Browsing Health Studies by Author "Chowdhury, AMR"
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Anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Persson, Lars-Ake; Chowdhury, AMR; Lonnerdal, B; Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)Objective: To assess the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh Design: Baseline data on 215 pregnant women who were invited to participate in ... -
Arsenic testing of newly installed tubewells and quality control
Jakariya, Md.; Johnstony, Richard; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-04)The presence of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh has aroused widespread concern. It is estimated that over half of the Bangladesh population are at risk of arsenic poising. The source of arsenic in drinking water is ... -
Case study of low immunization coverage area in Bhairab thana
Ara, Shamim; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul; Bhuiya, Abbas; Aziz, KMA (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-07) -
Competence of the programme organizers in antenatal care an issue of the quality of care
Afsana, Kaosar; Chowdhury, AMR; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04) -
Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh
Hadi, Abdullahel; Nath, Samir R; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ... -
Differentials of the immunization program in rural Bangladesh
Kamal, Firoz M.; Hadi, AbduUahel; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)This study investigated the association of immunization coverage with some selected socioeconomic variables in rural Bangladesh. It was conducted in 75 villages in I 0 areas of five administrative divisions. The eligible ... -
Does a community based nutrition project work? an evaluation of the Muktagachha pilot nutrition initiative in Bangladesh
Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Jalal, Chowdhury S B; Roy, Rita Das; Chowdhury, AMR; Yusuf, HKM (Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001)A study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the multidisciplinary Muktagacha pilot nutrition project on the nutritional status of under-2 children, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers in three areas ... -
Does food supplementation increase efficacy of a school-based nutrition education programme for adolescent girls? lessons learned at BRAC
Roy, Rita Das; Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Chowdhury, AMR; Mahmud, Zeba (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000) -
Does involvement of women in BRAC influence sex bias in intra-household food distribution?
Roy, Rita Das; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Chowdhury, AMR; Adams, Alayne (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 ... -
Does mobilisation help change mothers' behaviour towards health and nutrition?
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Jalal, Chowdhury S B; Roy, Rita Das; Chowdhury, AMR; Yusuf, Harun KM (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)A study was done to assess the impact of mobilization on the change of mothers' behaviour towards health and nutrition practices. Mobilization was given by adolescent girls trained on various aspects of health and ... -
Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
Hossain, Zabed; Gani, Md. Showkat; Jakariya, Md.; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-12)The study assessed the effects of intensive awareness raising activities implemented from June 1999 to December 2001 among the arsenic exposed people to motivate towards safe water use. A total of 839 families those who ... -
Drug abuse in Bangladesh: knowledge, attitude and perceptions of secondary school students
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Chowdhury, Shamim Matin; Rana, AKM Masud; Rahman, Azizur; Chowdhury, AMR (Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001-12) -
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)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. ... -
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
Khatun, Masuma; Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, AMR (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. ... -
Effectiveness of the daily and weekly doses of iron supplementation in pregnancy and puerperium on Haemoglobin and iron status at 6 weeks postpartum
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Persson, Lars-Ake; Chowdhury, AMR; Lonnerdal, B; Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)Objective: Describe the effectiveness of continuous daily and weekly doses of iron supplementation during pregnancy and puerperium on haemoglobin and iron status at 6 weeks postpartum. Design: An iron supplementation ... -
Effects of EPI on nutrition of under-five children In rural Bangladesh: the Matlab experience
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Bhuiya, Abbas; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12)Objectives: This study was done to explore the effect of immunization (as specified in EPI) on under-five children's nutritional status in a rural area of Bangladesh. Methods: The data for this study originated from a ... -
Exploring women’s perception on birth process through body mapping
Shahaduzzaman; Chowdhury, AMR (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 ... -
Gender barriers to tuberculosis control: fade-out or in? key findings and recommendations from the preliminary analysis
Karim, Fazlul; Begum, Insana; Islam, Akramul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09) -
Immunisations in enclaved populations: the case of Chittagong Hill tracts and tea estates
Bhuiya, Abbas; Begum, Shamim Ara; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998) -
Impact of BRAC on community health networks: a village study
Begum, Shamim Ara; Hannan, Rowshan; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-07)Mere health service provision may be unable to bring about the desired impacts on health outcomes. Such outcome impact is mediated by changes in health seeking behavior underpinned by changes in health kr!Owledge, attitude ...