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.