Barriers to Metabolic Syndrome Control among Adults Receiving NCD Services
Clinical, behavioural, socioeconomic and health-system barriers to metabolic syndrome management, including adherence, affordability, access and continuity of care.
Mahir Al Asif Masrur is a public health researcher with a background in health economics, studying for an MSc in Public Health and Social Care in Practice at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in London after a BSS (Honours) in Health Economics at the University of Dhaka. Experience includes research support as a Research Trainee at MKCRD, health-economics work at Hi-Care General Hospital, and community health outreach. The research covers health equity, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases and metabolic syndrome, healthcare access and climate-related health risks, with published work on the life-course exposome and on homelessness, mental health and inclusion health in Dhaka.
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Homelessness contributes to poor mental health, lack of social supports and lack of connection to health services. This is a significant problem of inclusion in health services, and little is known about the pathways taken by adults who are living in homelessness in Dhaka through health services, or why many drop-out of services. This study looked at trends in mental health service use, emergency/crisis-service use, referral completion and continuity of care, as well as experiences that influenc

Changes in maternal and child health due to climate conditions frequently are cascading events. The impact of these factors may be cumulative, starting at pregnancy, through early childhood. This study compared these sequences of exposure and investigated if continuous care decreased the impact of these exposures. Explanatory sequential mixed methods design was followed in three districts of Bangladesh which were at risk due to climate change. A total of 480 pregnant women were included in the q

There can be national improvements in maternal health services while there is inequality in service provision. The aim of this study was to investigate the reported ethnic disparities in the period 2019–2025 in Bangladesh and to evaluate the performance of district-level Random Forest model in predicting institutional delivery coverage over simpler statistical models. The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey tables were published with nine indicators for reproductive and maternal health for the Ben
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| Research title | Target venue | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic and Geographical Inequalities in Maternal Healthcare Coverage in Bangladesh in a Repeated Cross-Sectional and Ecological Study Mahir Al Asif Masrur | N/A | 2026 | Submitted |
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David, London
University of Dhaka
Bir Shreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College, Dhaka
GPA 4.58
Ramganj High School, Lakshmipur
GPA 5.00
MKCRD, Bangladesh
Literature review, data collection, research documentation, evidence synthesis and report preparation for public health studies.
Youth For Rural Health
Rural health-awareness campaigns, community engagement and health promotion.
Hi-Care General Hospital Ltd., Dhaka
Healthcare administration and resource-utilisation work, cost-effectiveness activities, infection-control monitoring, clinical audits and quality improvement.
Clinical, behavioural, socioeconomic and health-system barriers to metabolic syndrome management, including adherence, affordability, access and continuity of care.
Social and structural determinants of health inequity among minority and underserved communities, with emphasis on access barriers and policy responses.
2024
Opinion article on Bangladesh’s patient-referral system, underuse of primary care and pressure on tertiary hospitals.
Research design, literature review, mixed methods, health economics, cost-effectiveness, health-system analysis, STATA, BDHS and Labour Force Survey data
Bengali (native); English (fluent)
2023
2019