Researcher biography
Tahmina is a medical graduate with a Master’s in Public Health. She received her doctoral award from the University of Queensland in July 2022. Her PhD research project was on Caesarean section birth and its impact on maternal and offspring health in Australia. Prior to joining her PhD program, she had fourteen years of experience in obstetric patient management and implementation research in maternal and child health care in Bangladesh. She is a mixed method researcher with a major research interest in quality of health care improvement, non-communicable diseases prevention, management of health information system, and improving access to health services for the refugee and underprivileged population. She has gained some skills in meta-analysis, group-based trajectory modelling and longitudinal data management with published papers in peer reviewed journals. Research to policy communication is her prime focus and she’s had the privilege to serve on national technical advisory committees on quality of health care improvement in Bangladesh and in an international technical advisory group on the private sector in Health.
Journal Articles
Steinmetz, Jaimie D, Seeher, Katrin Maria, Schiess, Nicoline, Nichols, Emma, Cao, Bochen, Servili, Chiara, Cavallera, Vanessa, Cousin, Ewerton, Hagins, Hailey, Moberg, Madeline E, Mehlman, Max L, Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis, Abbas, Jaffar, Abbasi, Madineh Akram, Abbasian, Mohammadreza, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abdelmasseh, Michael, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abdollahi, Mozhan, Abdollahifar, Mohammad-Amin, Abd-Rabu, Rami, Abdulah, Deldar Morad, Abdullahi, Auwal, Abedi, Aidin, Abedi, Vida, Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel, Abidi, Hassan, Abiodun, Olumide, Aboagye, Richard Gyan ... Dua, Tarun (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology, 23 (4), 344-381. doi: 10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00038-3
GBD 2021 Fertility and Forecasting Collaborators, Anderlini, D., Begum, T., Chung, E., Huda, M., Kanmiki, E., Maravilla, J. C., Khan, A., Moni, M., Lalloo, R., McGrath, J. J. and Mamun, Abdullah (2024). Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403 (10440), 2057-2099. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00550-6
Walker, Clara, Begum, Tahmina, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Ward, James and Barzi, Federica (2024). Preconception health of Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (3) 345, 1-39. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21030345
GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators, Begum, Tahmina, Kanmiki, E., Maravilla, J. C., Khan, A., Moni, M., Lalloo, R., McGrath, J. J., Veerman, L. J. and Mamun, A. A. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950-2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403 (10440), 1989-2056. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8
Oguoma, V.M., Mathew, S., Begum, T., Dyson, E., Ward, J., Leach, A.J. and Barzi, F. (2023). Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Public Health, 225, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.010
Gardner, William M., Razo, Christian, McHugh, Theresa A., Hagins, Hailey, Vilchis-Tella, Victor M., Hennessy, Conor, Taylor, Heather Jean, Perumal, Nandita, Fuller, Kia, Cercy, Kelly M., Zoeckler, Leo Zucker, Chen, Catherine S., Lim, Stephen S., Aali, Amirali, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abd-Elsalam, Sherief, Abdurehman, Ame Mehadi, Abebe, Getachew, Abidi, Hassan, Aboagye, Richard Gyan, Abolhassani, Hassan, Aboye, Girma Beressa, Abtew, Yonas Derso, Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Adane, Denberu Eshetie, Adane, Tigist Demssew, Addo, Isaac Yeboah, Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun, Adeyinka, Daniel Adedayo ... GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators (2023). Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Haematology, 10 (9), e713-e734. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00160-6
Gadam, Sylistah, Pattinson, Cassandra L., Rossa, Kalina R., Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi, Moore, Jane, Begum, Tahmina, Gnani Srinivasan, Arvind and Smith, Simon S. (2023). Interventions to increase sleep duration in young people: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 70 101807, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101807
Begum, Tahmina, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2023). Epidemiology of Caesarean section on maternal request in Australia: a population-based study. Midwifery, 117 103578, 103578. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103578
Rahman, Aminur, Begum, Tahmina, Austin, Anne, Hasan, Md., Alam, Nurul, Anwar, Iqbal and Taneepanichskul, Surasak (2022). Can programmatic inputs improve adolescent mothers’ access to maternal care in rural Bangladesh? Nine years of evidence from a cohort study. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 41 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/s41043-022-00289-8
