Saifuddin Ahmed – Research Output — Johns Hopkins University

2018

Can facility delivery reduce the risk of intrapartum complications-related perinatal mortality? Findings from a cohort study

Projahnmo Study Group in Bangladesh Jun 1 2018 In : Journal of global health. 8, 1, 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Perinatal Mortality

Health Facilities

Cohort Studies

Odds Ratio

Confidence Intervals

Impact of integrating a postpartum family planning program into a community-based maternal and newborn health program on birth spacing and preterm birth in rural Bangladesh

Projahnmo Study Group in Bangladesh Dec 1 2018 In : Journal of global health. 8, 2, 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Birth Intervals

Bangladesh

Premature Birth

Family Planning Services

Postpartum Period

Severe Maternal Morbidity at Delivery and Risk of Hospital Encounters Within 6 Weeks and 1 Year Postpartum

Harvey, E. M., Ahmed, S., Manning, S. E., Diop, H., Argani, C. & Strobino, D. M. Feb 1 2018 In : Journal of Women's Health. 27, 2, p. 140-147 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Postpartum Period

Mothers

Morbidity

Confidence Intervals

Preexisting Condition Coverage

2017

An integrated nutrition and health program package on IYCN improves breastfeeding but not complementary feeding and nutritional status in rural northern India: A quasi-experimental randomized longitudinal study

Singh, V., Ahmed, S., Dreyfuss, M. L., Kiran, U., Chaudhery, D. N., Srivastava, V. K., Ahuja, R. C., Baqui, A. H., Darmstadt, G. L., Santosham, M. & West, K. P. 2017 In : PloS one. 12, 9, p. e0185030

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

breast feeding

Nutrition

longitudinal studies

Breast Feeding

Antepartum complications and perinatal mortality in rural Bangladesh

Khanam, R., Ahmed, S., Creanga, A. A., Begum, N., Koffi, A. K., Mahmud, A., Rosen, H., Baqui, A. H. & for the Projahnmo Study Group in Bangladesh Mar 7 2017 In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17, 1, 81

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bangladesh

Perinatal Mortality

Stillbirth

Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

Incidence

Ending fistula within a generation: Making the dream a reality

Anastasi, E., Romanzi, L., Ahmed, S., Knuttson, A. T., Ojengbede, O. & Grant, K. 2017 (Accepted/In press) In : The Lancet Global Health.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Fistula

Health surveys using mobile phones in developing countries: Automated active strata monitoring and other statistical considerations for improving precision and reducing biases

Labrique, A., Blynn, E., Ahmed, S., Gibson, D., Pariyo, G. & Hyder, A. A. May 1 2017 In : Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19, 5, e121

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Cell Phones

Health Surveys

Developing Countries

Ownership

Population

Non-governmental organization facilitation of a community-based nutrition and health program: Effect on program exposure and associated infant feeding practices in rural India

Singh, V., Ahmed, S., Dreyfuss, M. L., Kiran, U., Chaudhery, D. N., Srivastava, V. K., Ahuja, R. C., Baqui, A. H., Darmstadt, G. L., Santosham, M. & West, K. P. Sep 1 2017 In : PLoS ONE. 12, 9, e0183316

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

infant feeding

nongovernmental organizations

Nutrition

Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

India

Paying for Sex by Young Men Who Live on the Streets in Dhaka City: Compounded Sexual Risk in a Vulnerable Migrant Community

McClair, T. L., Hossain, T., Sultana, N., Burnett-Zieman, B., Yam, E. A., Hossain, S., Yasmin, R., Sadiq, N., Decker, M. R. & Ahmed, S. Feb 1 2017 In : Journal of Adolescent Health. 60, 2, p. S29-S34

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reproductive Health

Sexual Behavior

Odds Ratio

HIV

Risk factors for prevalent hepatitis C virusinfection among inmates in a state prison system in Mexico

Belaunzarán-Zamudio, P. F., Mosqueda-Gomez, J. L., Macias-Hernandez, A., Sierra-Madero, J. G., Ahmed, S. & Beyrer, C. Jun 1 2017 In : PLoS ONE. 12, 6, e0179931

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

correctional institutions

Prisons

hepatitis C

Hepatitis C

Mexico

The health of Saudi older adults; results from the Saudi National Survey for Elderly Health (SNSEH) 2006-2015

Khoja, A. T., Aljawadi, M. H., Al-Shammari, S. A., Mohamed, A. G., Al-Manaa, H. A., Morlock, L., Ahmed, S. & Khoja, T. A. M. Jan 1 2017 (Accepted/In press) In : Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Health Surveys

Health

Arthralgia

Health Policy

Hypoglycemic Agents

Underreporting of high-risk water and sanitation practices undermines progress on global targets

