Researcher Profile

I am interested in researches related to maternal and child nutrition and allied sectors. Currently I am involved in a project aiming to evaluate an intervention programme which will address primarily stunting and secondarily economic accessibility among poor households and its affect on other nutritional indicators, women empowerment and gender equity.

Selected publications include:

• Farzana FD, Rahman AS, Sultana S, Raihan MJ, Haque MA, Waid JL, Choudhury N, Ahmed T. Coping strategies related to food insecurity at the household level in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 14;12(4).
• Raihan MJ, Farzana FD, Sultana S, Saha KK, Haque MA, Rahman AS, Mahmud Z, Black RE, Choudhury N, Ahmed T. Effect of Seasons on Household Food Insecurity in Bangladesh. Food and Energy Security: e00136.
• Adams AM, Ahmed R, Latif AH, Rasheed S, Das SK, Hasib E, Farzana FD, Ferdous F, Ahmed S, Faruque A. Impact of fortified biscuits on micronutrient deficiencies among primary school children in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 5;12(4).
• Raihan MJ, Farzana FD, Sultana S, Haque MA, Rahman AS, Waid JL, McCormick B, Choudhury N, Ahmed T. Examining the relationship between socio-economic status, WASH practices and wasting. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 9;12(3).
• Haque MA, Farzana FD, Sultana S, Raihan MJ, Rahman AS, Waid JL, Choudhury N, Ahmed T. Factors associated with child hunger among food insecure households in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2017 Feb 16;17(1).
• Choudhury N, Raihan MJ, Sultana S, Mahmud Z, Farzana FD, Haque MA, Rahman AS, Waid JL, Chowdhury AM, Black RE, Ahmed T. Determinants of age-specific undernutrition in children aged less than 2 years-the Bangladesh context. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jul; 13(3).
• Vanderlee L, Ahmed S, Ferdous F, Farzana FD, Das SK, Ahmed T, Hammond D, Faruque ASG. Self-care practices and barriers to compliance among patients with diabetes in a community in rural Bangladesh. International Journal of Diabetes in developing countries. 2016 Sep;36 (3):320–326.
• Das SK, Chisti MJ, Ahmed AM, Malek MA, Ahmed S, Shahunja KM, Ferdous F, Farzana FD, Das J, Rahman A, Al Mamun A, Faruque AS. Diarrhoea and smoking: an analysis of decades of observational data from Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jul 12;15:646.
• Sarker MH, Das SK, Ahmed S, Ferdous F, Das J, Farzana FD, Shahid AS, Shahunja KM, Afrad MH, Malek MA, Chisti MJ, Bardhan PK, Hossain MI, Mamun AA, Faruque AS. Changing characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in children younger than five years in urban Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 29; 9(8).
• Baker KK, Farzana FD, Ferdous F, Ahmed S, Das SK, Faruque ASG, Nasrin D, Kotloff KL, Nataro JP, Kolappaswamy K, Levine MM. Association between Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Young Children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) and Types of Handwashing Materials Used by Caretakers in Mirzapur, Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jul 2;91(1):181-9.