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Abdul Jabbar

Deputy Project Coordinator

CGSRHR

Short Biography

Abdul Jabbar is a Deputy Project Coordinator at the BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, with nine years of experience. He specializes in field coordination, qualitative research, and project management, with a strong background in mass communication, training, and creative writing. Since 2022, he has been coordinating a research project titled 'The Adolescent Menstrual Experience and Health Cohort Study in Bangladesh (AMEHC)'.

Previously, he coordinated a nationwide survey on male youth SRHR in 2019-2020 and worked on a project using psychodrama as an educational intervention to reduce risky masculine behavior among young men in urban slum in Dhaka from 2016-2017. In addition to this, he has also worked as a coordinator and researcher on various research projects focusing on topics such as SRHR of early married girls, SRHR in humanitarian settings and host communities, COVID-19, Deworming, and NCDs.

Back in 2015, he worked as a Research Assistant at the BRAC Urban Development Program for one year. He visited 100+ slums and prepared a demographic profile of the slums in different cities in Bangladesh.

He is also a theater activist. He has designed and led various theatrical sessions on topics such as SRHR, gender, adolescent capacity building, and raising awareness among youth.

He believes in a society with equity.

MPH Modules Conducted

Current Projects

  • The Adolescent Menstrual Experience and Health Cohort Study in Bangladesh (AMEHC)

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Understanding fatherhood and its implications on the lives of male youth in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide mixed methods sexual and reproductive health study
    Authors: Sameen Naser,Abdul Jabbar,Syed Hassan Imtiaz,Subas Biswas,Mahmodul Hasan Shesheir,Sabina Faiz Rashid,Farzana Misha
    DOI/URL: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003299
    Published on: 2025-03-31
  • Menstrual Practice Needs Scale short form (MPNS-SF) and rapid (MPNS-R): development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda
    Authors: Julie Hennegan, Md Tanvir Hasan, Tasfiyah Jalil, Erin C Hunter, Alexandra Head; Abdul Jabbar, Arifa Bente Mohosin, Nigar Sultana Zoha, Muhammad Khairul Alam, Laura Dunstan
    DOI/URL: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084581
    Published on: 2024-05-28
  • Protocol for the Adolescent Menstrual Experiences and Health Cohort (AMEHC) Study in Khulna, Bangladesh: A Prospective cohort to quantify the influence of menstrual health on adolescent girls’ health and education outcomes.
    Authors: Julie Hennegan; Md Tanvir Hasan; Abdul Jabbar; Tasfiyah Jalil; Elissa Kennedy; Erin Hunter; Adrita Kaiser; Sabina Akter; Afreen Zaman; Mahfuj-ur Rahman
    DOI/URL: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079451
    Published on: 2024-04-10
  • Livelihood Challenges of Single Female Household Heads in the Rohingya and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Authors: Sameen Nasar; A.S.M. Nadim; Saifa Raz; Abdul Jabbar; Muhammad Riaz Hossain; Bachera Aktar; M Shafiqur Rahman; Sabina Faiz Rashid; Abdul Jabbar
    DOI/URL: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2304763/v1
    Published on: 2023-10-24
  • An assessment of gender vulnerability in the humanitarian crisis in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Developing a gender-based vulnerability index in the Rohingya and Host community contexts
    Authors: Sameen Nasar, Saifa Raz, Ateeb Ahmad Parray, Muhammad Riaz Hossain, Rafia Sultana, A.S.M. Nadim, Abdul Jabbar, Bachera Aktar, Sabina Faiz Rashid, M Shafiqur Rahman
    DOI/URL: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103246
    Published on: 2022-10-15
  • Methodological Challenges in Conducting Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Among Young Males in Bangladesh: Reflections From a Nationwide Mixed Methods Study
    Authors: Subas Biswas, Sameen Nasar, Nahela Nowshin, Syed H. Imtiaz, Mohammad R. Hossain, Abdul Jabbar, A. S. M. Nadim, Mohammad Rokibul Islam, Farzana Misha, and Sabina Faiz Rashid
    DOI/URL: 10.1177/16094069221120341
    Published on: 2022-08-15
  • ‘I Left My Old Self in the Training Session and Came Back With a New One’: Positive Behavioural Changes Among Young Male Participants of Psychodrama Intervention Living in an Urban Slum in Bangladesh
    Authors: Rukhshan Fahmi, Mrittika Barua, Ashfique Rizwan, Arifur Rahman, Easir Aarafat, Abdul Jabbar, Atonu Rabbani, and Malabika Sarker
    DOI/URL: 10.1177/10608265221130510
    Published on: 2022-09-09

Handbooks & Book Chapters

Shat Bhai Chompa: A sociodrama in an urban slum of Dhaka City
  • Book: The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance
  • Publisher: Routledge
30-12-2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003088042
 Ashfique Rizwan, Rukhshan Fahmi, Ahmed Tushar, Abdul Jabbar, Arifur Rahman, Easir Aarafat, Atonu Rabbani, and Malabika Sarker

Links

abdul.jabbar@bracu.ac.bd

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Research Focus

Adolescent's mental health Parenting SRHR Migration and Health Adolescent Health Education Gender Integrate arts and culture into public health

Total Citations

33

Education

  • Master of Social Sciences, Jahangirnagar University
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences, Jahangirnagar University