that influence CALD youths contraceptive decision-making are less well known, although important for designing appropriate contraception use support programmes for this population. This study aimed to explore the contraception decision-making patterns of CALD Australian youth, in-addition to investigating the fac…
The Involvement of Bangladeshi Girls and Women in Sex Work: Sex Trafficking, Victimhood, and Agency
In Bangladesh, traffickers have trapped socially and economically marginalised girls and women and sold them into sex work. Furthermore, multiple sociocultural factors shape women's forced and voluntary movement into sex work. However, there are limited peer-reviewed studies of how sex work operators and sociocultural and economic factors shape women's forced and voluntary engagement in sex work in Bangladesh and worldwide. This study examines ho…
Factors driving underweight, wasting, and stunting among urban school aged children: Evidence from Merawi town, Northwest Ethiopia
Prior research identified malnutrition as one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children globally. Furthermore, research revealed that over two thirds of deaths associated with inappropriate feeding practices occurred during the early years of life. Improper feeding practices impact a child’s health in many different ways. However, research on the possible factors driving underweight, wasting, and stunting among school ag…
Sexual and reproductive health and rights decision-making among Australian migrant and refugee youth: A group concept mapping study
13). GCM involved participants brainstorming statements about how migrant and refugee youth make SRH decisions. Participants then sorted statements into groups based on similarity, and rated statements on importance and impact. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to cluster statements into concept maps that represented participants' perspectives. The resulting maps comprised six clusters representing main concepts…
Migrant and Refugee Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Gender Comparison of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Experiences
Young adulthood is a crucial life stage, during which major sexual and reproductive health (SRH) development occurs, and gender norms are often entrenched. Australian migrant and refugee youth (MRY) have particular SRH experiences and vulnerabilities such as under-use of services, higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancy, and experiences of community and family stigma. There is limited research on how gender int…
“There was No Alternative Choice” – Australian Migrant Youth’s Abortion Decision-making and Experiences
Introduction Decision-making and experiences of accessing abortion are complex, shaped by myriad intersecting personal, relational, social and structural factors. While abortion is decriminalised in Australia, there is limited information on the experiences of immigrant groups. Migrant youth have lower sexual health knowledge and service uptake than mainstream Australian youth and may have higher rates of unplanned pregnancy and contend with prev…
Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)