Browsing Research Reports (1996): Health Studies, Vol - XX by Author "Chowdhury, AMR"

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    • 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 ...

    • Involving the other half: male perception of BRAC's health program 

      Shahaduzzaman; Chowdhury, AMR; Karim, Fazlul (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      In July 1991, BRAC integrated its diverse health activities into the newly established Women Health and Development Programme (WHDP). But as men play a key role in making decisions in deferent spheres of women's life, ...

    • Knowledge and practices of NFPE-AG graduates regarding menstruation 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-09)
      BRAC canied out a two-year Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as part of its fanner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WHOP) to increase basic literacy and nwneracy skills as well ...

    • Knowledge of NFPE-AG graduates on reproductive health and nutrition 

      Ali, Ahmed; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Karim, Fazlul; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Chowdhury, AMR (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)
      BRAC educated adolescent girls through its Non-Fonnal Primary Education Programme for Adolescent Girls (NFPE-AG) as a component of its fonner Women's Heath and Development Programme (WliDP). The aim of the NFPE-AG programme ...

    • National immunisation days in Bangladesh: an evaluation of the 1996 rounds 

      Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR; Bhuiya, Abbas; Aziz, KMA; Ali, Ahmed; Islam, Md. Nazrul; Mahmud, Shah Noor; Mol, Dineke (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      On April 16 and May 16 .1996, Bangladesh implemented the third and fourth of the six National Immunization Days. On those days oral polio vaccine (OPV) was administered to over 20 million children under 5 years of age. ...

    • Post-partum reproductive behavior regarding contraception and breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh 

      Gazi, Rukhsana; Karim, Fazlul; Chowdhury, AMR; Mahmud, Shah Noor (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
      The study was aimed to obtain information on knowledge of mothers about fecundity after childbirth and to explore the reproductive behavior of the mothers related to breastfeeding, postpartum abstinence and contraceptive ...