Building Capacity in Crisis: Evaluating a Health Assistant Training Program for Young Rohingya Refugee Women
This research underscores the program's impact on improving healthcare access, enhancing women's empowerment, and promoting community resilience. By situating this initiative within the broader context of refugee health, education, and capacity-building, this research highlights the HAT program's potential as a replicable model in Bangladesh and in other humanitarian settings.
Authors
- Ashley Stewart-Tufescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2730-9764)
- Carine Naim
- Farhana Ul Hoque
- Iftikher Mahmood
- Rayyan Abdullah Alyahya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2183-9900)
- Bree Akesson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6760-7198)
- Shahidul Hoque
- Md Golam Hafiz
- Sulafa Zainalabden Alrkabi
- Wael ElRayes
- Nada Alnaji
Institutions
- Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SA)
- Hope Foundation (US)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23010127
- Primary Topic
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00