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| Saifuddin AhmedSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Maternal deaths averted by contraceptive use: an analysis of 172 countriesSaifuddin Ahmed
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Lancet 380:111-25. 2012..We aimed to estimate the effect of contraceptive use on maternal mortality and the expected reduction in maternal mortality if the unmet need for contraception were met, at country, regional, and world levels...
Reliability of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and UgandaAlexander Vu
International Emergency and Public Health Fellowship Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:162. 2011..This study aimed to apply the MC-SDS nested in an HIV behavioral intervention program and to measure its reliability in four African countries...- Measuring maternal mortality: an overview of opportunities and options for developing countriesW J Graham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK
BMC Med 6:12. 2008..This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the basis of reductions in maternal mortality by 2015... - Effects of domestic violence on perinatal and early-childhood mortality: evidence from north IndiaSaifuddin Ahmed
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1423-8. 2006..We examined the effect of physical violence during pregnancy on perinatal and early-childhood mortality... 
Social and economic consequences of obstetric fistula: life changed forever?S Ahmed
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 99:S10-5. 2007....- Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to BangladeshSaifuddin Ahmed
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Bull World Health Organ 89:12-21. 2011..To provide a model-based method of estimating maternal mortality at the subnational level and illustrate its use in estimating maternal mortality rates (MMrates) and maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in all 64 districts of Bangladesh... - Simultaneity in the use of maternal-child health care and contraceptives: evidence from developing countriesSaifuddin Ahmed
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Demography 39:75-93. 2002.... - Effect of skin barrier therapy on neonatal mortality rates in preterm infants in Bangladesh: a randomized, controlled, clinical trialGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health E8153, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 121:522-9. 2008..Topical application of emollients that augment skin barrier function was evaluated as a strategy for improving survival rates among hospitalized preterm infants in Bangladesh... - Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:304-10. 2009..Infections account for about half of neonatal deaths in low-resource settings. Limited evidence supports home-based treatment of newborn infections by community health workers (CHW)... - Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a package of community-based maternal and newborn interventions in Mirzapur, BangladeshGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9696. 2010..To evaluate a delivery strategy for newborn interventions in rural Bangladesh... - Impact of an integrated nutrition and health programme on neonatal mortality in rural northern IndiaAbdullahh Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Bull World Health Organ 86:796-804, A. 2008..To assess the impact of the newborn health component of a large-scale community-based integrated nutrition and health programme... - Nosocomial sepsis risk score for preterm infants in low-resource settingsRebecca E Rosenberg
Department of International Health, International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Trop Pediatr 56:82-9. 2010..70, sensitivity of 77.1%, and PPV of 64.9%. Our clinical sepsis score is the first bedside clinical screen exclusively for hospitalized, very premature neonates in a low-resource setting, and warrants external validation... - Effect of topical emollient treatment of preterm neonates in Bangladesh on invasion of pathogens into the bloodstreamGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Pediatr Res 61:588-93. 2007..e. skin flora blocked from entry into blood) compared with the control group. Topical therapy with SSO reduced the passage of pathogens from the skin surface into the bloodstream of preterm infants... - Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: design of a community-based cluster randomized trialLuke C Mullany
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Pediatr 9:67. 2009..A previous trial in Nepal indicated that umbilical cord cleansing with 4.0% chlorhexidine could substantially reduce mortality and omphalitis risk, but policy changes await additional community-based data... - Community-based validation of assessment of newborn illnesses by trained community health workers in Sylhet district of BangladeshAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Trop Med Int Health 14:1448-56. 2009..To validate trained community health workers' recognition of signs and symptoms of newborn illnesses and classification of illnesses using a clinical algorithm during routine home visits in rural Bangladesh... - Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort studyAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 339:b2826. 2009..To assess the effect of the timing of first postnatal home visit by community health workers on neonatal mortality... - Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural BangladeshGary L Darmstadt
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Bull World Health Organ 87:12-9. 2009.... - Determining gestational age in a low-resource setting: validity of last menstrual periodRebecca E Rosenberg
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 27:332-8. 2009..Additional prospective trials are warranted to examine LMP against antenatal ultrasound for primary assessment of neonatal gestational age in other low-resource settings... - Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trialVishwajeet Kumar
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet 372:1151-62. 2008..We developed an intervention of behaviour change management, with a focus on prevention of hypothermia, aimed at modifying practices and reducing neonatal mortality... - Impact of maternal depressive symptoms on growth of preschool- and school-aged childrenPamela J Surkan
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Room E5523, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Pediatrics 130:e847-55. 2012..The aim of our study was to examine whether maternal depressive symptoms at 9 months postpartum adversely affect growth in preschool- and school-aged children... - Simplified age-weight mortality risk classification for very low birth weight infants in low-resource settingsRebecca E Rosenberg
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Pediatr 153:519-24. 2008..To identify a valid neonatal mortality risk prediction score feasible for use in developing countries... - Domestic violence and early childhood mortality in rural India: evidence from prospective dataMichael A Koenig
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Epidemiol 39:825-33. 2010..To investigate the relationship between domestic violence and perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality in rural India using prospective data... - Cost-effectiveness of skin-barrier-enhancing emollients among preterm infants in BangladeshAmnesty Lefevre
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 88:104-12. 2010.... - Population-based incidence and etiology of community-acquired neonatal bacteremia in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: an observational studyGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Infect Dis 200:906-15. 2009..To devise treatment strategies for neonatal infections, the population-level incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens must be defined... - Can mothers recognize neonatal illness correctly? Comparison of maternal report and assessment by community health workers in rural BangladeshY Choi
