Browsing Health Studies by Author "Roy, Rita Das"
Now showing items 1-9 of 9
-
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 ... -
Evaluation of the WFP assisted wheat-soya blended (WSB) food supplementation on nutrional status
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; JalaI, Chowdhury S B; Roy, Rita Das; Rahman, Mizanur (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)Wheat soya blended (WSB) food was distributed ~ong 74,000 'poorest of the poor' households in 5 highly flood-affected districts in Bangladesh under an agreement signed in May 1999 between BRAC and World Food Programme. ... -
Health and nutritional status of 'target population' in Kachua thana, Bangladesh: baseline survey 1999
Hyder, S.M. Ziauddin; Roy, Rita Das; JalaI, Chowdhury SB; Yusuf, Harun KM (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)The state of nutrition in Bangladesh is precariously poor. The diet, being heavily deficient in calories and seriously imbalanced, leads to the obvious consequences of widespread protein-energy and micronutrient malnutrition ... -
Pilot study on intrahousehold food distribution in a rural area of Bangladesh
Roy, Rita Das; Hyder, SM Ziauddin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995) -
Pregnant women's knowledge on health and iron supplementation
Hyder, SM Ziauddin; Roy, Rita Das; Tarannum, Sabah (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-05) -
Revisiting health of the population: agenda for the future*
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Hadi, Abdullhel; Roy, Rita Das; Sarkar, Malabika; Chowdhury, AMR (Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001)