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Pre-lacteal feeding practices in a rural area of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This study aims to describe the nature and extent of pre-lacteal fluid and colostrum
feeding practices in a rural community of Bangladesh and also to investigate the mothers
level of knowledge in relation to hygiene and ...
Beneath the shadows of the BRAC Centre slums of Mohakhali
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)
This exploratory slum study looked at the demographic, socio-economic, health related, educational,
and political characteristics of the slum dwellers living around the BRAC Centre. The study was
conducted from April to ...
Exploring women’s perception on birth process through body mapping
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)
To explore women's perception on birth process 'body mapping' exercise was conducted with
three different categories of rural women; trained traditional birth attendants (TBA), untrained
TBAs and women who had never ...
Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This study aimed to assess the sex preference in intra-household food distribution among school
going siblings in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's
involvement in BRAC's rural ...
GQAL: from rhetoric to reality
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)
BRAC's Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Progranune was initiated in 1994 to
improve the quality of programmes with village women and to improve the quality of
. gender relations within BR.AC. In its first year of ...
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status
indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership
on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...
Morbidity pattern of infants in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)
This report is part of a prospective study Investigating the consequences of low birth weight on Infant
growth, morbidity and feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. The study registered 644 infants who
were followed-up ...
Quality assessment of BRAC Health Centres
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-11)
Nutritional status of pre-school children among BRAC member and eligible non-member households
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
The study aimed at describing determinants of nutritional status of the pre-school
children in BRAC member and eligible non-member households. The data were obtained
from 9~840 children aged less than S years from April ...
The story behind the Shasthyo Shebika dropouts: (training and retaining Shasthyo Shebika: reasons for staff turnover)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-03)