@article{asuaje_lee_nusrat_andres_rivera_connaughton-espino_janampa_leprevost_2025, title={Self-Reported Pesticide Application, Access to Pesticide Labels, and QR Code Use Among Agricultural H-2A Workers, North Carolina, 2024}, volume={2}, ISSN={["1097-0274"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23712}, DOI={10.1002/ajim.23712}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Background Despite the composition of the United States' agricultural workforce and the sector's reliance on Spanish‐speaking migrant labor, pesticide labels are largely available in English only. Currently, federal regulators are considering strategies to provide pesticide label information access in Spanish via a QR code or through other electronic methods on the pesticide container. Data on access to labels and the use of QR codes among agricultural workers are limited. We provide policy‐relevant findings from surveys collected at a large agricultural worker H‐2A visa arrival hub. Methods In April and May 2024, we verbally administered Spanish‐language, in‐person surveys in North Carolina ( n = 160). We asked questions about pesticide use, access to labels, and QR code use as well as age, gender, and seasons worked in the United States. Results Descriptive analyses revealed approximately 60% of workers had not used a QR code. Among participants who had used pesticides and worked for two or more seasons (42%), approximately 30% reported not having access to the label on the container. Conclusion The survey findings show QR‐code‐based pesticide labels will reach a subset of workers, but substantial gaps will remain.}, journal={AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE}, author={Asuaje, Cesar and Lee, Joseph G. L. and Nusrat, Nowrin and Andres, Lilibeth and Rivera, Natalie D. and Connaughton-Espino, Tania and Janampa, Paul and Leprevost, Catherine E.}, year={2025}, month={Feb} }
 @article{ahmed_hossain_banik_sayeed_sajib_hasan_hoque_hasan_raghuyamshi_zaman_et al._2024, title={Measuring the effectiveness of an integrated intervention package to improve the level of infection prevention and control: a multi-centre study in Bangladesh}, volume={145}, ISSN={["1532-2939"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jhin.2023.11.023}, abstractNote={Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a critical component of delivering safe, effective, and high-quality healthcare services and eliminating avoidable healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in health facilities, predominantly in population-dense settings like Bangladesh. Our study aimed to assess the effect of an integrated intervention package in improving the IPC level of the health facilities of Bangladesh. We conducted a pre-post intervention study in six District Hospitals (DHs) and 13 Upazila Health Complexes (UHCs) in the six districts of Bangladesh. Baseline and endline assessments were conducted between March and December 2021 using the adapted World Health Organization Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (WHO-IPCAF) tool. The IPCAF score, ranging from 0-800, was calculated by adding the scores of eight components, and the IPC promotion and practice level was categorised as Inadequate (0-200), Basic (201-400), Intermediate (401-600), and Advanced (601-800). The integrated intervention package including IPC committee formation, healthcare providers training, logistics provision, necessary guidelines distribution, triage/flu corners establishment, and infrastructure development was implemented in all the facilities. The average IPCAF score across all the facilities showed a significant increase from 16% (95% CI:11.5-20.65%) to 54% (95% CI: 51.4-57.1%). Overall, the IPCAF score increased by 34 percent points (p-value<0.001) in DHs and 40 percent points (p-value<0.001) in UHCs. Following the intervention, 12 (3 DHs, 9UHCs) out of 19 facilities progressed from inadequate to intermediate, and another three DHs upgraded from basic to intermediate in terms of IPC level. The integrated intervention package improved IPCAF score in all facilities.}, journal={JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION}, author={Ahmed, A. and Hossain, L. and Banik, G. and Sayeed, A. and Sajib, M. R. U. -Z. and Hasan, M. M. and Hoque, D. E. and Hasan, A. S. M. and Raghuyamshi, V. and Zaman, Shamsuz and et al.}, year={2024}, month={Mar}, pages={22–33} }
 @article{huq_ahmed_islam_rahman_hanson_sayeed_nusrat_mazumder_rasul_turza_et al._2023, title={Community-based integrated intervention for skilled maternal health care utilization in riverine remote areas, Bangladesh}, volume={37}, ISSN={["1877-5764"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100892}, abstractNote={Despite the decrease in maternal mortality ratio, many women in Bangladesh are still at high-risk of death due to pregnancy-related morbidities. Increasing the rate of skilled maternal healthcare service utilization is effective to reduce maternal mortality rate. This paper examines the intervention effect of an integrated community-based maternal healthcare project implemented by a non-government organization, Friendship, aiming to provide maternal health services to women living in the remote riverine regions of Bangladesh. We examined the skilled maternal healthcare service utilization before and after project implementation of the mothers with birth experience of 0–6 months from the intervention (N = 1,304) and comparison areas (N = 1,304). A difference-in-differences logistic model measured the effect of the intervention. After the intervention, mothers were three times more likely to receive ≥ 4 ANC visits from skilled providers (AOR: 2.9; 95 % CI: 2.1–4.2), 1.5 times more likely to have skilled birth attendants during deliveries (AOR: 1.5; 95 % CI: 1.1–2.1) and 1.5 times more likely to seek at least one PNC within 42 days after delivery (AOR: 1.5; 95 % CI: 1.1–2.2) as compared to the comparison group. The intervention showed positive effect on improving the ANC coverage, skilled delivery, and PNC among the mothers residing the remote riverine areas. Therefore, it opens up the opportunity for adaptation of such integrated community and facility-based interventions by other LMICs.}, journal={SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE}, author={Huq, Nafisa Lira and Ahmed, Anisuddin and Islam, Tanjeena Tahrin and Rahman, Fariya and Hanson, Molly and Sayeed, Abu and Nusrat, Nowrin and Mazumder, Tapas and Rasul, Kazi Golam and Turza, Mahbubur Rahman and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Sep} }