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Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adult population in Nepal: Data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
(PLOS ONE, 2018-05-31)
Like other developing countries, Nepal is currently going through epidemiological transition
along with rising burden of Non-communicable Diseases. However, since 2013, no study
investigated the prevalence and determinants ...
What influences adolescent girls’ decision-making regarding contraceptive methods use and childbearing? a qualitative exploratory study in Rangpur district, Bangladesh
(© 2016 Plos One, 2016-06-23)
Background: Bangladesh has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in South Asia. Child marriage is one of the leading causes of pregnancies among adolescent girls. Although the country's contraceptive prevalence rate is ...
The quality of clinical maternal and neonatal healthcare – a strategy for identifying ‘routine care signal functions’
(Plos One, 2015-04-15)
Background
A variety of clinical process indicators exists to measure the quality of care provided by maternal
and neonatal health (MNH) programs. To allow comparison across MNH programs in
low- and middle-income countries ...
Health shock and preference instability: Assessing health-state dependency of willingness-to-pay for corrective eyeglasses
(BMC, 2019-11-07)
Background: Differences in contingent valuation (CV) estimates for identical healthcare goods can cast
considerable doubt on the true economic measures of consumer preferences. Hypothetical nature of CV methods
can ...
How do Malawian women rate the quality of maternal and newborn care? : experiences and perceptions of women in the central and southern regions
(© 2015 BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2015-04)
Background: While perceived quality of care is now widely recognized to influence health service utilization,
limited research has been conducted to explore and measure perceived quality of care using quantitative tools. ...
Health-related quality of life in parous women with pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence in Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2020-07-01)
Introduction and hypothesis We assessed the association of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and urinary incontinence (UI), alone
and in combination (POP-UI), and related factors with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in ...
Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess maternal and newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh
(Health Policy and Planning, 2015-06-22)
Realist evaluation furnishes valuable insight to public health practitioners and policy makers about
how and why interventions work or don’t work. Moving beyond binary measures of success or failure,
it provides a ...
Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension in selected urban and rural areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Findings from SHASTO baseline survey
(BMJ Journals, 2021-01-20)
Objective: We implemented this study to report the
prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension
among adult men and women aged >30 years residing
in selected urban and rural areas of Dhaka division,
Banglad ...
Association between the frequency of television watching and overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: Analysis of data from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
(PLOS ONE, 2020-02-10)
Background
The prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly among women, is increasing in
Nepal. Previous studies in the South Asia have found television watching to be a risk factor
for overweight and obesity ...
From Doxastic to Epistemic: A Typology and Critique of Qualitative Interview Styles
(SAGE Journals, 2018-11)
Qualitative interview styles have been guided by precedent within academic disciplines. The nature of information sought,
and the role of interviewer and interviewee are key determinants across styles, which range from ...