Vedachalam, S. , MacDonald, L. H. , Shiferaw, S. , Seme, A. , Schwab, K. J. , Guiella, G. , Zan, L. M. , Anglewicz, P. , Bertrand, J. , Kayembe, P. , Otupiri, E. , Kirlan, S. , Prihyugiarto, T. Y. , Wilopo, S. , Ansariadi, , Lubis, N. L. , Habi, O. , Oumarou, S. , Omuluabi, E. , OlaOlorun, F. & 8 others Makumbi, F., Kibira, S. P. S., Radloff, S., Tsui, A., Ahmed, S., Olson, H., Zimmerman, L. & PMA2020 investigators May 1 2017 In : PLoS ONE. 12, 5, e0176272

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sanitation

sanitation

Defecation

Water

defecation

Who are more responsive? Mixed-methods comparison of public and private sector physicians in rural Bangladesh

Joarder, T., George, A., Sarker, M., Ahmed, S. & Peters, D. H. Jan 1 2017 In : Health Policy and Planning. 32, p. iii14-iii24

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Private Sector

Bangladesh

Public Sector

Physicians

Referral and Consultation

2016

Double burden of tragedy: Stillbirth and obstetric fistula

Ahmed, S., Anastasi, E. & Laski, L. Feb 1 2016 In : The Lancet Global Health. 4, 2, p. e80-e82

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vaginal Fistula

Obstetric Labor Complications

Stillbirth

Obstetrics

Fistula

Effect of community-based newborn care on cause-specific neonatal mortality in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: Findings of a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Baqui, A. H., Williams, E., El-Arifeen, S., Applegate, J. A., Mannan, I., Begum, N., Rahman, S. M., Ahmed, S., Black, R. E. & Darmstadt, G. L. Jan 1 2016 In : Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 36, 1, p. 71-76 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bangladesh

Infant Mortality

Randomized Controlled Trials

Newborn Infant

Cause of Death

Effect of Patient Navigation on Breast Cancer Screening Among African American Medicare Beneficiaries: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Marshall, J. K., Mbah, O. M., Ford, J. G., Phelan-Emrick, D., Ahmed, S., Bone, L., Wenzel, J., Shapiro, G. R., Howerton, M., Johnson, L., Brown, Q., Ewing, A. & Pollack, C. E. Jan 1 2016 In : Journal of General Internal Medicine. 31, 1, p. 68-76 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Patient Navigation

Mammography

Medicare

Early Detection of Cancer

African Americans

Life Expectancy in 2040: What Do Clinical Experts Expect?

Canudas-Romo, V., DuGoff, E., Wu, A. W., Ahmed, S. & Anderson, G. Jun 20 2016 (Accepted/In press) In : North American Actuarial Journal. p. 1-10 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Life Expectancy

Public Health

Life Table

Expert Opinion

Mortality Rate

Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Attained Size among Children in the First 2 Years of Life

Strobino, D. M., Ahmed, S., Mistry, K., Wasserman, E., Hossain, M. B. & Minkovitz, C. Jan 1 2016 In : Academic Pediatrics. 16, 1, p. 75-81 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Mothers

Depression

Parents

Growth Charts

Weights and Measures

Patterns and determinants of care-seeking for antepartum and intrapartum complications in rural Bangladesh: Results from a cohort study

Khanam, R., Creanga, A. A., Koffi, A. K., Mitra, D. K., Mahmud, A., Begum, N., Moin, S. M. I., Ram, M., Quaiyum, M. A., Ahmed, S., Saha, S. K. & Baqui, A. H. Dec 1 2016 In : PLoS One. 11, 12, 0167814

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bangladesh

cohort studies

Cohort Studies

Health

Aptitude

The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Bartlett, L. A., LeFevre, A. E., Mir, F., Soofi, S., Arif, S., Mitra, D. K., Quaiyum, M. A., Shakoor, S., Islam, M. S., Connor, N. E., Winch, P. J., Reller, M. E., Shah, R., El Arifeen, S., Baqui, A. H., Bhutta, Z. A., Zaidi, A., Saha, S. & Ahmed, S. A. Feb 25 2016 In : Reproductive Health. 13, 1, 124

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Postpartum Period

Sepsis

Mothers

2015

Association between women's empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Na, M., Jennings, L., Talegawkar, S. A. & Ahmed, S. Feb 15 2015 In : Public Health Nutrition. 18, 17, p. 3155-3165 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Africa South of the Sahara

Demography

Sierra Leone

Rwanda

Mali

Burden of obstetric fistula: From measurement to action

Ahmed, S. & Tunçalp, Ö. May 1 2015 In : The Lancet Global Health. 3, 5, p. e243-e244

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vaginal Fistula

Obstetrics

Fistula

Concordance of obesity classification between body mass index and percent body fat among school children in Saudi Arabia

