Implementing a Mental Health Care Program and Home-Based Training for Mothers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in an Urban Population in Bangladesh: Protocol for a Feasibility Assessment Study

Aliya Naheed   ^{1 *} , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Kamrun Nahar Koly   ^{1 *} , MBBS, MPH ;   Helal Uddin Ahmed   ² , MBBS, MD ;   Shaheen Akhter   ³ , MBBS, MD ;   MM Jalal Uddin   ⁴ , MBBS, FCPS ;   Mary C Smith Fawzi   ⁵ , BA, MSc, DSc ;   Subhash Chandir   ⁶ , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Muzharul Mannan   ³ , MBBS ;   Saima Hossain   ⁷ , BSc, MSc, SSP ;   Charles Nelson   ⁸ , BA, MS, PhD ;   Kerim Munir   ⁹ , MD, MPH, DSc

¹ Initiative for Non-Communicable Diseases, Health Systems and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

² National Institute of Mental Health, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

³ Institute for Paediatric Neurodisorder & Autism, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁴ National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁵ Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States

⁶ Center for Global Health Delivery-Dubai, Harvard Medical School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

⁷ Shuchona Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

⁸ Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

⁹ Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

*these authors contributed equally