Knowledge on COVID-19 among Nursing Students of a  Selected Nursing Institute of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Afroza Akhter,; Bilkis Banu,; Nasrin Akter,; Labanna Paul Antara,; Sarder Mahmud Hossain,

doi:10.37506/ijphrd.v13i1.17321

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“…Indirectly COVID-19 outbreaks adversely affect the condition of children like disruption to their healthcare, nutrition, protection, education and overall mental wellbeing, vaccinations and preventive and curative services. Globally, in the pandemic era it was massively found that the level of knowledge plays an important role in enhancing the transmission of corona virus [6]. The primary reports of COVID-19 infection notify that the rarity of sickness in infants, including only 9 young people under the age of 14.…”

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Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Tahura¹,

Banu²,

Akter³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Sci. Res. Arch.

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unavailability of vaccines under 12 years of age in Bangladesh for a long-time during the pandemic. Moreover, as children are not developing many severe symptoms, they did not get priority in empirical studies regarding their COVID-19 infection dynamics. Therefore, this web-based cross-sectional study was conducted aimed to explore the COVID-19 infection status and associated factors among the 372 children in Bangladesh by snowball sampling approach. Adjusted and Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) were calculated for the specified exposures and a multivariate logistic regression model was used for the analytical exploration. The study revealed that 53.5% of subjects were RT-PCR test positive and 12.9% test negative while 33.6% were found suspected/healthy who did not perform any confirmatory test. Among the asymptomatic cases, 9.4% found tested positive. In addition, children with mild (6.7%) moderate (7.3%), and severe (0.8%) symptoms did not undergo any test. Alarmingly, three of the 30 cases with severe symptoms were found not to do any confirmatory test and suffered much and needed oxygen or ventilation support. Test-positive infection status was found significant among the children with lower educated mothers (AOR/P= 2.74/0.05; 95% CI: 0.97- 7.67) and those who got contact with an unidentified source of infection (AOR/P=3.49/0.02; 95% CI: 1.22-9.98) or suspected family members (AOR/P=1.87/0.27; 95% CI: 0.62- 5.70). Finally, the unique findings portray an alarming scenario for the children in Bangladesh during the current pandemic. It indicates the reluctance of guardians which may be due to a lack of screening support from health care facilities. Policymakers need to be much more concerned about such issues through the implementation of specific intervention programs on the basis of empirical findings from the studies regarding such health problems. Therefore, the health security of children can be achieved and the fatal consequences of the recent pandemic may be combated through such strategies.

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confidence: 99%

Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Tahura¹,

Banu²,

Akter³

et al. 2023

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Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach

Akter,

Banu,

Chowdhury

et al. 2024

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BackgroundImplementation of National Tobacco Control Laws (NTCLs) in university settings was found to be worse in Bangladesh.ObjectivesThis study aimed to depict the compliance status of tobacco control laws (TCLs) and the associated factors following the university setting approach in Bangladesh.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted with a mixed-method approach among the 385 students (quantitative method), 10 teachers and 10 administrative staff (qualitative method) of Northern University Bangladesh. Data were collected through mobile phone calling (quantitative) and in-depth interviews method (qualitative). Appropriate ethical issues were addressed. Logistic regression analysis was performed to find out the determinants. The study revealed non-satisfactory compliance with TCLs among 56.4% of study subjects which was strongly supported by the outcome of the qualitative approach. Predominant non-satisfactory compliance was found through the explorations of the conditions of buying and selling tobacco (78.4%), pasting no-smoking signage (3.2%), antitobacco advertisement within the university (34.8%) and specific university policy to implement NTCL. Non-satisfactory compliance was found significant among the younger aged (≤21 years: COR/p=2.74/0.01; 95% CI 1.27 to 5.92) from the first-year group (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)/p=2.28/0.02; 95% CI 1.15 to 4.49) who had moderate nicotine dependency (AOR/p=4.04/0.01; 95% CI 1.28 to 12.74), poor knowledge on TCLs (AOR/p=3.57/0.02; 95% CI 1.28 to 9.95) and the respondents who suggested family guidance (AOR/p=1.77/0.06; 95% CI 0.97 to 3.22) might be a sustainable way to minimise tobacco consumption in the university setting.ConclusionsThe study revealed some crucial factors for the non-satisfactory compliance status towards TCLs in the university setting. This empirical outcome and evaluation strategy can guide to plan of future large-scale studies, which may lead to implementing effective intervention programmes focusing on the development of a tobacco-free environment in the university setting.

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Knowledge on COVID-19 among Nursing Students of a Selected Nursing Institute of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

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Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Compliance status of tobacco control laws in the university setting of Bangladesh: an analytical study followed a mixed-method approach

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