Sports Participation and Health and Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents in Bangladesh
Project ID: AIRG/2024/AS/07/17
Funding Source: AUST Internal Research Grant
Project Awarded: 20th April 2025
Principal Investigator:
Mr. Md. Iftekhar Arafath
Assistant Professor
A&S Department, AUST
iftekhar.as@aust.edu
Co-principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Mosammat Shamima Nasrain
Assistant Professor
A&S Department, AUST
shamima.as@aust.edu
Mahmudul Hasan Sagar
PhD Candidate
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia
m.sagar@uq.au
Project Duration: 2 Years
Budget Approved: 10,00,000.00
Expected Research Outcomes:
- To provide findings that can inform interventions designed to promote more fruitful and beneficial experiences in sports than detrimental ones.
- To shed light on the understanding of the role of sports in promoting health and wellbeing so that parents, coaches, and policy makers may design programs to foster quality sports experience among children and youth.