Biswas, Tuhin, Townsend, Nick, Huda, M. Mamun, Maravilla, Joemer, Begum, Tahmina, Pervin, Sonia, Ghosh, Arpita, Mahumud, Rashidul Alam, Islam, Shariful, Anwar, Novera, Rifhat, Rukaiya, Munir, Kerim, Gupta, Rajat Das, Renzaho, Andre M.N., Khusun, Helda, Wiradnyani, Luh Ade Ari, Radel, Tim, Baxter, Janeen, Rawal, Lal B., McIntyre, David, Mørkrid, Kjersti and Mamun, Abdullah (2022). Prevalence of multiple non-communicable diseases risk factors among adolescents in 140 countries: A population-based study. eClinicalMedicine, 52 101591, 101591. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101591
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Hasan, Md and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2022). Longitudinal association between caesarean section birth and cardio-vascular risk profiles among adolescents in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (6), 776-783. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13288
Shahunja, K M, Sly, Peter D., Begum, Tahmina, Biswas, Tuhin and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). Family, neighbourhood and psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Asthma, 59 (12), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2021.2018707
Rawal, Lal B., Kanda, Kie, Biswas, Tuhin, Tanim, Md. Imtiaz, Dahal, Padam Kanta, Islam, Md. Rajibul, Huda, Tarique Md. Nurul, Begum, Tahmina, Sahle, Berhe W., Renzaho, Andre M. N. and Anwar, Iqbal (2021). Health problems and utilization of health services among Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in Bangladesh. Global Health Research and Policy, 6 (1) 39, 39. doi: 10.1186/s41256-021-00223-1
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah A (2021). Temporal trends in between and within‐country inequalities in caesarean delivery in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a Bayesian analysis. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128 (12) 1471-0528.16744, 1928-1937. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16744
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Perales, Francisco, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). Associations of caesarean section with body mass and waist circumference trajectories from age 2 to 13 years: A nationally representative birth cohort study in Australia. Pediatric Obesity, 16 (7) e12769, e12769. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12769
Begum, Tahmina, Rahman, Aminur, Nomani, Dilruba, Mamun, Abdullah, Adams, Alayne, Islam, Shafiqul, Khair, Zara, Khair, Zareen and Anwar, Iqbal (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of detecting diabetic retinopathy by using digital fundus photographs in the peripheral health facilities of Bangladesh: validation study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7 (3) e23538, 1-13. doi: 10.2196/23538
Begum, Tahmina, Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M., Yaqoot, Fatima, Stekelenburg, Jelle, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Biswas, Tuhin, Doi, Suhail A. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2020). Global incidence of caesarean deliveries on maternal request: a systematic review and meta-regression. BJOG, 128 (5) 1471-0528.16491, 798-806. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16491
Begum, Tahmina, Khan, Shaan Muberra, Adamou, Bridgit, Ferdous, Jannatul, Parvez, Muhammad Masud, Islam, Mohammad Saiful, Kumkum, Feroza Akhter, Rahman, Aminur and Anwar, Iqbal (2020). Perceptions and experiences with district health information system software to collect and utilize health data in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1) 465, 465. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05322-2
Rahman, Aminur, Begum, Tahmina, Ashraf, Fatema, Akhter, Sadika, Ghosh, Tarun Kanti, Rahman, Monjur, Stekelenburg, Jelle, Das, Sumon Kumar, Fatima, Parveen, Anwar, Iqbal and Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul (2019). Feasibility and effectiveness of electronic vs. paper partograph on improving birth outcomes: a prospective crossover study design. PLoS ONE, 14 (10) e0222314, e0222314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222314
Begum, Tahmina, Nababan, Herfina, Rahman, Aminur, Islam, Md Rajibul, Adams, Alayne and Anwar, Iqbal (2019). Monitoring caesarean births using the Robson ten group classification system: a cross-sectional survey of private for-profit facilities in urban Bangladesh. PLOS ONE, 14 (8) e0220693, e0220693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220693
Begum, Tahmina, Ellis, Cathryn, Sarker, Malabika, Rostoker, Jean-Francois, Rahman, Aminur, Anwar, Iqbal and Reichenbach, Laura (2018). A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 (1) 368, 368. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9
Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam, Billah, Sk Masum, Mannan, Ishtiaq, Mannan, Imteaz Ibne, Begum, Tahmina, Khan, Marufa Aziz, Islam, Munia, Ahasan, S. M. Monirul, Rahman, Jebun Nessa, George, Joby, El Arifeen, Shams, Meena, Umme Salma Jahan, Rashid, Iftekhar and de Graft-Johnson, Joseph (2018). A cross-sectional study of partograph utilization as a decision making tool for referral of abnormal labour in primary health care facilities of Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 13 (9) e0203617, e0203617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203617
Begum, Tahmina, Rahman, Aminur, Nababan, Herfina, Hoque, Dewan Md. Emdadul, Khan, Al Fazal, Ali, Taslim and Anwar, Iqbal (2017). Indications and determinants of caesarean section delivery: evidence from a population-based study in Matlab, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 12 (11) e0188074, e0188074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188074
Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, Iqbal, Afrin, Hoque, D. M. Emdadul, Moinuddin, Md., Bin Zaman, Sojib, Rahman, Qazi Sadeq-ur, Begum, Tahmina, Chowdhury, Atique Iqbal, Haider, Rafiqul, El Arifeen, Shams, Kissoon, Niranjan and Larson, Charles P. (2017). Managing neonatal and early childhood syndromic sepsis in sub-district hospitals in resource poor settings: improvement in quality of care through introduction of a package of interventions in rural Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 12 (1) e0170267, e0170267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170267
Rahman, Aminur, Nisha, Monjura Khatun, Begum, Tahmina, Ahmed, Sayem, Alam, Nurul and Anwar, Iqbal (2017). Trends, determinants and inequities of 4+ ANC utilisation in Bangladesh. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 36 (1) 2. doi: 10.1186/s41043-016-0078-5
Conference Papers
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Trends in Caesarean section rate, indications, and perinatal outcomes in Queensland, Australia from 2008 To 2017: a population-based study using Robson ten group classification system. PSANZ 2023, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 -8 March 2023.
Gadam, S., Pattinson, C., Soleimanloo, S., Rossa, K., Moore, J., Begum, T., Srinivasan, A. and Smith, S. (2021). P039 Interventions used to increase sleep duration in young people: a systematic review. 2021 Australasian Sleep Association Abstracts, Virtual, 10-13 October 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.087
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). The effect of caesarean birth on childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectories in Australia. World Congress of Epidemiology, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 7-9 September 2021.
Anwar, Iqbal, Begum, Tahmina, Adams, Alayne, Akter, Sadika and Ahmed, Naseem (2018). Participatory quality improvement initiatives in the urban for-profit private sector: lessons from Bangladesh and prospects for enhancing UHC in LMICs. 5th Global Health System Research Symposium , Liverpool, United Kingdom, October 2018.
Begum, Tahmina, Rahman, Aminur, Nomani, Dilruba, Adams, Alayne and Anwar, Iqbal (2018). An Operations research for testing diagnostic accuracy of early detection and referral of diabetic retinopathy using task shifting approach in peripheral government hospitals in Bangladesh. 5th HSR symposium, Liverpool, United Kingdom, October 2018.
Anwar, I., Begum, T., Rahman, A., Nababan, H. and Islam, R. (2016). Quality of Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) care in for profit private sectors in urban Bangladesh. 9th European Public Health Conference All for Health, Health for All, Vienna, Austria, 9-12 November 2016. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Begum, Tahmina, Adams, Alayne, Rahman, Aminur and Anwar, Iqbal (2016). Assessing caesarean indications and determinants to contribute to health system efficiency through improved quality of delivery care in Rural Bangladesh. 4th Health System Research , Vancouver, Canada, November 2016.
Begum, Tahmina, Nababan, Herfina, Rahman, Aminur, Islam, Md Rajibul, Adams, Alayne and Anwar, Iqbal (2015). Monitoring Caesarean indication in private for-profit health facilities in urban Bangladesh. Third International Conference on Global Public Health , Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2015.
Research Report
Maurer, Di, Williamson, Daniel, Stanley, Lucy, Suleman, Abdulla, Ward, James, Barzi, Federica, Begum, Tahmina, Oguoma, Victor and Dyson, Edwin (2024). Queensland First Nations Peoples Burden of Disease Report 2018. 3 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: State of Queensland (Queensland Health), 2024.
Thesis
Begum, Tahmina (2022). Caesarean birth and its impact on maternal and offspring health in Australia: a life course perspective. PhD Thesis, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/2f1b775