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Sakila Yesmin

সাকিলা ইয়াসমিন

Senior Lecturer and Researcher

syesmin@bracu.ac.bd


Brief Bio:

Sakila Yesmin has been working as a full-time faculty member and a researcher lead at BRAC IED, BRAC University since January 2009. She has a B.Sc., M.Sc. in Psychology and an M.Phil. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Dhaka. She completed her second master's in International Health from Humboldt University, Germany, UCL, UK, and Karolinska Institute, Sweden under the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship program, and Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics and Public Health. She is trained in different Psychotherapies and Psychological Assessment tools. Ms Sakila works on and supervises the designing of ECD interventions and frontline counselling courses, training, and program activities. With a robust multitude of expertise and experience under her belt, she is involved in leading research projects in the areas of Early Childhood Development (ECD), adolescent development, community mental health, and child care. Since 2017, she has been actively involved in Rohingya setting.

Areas of Specialization

Research and Intervention design in ECD and Mental Health , Psychological Assessment and Tool validation

Research Interests

ECD and Mental Health, Cliame Change, Disability and Inclusion

Publications

  • Yesmin, S., Begum, T., Goni, O., Sultana, N, Islam, J., Khatun, R and Akther, N (2023) Exploring the Impact of the BRAC Pashe A.chhi Model in Bangladesh. ARNEC Connection, Issue-14

  • Sakila Yesmin, Mitul Dutta, Nishat Fatima Rahman, Dilruba Akther, Mamunur Rashid, Ratna Guha, Khadiza Begum, and Nusrat Jahan (2019) Effectiveness of Teacher Plus Psychosocial Model on Socio-Emotional Well-being of Secondary School Students: A Randomize Control Trail. Psychol Psychother Res Stud, P 1-6.

  • Yesmin,S. Rahman, NF,Khatun, R.Afrin, S.,Begum, T.,Hamadani, JD (2016) Community Based Psychosocial Intervention in Reducing Maternal Depression and Improving Infant's Development in Bangladesh: A Randomized Control Trial. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS) Volume 5, Issue 3 Ver. II (May. - Jun. 2016), PP 11-20

  • Yesmin S, Mehrin F, Hilaly A, Irfan LD, Hamadani JD, Huda SN, Tofail F. Association of Malnutrition on with Mental, Motor and Behaviour Development in Bangladeshi Infants. In: Zaman SS, Banu S, Khan NZ, Munir SZ, Ferdous S, editors. Second Regional Seminar on Childhood Disability on Creating Barrier Free Inclusive Community and Rights Based Society for Children with Disability. Dhaka: Bangladesh Protibondi Foundation, 2005:377-86.

  • Yesmin S, Mehrin F, Hilaly A, Irfan LD, Hamadani JD, Tofail F. Effect of Malnutrion on Mental, Motor and Behaviour Development in Infancy. Presented at Regional Seminar on Childhood Disability-December 2004 in Dhaka. * Yesmin S and Afrose D. Towards Parental Control of Children Activities- A Study of Two Generation. Poster presented at National Congress on Cerebral Palsy 2003, at Dhaka (abstract)

  • Mohammad Safayet Khan, Erum Mariam, Nasrin Akter Akhi, Esrat Jahan & Sakila Yesmin (2023): Pashe Achhi : A Low-Tech Model of Learning and Psychosocial Support for Children and Caregivers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, p1-15

  • Yeshim Iqbal, Rubina Jahan, Sakila Yesmin, Ashique Selim,Shaheen Nafisa Siddique (2020) COVID-19-related issues on tele-counseling helpline in Bangladesh. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry.

  • Jianhong Zhanga, André Nijhofa , Syeda Sazia Zaman , Mitul Dutta , Sakila Yesmin (2020) What drives parents to consider center-based child care for their children? The case of Bangladesh. Children and Youth Services Review, P 1-10

  • Jyotirmoy Saha and Sakila Yesmin (2015). Chapter 6: Mental Health.In Sajeda Amin (ed.). 2015. "Urban adolescents need assessment survey in Bangladesh." Dhaka: BIED, BRACU, and Population Council. P 50-58.

  • Ferdousi Khanom; Sakila Yesmin; Syeda Sazia Zaman, Nishat Fatima Rahman, Roxana Khanom, Md.Shahidullah Sharif, Mahmuda Akther and Manzoor Ahmed (2014). An Investigation on Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Child Development Package. Bangladesh Education Journal, Vol-12, Issue-2, December 2013

  • NF Rahman and S Yesmin. Maternal Depression and its Consequence for Young Child Development. Bangladesh Education Journal, Vol-12, Issue-1, June 2013

  • Hamadani JD, Grantham-McGregor SM, Tofail F, Nermell B, Fängström B, Huda SN,Yesmin S, Rahman M, Arifeen SE, and Vahter M. Pre- and postnatal arsenic exposure and child development at 18 month: a cohort study in rural Bangladesh. Int. J. Epidemiol 2010;

  • Tofail F, Kabir I, Hamadani JD, Chowdhury F, Yesmin S, Mehrin F, Huda SN. Supplementation of fish-oil and soy-oil during pregnancy and psychomotor development of infants. J Health Popul Nutr 2006 Mar;24(1):48-56.

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