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Health threats as nontraditional security challenges for Bangladesh
(© 2012 National Bureau of Asian Research, 2012)
This essay discusses health problems that have the potential to emerge as nontraditional security challenges for Bangladesh in the coming decades.
Women’s empowerment as a protective factor against intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of the process and limitations of its influence
(© 2016 SAGE Publications Inc., 2017-08)
Literature on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and women’s empowerment is contradictory. Findings from a recent survey in rural Bangladesh suggest that empowerment is becoming protective ...
Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(© 2017 Elsevier B.V., 2017-01-01)
Objectives The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (0–12 years) and adolescents (13–19 years) has emerged as a major public health threat in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, there is a serious paucity ...
Electric and lighting energy audit: a case study of selective commercial buildings in Dhaka
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
Energy audit can be one of the fastest and cheapest solutions to mitigate the gap between energy demand and supply since it identifies the energy loss and improvement areas. The paper shows a detailed analysis on building ...
Internalized HIV/AIDS-related stigma in a sample of HIV-positive people in Bangladesh
(© 2012 International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh., 2012)
Internalized stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is prevalent in Bangladesh. A better understanding of the effects of stigma on PLHA is required to reduce this and to minimize its harmful effects. This study ...
Credibility of TV news in a developing country: the case of Bangladesh
(© 2012 AEJMC., 2012)
Television has recently experienced unprecedented expansion in Bangladesh. Given its popularity and influence, and with more people using it for their information, research on the credibility of TV news is warranted. ...
Health in Bangladesh: lessons and challenges
(© 2014 Elsevier Limited, 2014)
Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: feasibility and constraints
(© 2014 United Nations University Press, 2014)
Background. To achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly reduction in child mortality (Millennium Development Goal 4), effective interventions to address severe and moderate acute malnutrition ...
Utilization of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh: a scoping review of the literature
(Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2015-07)
objective To understand the health-seeking behaviour of adolescent women in Bangladesh with
respect to the use of maternal health services.
methods Literature review of seven electronic databases: PubMed, ISI Web of ...
The informal health sector and health care-seeking behaviour of mothers in urban Dhaka slums
(Journal of Population Research, 2014-04-22)
Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh has declined in recent years but
early death rates remain high among Bangladesh’s urban poor, even in comparison
to rates in rural Bangladesh. Although they live close to the ...