Browsing James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) by Subject "Health care"
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Close-to-community providers of health care: Increasing evidence of how to bridge community and health systems
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Experience of the hijra community in accessing formal healthcare in Dhaka city: an exploratory qualitative study
(Brac University, 2023)Introduction: The Hijra community experience social exclusion in Bangladesh. One of the key aspects of life is health. It is the right of the general population of a country to access formal healthcare services at the ... -
Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach
(© Plos One 2016, 2017-01-17)Background The huge proportion of child marriage contributes to high rates of pregnancies among adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Despite substantial progress in reducing maternal mortality in the last two decades, the rate ... -
NGO contributions to community health and primary health care: Case studies on BRAC (Bangladesh) and the Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed (India)
(Oxford University Press, 2020-04-30)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries are chiefly a post-World War II phenomenon. Though they have made important contributions to health and development among impoverished people throughout ... -
Prevalence of undernutrition among U-5 children & factors associated with health care seeking behaviors of mothers: a cross sectional study at slum areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-01)1.1 Introduction Undernutrition amongst children under the age of five of age in urban slums of Dhaka is a concerning public health issue and needs to be addressed for preventing further worsening of the condition. ... -
The State of Health in Bangladesh 2006 : challenges of achieving equity in health
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The State of Health in Bangladesh 2007 : health workforce in Bangladesh, who constitutes the healthcare system?
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Universal health care in Bangladesh—promises and perils
(The Lancet, 2018-01)