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Farzana Begum
Researcher at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Publications - 36
Citations - 1008
Farzana Begum is an academic researcher from International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 24 publications receiving 768 citations.
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Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Stephen P. Luby,Mahbubur Rahman,Benjamin F. Arnold,Leanne Unicomb,Sania Ashraf,Peter J. Winch,Christine P. Stewart,Farzana Begum,Faruqe Hussain,Jade Benjamin-Chung,Elli Leontsini,Abu Mohd Naser,Sarker Masud Parvez,Alan Hubbard,Audrie Lin,Fosiul A. Nizame,Kaniz Jannat,Ayse Ercumen,Pavani K. Ram,Kishor K. Das,Jaynal Abedin,Thomas Clasen,Kathryn G. Dewey,Lia C. H. Fernald,Clair Null,Tahmeed Ahmed,John M. Colford +26 more
TL;DR: The WASH Benefits Bangladesh cluster-randomised trial as mentioned in this paper enrolled pregnant women from villages in rural Bangladesh and evaluated outcomes at 1-year and 2-years' follow-up to assess whether water quality, sanitation, and handwashing interventions alone or combined with nutrition interventions reduced diarrhoea or growth faltering.
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Feasibility and effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in an urban endemic setting in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised open-label trial.
Firdausi Qadri,Mohammad Ali,Fahima Chowdhury,Ashraful Islam Khan,Amit Saha,Iqbal Ansary Khan,Yasmin Ara Begum,Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan,Mohiul I. Chowdhury,Jasim Uddin,Jahangir A. M. Khan,Atique Iqbal Chowdhury,Anisur Rahman,Shah Alam Siddique,Muhammad Asaduzzaman,Afroza Akter,Arifuzzaman Khan,Young Ae You,Ashraf Siddik,Nirod Chandra Saha,Alamgir Kabir,Baizid Khoorshid Riaz,Shwapon Biswas,Farzana Begum,Leanne Unicomb,Stephen P. Luby,Alejandro Cravioto,John D. Clemens,John D. Clemens +28 more
TL;DR: The findings provide the first indication of the effect of delivering an oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to poor urban populations with endemicCholera using routine government services and will help policy makers to formulate vaccination strategies to reduce the burden of severely dehydrating cholERA in such populations.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Hospital-Based Hygiene and Water Treatment Intervention (CHoBI7) to Reduce Cholera
Christine Marie George,Shirajum Monira,David A. Sack,Mahamud Ur Rashid,K. M. Saif-Ur-Rahman,Toslim Mahmud,Zillur Rahman,Munshi Mustafiz,Sazzadul Islam Bhuyian,Peter J. Winch,Elli Leontsini,Jamie Perin,Farzana Begum,Fatema Zohura,Shwapon Biswas,Tahmina Parvin,Xiaotong Zhang,Danielle Jung,R. Bradley Sack,Munirul Alam +19 more
TL;DR: This intervention significantly reduced symptomatic Vibrio cholerae infection in patients with central giant cell granuloma and eliminated the need for further chemotherapy.
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Psychosocial Factors Mediating the Effect of the CHoBI7 Intervention on Handwashing With Soap: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Christine Marie George,Shwapon Biswas,Danielle Jung,Jamie Perin,Tahmina Parvin,Shirajum Monira,K. M. Saif-Ur-Rahman,Mahamud Ur Rashid,Sazzadul Islam Bhuyian,Elizabeth D. Thomas,Robert Dreibelbis,Farzana Begum,Fatema Zohura,Xiaotong Zhang,David A. Sack,Munirul Alam,R. Bradley Sack,Elli Leontsini,Peter J. Winch +18 more
TL;DR: Responsibility efficacy was found to mediate the intervention’s effect on habit formation for handwashing with soap at the 1-week follow-up, and disgust, convenience, and cholera awareness were mediators of habit maintenance at the 6- to 12-month follow- up.
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Sustained Uptake of a Hospital-Based Handwashing with Soap and Water Treatment Intervention (Cholera-Hospital-Based Intervention for 7 Days [CHoBI7]): A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Christine Marie George,Danielle S. Jung,K. M. Saif-Ur-Rahman,Shirajum Monira,David A. Sack,Mahamud Ur Rashid,Toslim Mahmud,Munshi Mustafiz,Zillur Rahman,Sazzadul Islam Bhuyian,Peter J. Winch,Elli Leontsini,Jamie Perin,Farzana Begum,Fatema Zohura,Shwapon Biswas,Tahmina Parvin,R. Bradley Sack,Munirul Alam +18 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the hospital-based Cholera-Hospital-Based Intervention for 7 days (CHoBI7) can lead to significant increases in handwashing with soap practices and improved stored drinking water quality 6 to 12 months post-intervention.