Al-Mohaimeed, A., Ahmed, S., Dandash, K., Ismail, M. S. & Saquib, N. Mar 5 2015 In : BMC Pediatrics. 15, 1, 16

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Saudi Arabia

Adipose Tissue

Body Mass Index

Obesity

Pediatric Obesity

Effect of patient navigation on colorectal cancer screening in a community-based randomized controlled trial of urban African American adults

Horne, H. N., Phelan-Emrick, D. F., Pollack, C. E., Markakis, D., Wenzel, J., Ahmed, S., Garza, M. A., Shapiro, G. R., Bone, L. R., Johnson, L. B. & Ford, J. G. 2015 In : Cancer Causes and Control. 26, 2, p. 239-246 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Patient Navigation

Early Detection of Cancer

African Americans

Colorectal Neoplasms

Randomized Controlled Trials

Gender-based violence against adolescent and young adult women in low- and middle-income countries

Decker, M. R., Latimore, A. D., Yasutake, S., Haviland, M., Ahmed, S., Blum, R. W., Sonenstein, F. & Astone, N. M. Feb 1 2015 In : Journal of Adolescent Health. 56, 2, p. 188-196 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Violence

Young Adult

Meta-Analysis

Southern Africa

Eastern Africa

Impact of family planning programs in reducing high-risk births due to younger and older maternal age, short birth intervals, and high parity

Brown, W., Ahmed, S., Roche, N., Sonneveldt, E. & Darmstadt, G. L. 2015 In : Seminars in Perinatology. 39, 5, p. 338-344 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Birth Intervals

Maternal Age

Family Planning Services

Infant Mortality

Parity

Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: Approaches, needs and recommendations

Tunçalp, Ö., Tripathi, V., Landry, E., Stanton, C. K. & Ahmed, S. 2015 In : Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 93, 1, p. 60-62 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vaginal Fistula

disease prevalence

womens health

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

disease incidence

Multiple sexual partnerships among female adolescents in rural Uganda: The effects of family structure and school attendance

Pilgrim, N. A., Ahmed, S., Gray, R. H., Sekasanvu, J., Lutalo, T., Nalugoda, F., Serwadda, D. & Wawer, M. J. Aug 1 2015 In : International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 27, 3, p. 319-328 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Uganda

Sexual Partners

HIV

Africa South of the Sahara

Risk-Taking

The childhood sexual abuse among youth in three asian cities: Taipei, shanghai, and hanoi

Li, N., Zabin, L. S. & Ahmed, S. Mar 4 2015 In : Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 27, 2, p. NP1566-NP1577

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sex Offenses

Logistic Models

Mothers

Fathers

Prospective Studies

The Effect of Integrating Family Planning with a Maternal and Newborn Health Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Optimal Birth Spacing in Rural Bangladesh

Ahmed, S., Ahmed, S., Mckaig, C., Begum, N., Mungia, J., Norton, M. & Baqui, A. H. Sep 1 2015 In : Studies in Family Planning. 46, 3, p. 297-312 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Postnatal Care

Birth Intervals

Bangladesh

Family Planning Services

Contraceptive Agents

2014

Caregiver behavior change for child survival and development in low-and middle-income countries: An examination of the evidence

Elder, J. P., Pequegnat, W., Ahmed, S., Bachman, G., Bullock, M., Carlo, W. A., Chandra-Mouli, V., Fox, N. A., Harkness, S., Huebner, G., Lombardi, J., Murry, V. M., Moran, A., Norton, M., Mulik, J., Parks, W., Raikes, H. H., Smyser, J., Sugg, C. & Sweat, M. May 13 2014 In : Journal of Health Communication. 19, p. 25-66 42 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Child Development

Caregivers

caregiver

income

examination

Challenges of achieving and tracking MDG 5

Ahmed, S. Oct 11 2014 In : The Lancet. 384, 9951, p. 1329-1331 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Maternal Mortality

Does a wife's education influence spousal agreement on approval of family planning? Random-effects modeling using data from two West African countries

Hossain, M., Ahmed, S. & Rogers, L. 2014 In : Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 25, 2, p. 562-576 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Family Planning Services

Spouses

Education

Niger

Senegal

Do Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems benefit local populations? Maternal care utilisation in Butajira HDSS, Ethiopia

Afework, M. F. A., Gebregiorgis, S. H. A., Roro, M. A. S., Lemma, A. M. E. & Ahmed, S. 2014 In : Global Health Action. 7, p. 24228 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Ethiopia

Mothers

Demography

Health

Population

Early maternal depressive symptoms and child growth trajectories: A longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative US birth cohort

Surkan, P. J., Ettinger, A. K., Hock, R. S., Ahmed, S., Strobino, D. M. & Minkovitz, C. S. Jul 21 2014 In : BMC Pediatrics. 14, 1, 185