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Trop Med Int Health 15:743-53. 2010..To validate maternal recognition of neonatal illnesses at home compared to assessment by community health workers (CHWs) during routine household surveillance for neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh... - State school policies and youth obesityJenna Riis
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:S111-8. 2012.... - Effect of knowledge of community health workers on essential newborn health care: a study from rural IndiaPraween K Agrawal
International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia Regional Office IPPF SARO, New Delhi, India
Health Policy Plan 27:115-26. 2012.... - Effect of topical treatment with skin barrier-enhancing emollients on nosocomial infections in preterm infants in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled trialGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Lancet 365:1039-45. 2005..Our aim was to ascertain whether topical application of emollients to enhance skin barrier function would prevent nosocomial infections in this population... - Risk factors for sclerema neonatorum in preterm neonates in BangladeshAmna Zeb
Department of International Health, International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:435-8. 2009..This study presents a retrospective analysis of risk factors for sclerema neonatorum in preterm neonates in Bangladesh... - NGO facilitation of a government community-based maternal and neonatal health programme in rural India: improvements in equityAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Suite E 8138, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy Plan 23:234-43. 2008..Programmes need to identify and address barriers to universal coverage and care utilization, particularly in the poorest segments of the population... - Does service accessibility reduce socioeconomic differentials in maternity care seeking? Evidence from rural BangladeshM Hafizur Rahman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Biosoc Sci 40:19-33. 2008..Services need to be made accessible to reduce the inequality in maternity care seeking between rich and poor, empowered and non-empowered... - Three methods of estimating births averted nationally by contraceptionLi Liu
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Popul Stud (Camb) 62:191-210. 2008.... - Individual and contextual determinants of domestic violence in North IndiaMichael A Koenig
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, 615 N Wolfe St, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 96:132-8. 2006..We examined individual- and community-level influences on domestic violence in Uttar Pradesh, North India... - Economic status, education and empowerment: implications for maternal health service utilization in developing countriesSaifuddin Ahmed
Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e11190. 2010..The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between women's economic, educational and empowerment status, introduced as the 3Es, and maternal health service utilization in developing countries... - Is there a healthy foreign born effect for childhood obesity in the United States?Nan Li
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:310-23. 2011..Having a foreign born mother is not protective of early childhood obesity. A focus on health of women prior to conception and on women's and infants' health in the perinatal period are key to addressing childhood obesity... - Women's status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: individual- and community-level effectsMichael A Koenig
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Demography 40:269-88. 2003.... - Unwanted fertility among the poor: an inequity?Duff Gillespie
The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Bull World Health Organ 85:100-7. 2007.... - Contraceptive discontinuation and failure and subsequent abortion in Romania: 1994-99Andreea A Creanga
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Stud Fam Plann 38:23-34. 2007..These findings suggest that high rates of contraceptive discontinuation and failure contributed significantly to the widespread reliance on induced abortion among Romanian women during this period... - Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trialAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet 371:1936-44. 2008..Therefore the project for advancing the health of newborns and mothers (Projahnmo) implemented a community-based intervention package through government and non-government organisation infrastructures to reduce neonatal mortality... - Effect of zinc supplementation started during diarrhoea on morbidity and mortality in Bangladeshi children: community randomised trialAbdullah H Baqui
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heath, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 325:1059. 2002..To evaluate the effect on morbidity and mortality of providing daily zinc for 14 days to children with diarrhoea... - Effect of antenatal zinc supplementation on impetigo in infants in BangladeshGary L Darmstadt
International Center for Advancing Neonatal Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:407-9. 2012.... - Differences in young people's reports of sexual behaviors according to interview methodology: a randomized trial in India- Jaya
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 98:169-74. 2008..We sought to determine which of the interview methods leads to higher reporting of sexual behaviors among economically disadvantaged 15-19-year-olds in urban India... - Feasibility of satellite image-based sampling for a health survey among urban townships of Lusaka, ZambiaSara A Lowther
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Trop Med Int Health 14:70-8. 2009.... - Correlates of unintended birth among low-income Hispanic immigrants at high risk for depressionAnna L Christensen
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:478-86. 2011..They suggest that interventions should target young women, women who have achieved their desired family size, and very recent immigrants... - Adolescent physical activities as predictors of young adult weightDavid Menschik
Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:29-33. 2008..To examine the relationship between increased physical activity in adolescence and adult weight status... - Association of secondhand smoke exposure with nicotine dependence among Black smokersShondelle M Wilson-Frederick
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Addict Behav 36:412-5. 2011..SHS exposure may occur in various settings, including the living space, workplace, and other social environments. This study examines the association between exposure to SHS and nicotine dependence among current smokers... - Topically applied sunflower seed oil prevents invasive bacterial infections in preterm infants in Egypt: a randomized, controlled clinical trialGary L Darmstadt
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:719-25. 2004.... - Association between lifestyle factors and CpG island methylation in a cancer-free populationMariana Brait
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2984-91. 2009..It is important to reveal the molecular changes related to risk factors that could facilitate early detection, prevention, and overall control of cancer... - Domestic violence and contraceptive adoption in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaRob Stephenson
Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Stud Fam Plann 37:75-86. 2006.... - Domestic violence and symptoms of gynecologic morbidity among women in North IndiaRob Stephenson
Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Int Fam Plan Perspect 32:201-8. 2006.... - Trends in use of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail District, BangladeshSanwarul Bari
ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 24:519-29. 2006....