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Mothers

Parturition

Depression

Growth

Postpartum Period

Effect of an innovative community based health program on maternal health service utilization in north and south central Ethiopia: A community based cross sectional study

Afework, M. F., Admassu, K., Mekonnen, A., Hagos, S., Asegid, M. & Ahmed, S. Apr 4 2014 In : Reproductive Health. 11, 1, 28

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Maternal Health Services

Ethiopia

Health Facilities

Cross-Sectional Studies

Health

Family structure effects on early sexual debut among adolescent girls in Rakai, Uganda

Pilgrim, N. A., Ahmed, S., Gray, R. H., Sekasanvu, J., Lutalo, T., Nalugoda, F., Serwadda, D. & Wawer, M. J. 2014 In : Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 9, 3, p. 193-205 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Uganda

family structure

adolescent

Sexual Behavior

parents

Mechanism for prevention of infection in preterm neonates by topical emollients: A randomized, controlled clinical trial

Darmstadt, G. L., Ahmed, S., Ahmed, A. S. M. N. U. & Saha, S. K. 2014 In : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33, 11, p. 1124-1127 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Emollients

Randomized Controlled Trials

Newborn Infant

Premature Infants

Skin

Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy by eliminating maternal mortality: A demographic bonus of achieving MDG 5

Canudas-Romo, V., Liu, L., Zimmerman, L., Ahmed, S. & Tsui, A. Feb 13 2014 In : PLoS One. 9, 2, e86694

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Maternal Mortality

Life Expectancy

demographic statistics

Demography

Life Tables

Utilization of institutional delivery service at Wukro and Butajera districts in the Northern and South Central Ethiopia

Hagos, S., Shaweno, D., Assegid, M., Mekonnen, A., Afework, M. F. & Ahmed, S. May 28 2014 In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14, 1, 178

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Ethiopia

Health Facilities

Maternal Mortality

Decision Making

Education

Women's empowerment and male involvement in antenatal care: Analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in selected African countries

Jennings, L., Na, M., Cherewick, M., Hindin, M., Mullany, B. & Ahmed, S. 2014 In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14, 1, 297

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Prenatal Care

Demography

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Economics

2013

Operations research to add postpartum family planning to maternal and neonatal health to improve birth spacing in Sylhet District, Bangladesh

Ahmed, S., Norton, M., Williams, E., Ahmed, S., Shah, R., Begum, N., Mungia, J., LeFevre, A., Al-Kabir, A., Winch, P. J., McKaig, C. & Baqui, A. H. Aug 1 2013 In : Global Health Science and Practice. 1, 2, p. 262-276 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Operations Research

Birth Intervals

Bangladesh

Family Planning Services

Postpartum Period

Sexual Coercion Among Adolescent Women in Rakai, Uganda: Does Family Structure Matter?

Pilgrim, N. A., Ahmed, S., Gray, R. H., Sekasanvu, J., Lutalo, T., Nalugoda, F. K., Serwadda, D. & Wawer, M. J. Apr 2013 In : Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 28, 6, p. 1289-1313 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Coercion

Uganda

Mothers

Confidence Intervals

Fathers

2012

Association between childhood sexual abuse and adverse psychological outcomes among youth in Taipei

Li, N., Ahmed, S. & Zabin, L. S. Mar 2012 In : Journal of Adolescent Health. 50, 3 SUPPL.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Sex Offenses

Psychology

Suicidal Ideation

Parenting

Confidence Intervals

Effect of antenatal zinc supplementation on impetigo in infants in Bangladesh

Darmstadt, G. L., Osendarp, S. J. M., Ahmed, S., Feldman, C., Van Raaij, J. M. A., Baqui, A. H., Hautvast, J. G. A. J. & Fuchs, G. J. Apr 2012 In : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31, 4, p. 407-409 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Impetigo

Bangladesh

Zinc

Mothers

Placebos

Effect of depressive symptoms and social support on weight and CD4 count increase at HIV clinic in Ethiopia

Alemu, H., Haile Mariam, D., Tsui, A., Ahmed, S. & Shewamare, A. Jul 1 2012 In : AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. 24, 7, p. 866-876 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Ethiopia

CD4 Lymphocyte Count

Social Support

Weight Gain

social support

Effect of knowledge of community health workers on essential newborn health care: A study from rural India

Agrawal, P. K., Agrawal, S., Ahmed, S., Darmstadt, G. L., Williams, E. K., Rosen, H. E., Kumar, V., Kiran, U., Ahuja, R. C., Srivastava, V. K., Santosham, M., Black, R. E. & Baqui, A. H. Mar 2012 In : Health Policy and Planning. 27, 2, p. 115-126 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Nurse Midwives

India

Delivery of Health Care

Odds Ratio

Confidence Intervals