Browsing Research Reports (2013): Health Studies, Vol - XLV by Title
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Contributing factors for low consumption of animal food among children aged 6-23 months in alive and thrive intervention areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)Introduction: In Bangladesh about two-thirds of total food consumption is rice as main staple food, especially for the poor, in addition to some vegetables, pulses and small quantities of fish, meat, egg, etc. if and ... -
Current status of maternal and child health indicators in BRAC EHC Programme areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-02)Essential Health Programme (EHC) is one of many development efforts of BRAC providing an integrated package of preventive, promotive and basic curative services at a minimum cost to improve health and nutrition of the ... -
Knowledge and practice of formal physicians regarding control and prevention of TB in light of national guidelines
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013)The study explored the current knowledge and practice of interns and general physicians regarding control and prevention of tuberculosis in light of national guidelines. The study was conducted on 13 public and seven ... -
Mother knowledge and health-seeking behavior towards childhood TB
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)Introduction: BRAC in association with NTP recently started the community-based child TB programme. So far, no independent study has been conducted to explore the extent to which the objectives of the programme have been ... -
Oral administration of misoprostol reduces postpartum Haemorrhage in urban slums of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-04)To avert deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), Manoshi initiated community health workers (CHW) administered oral misoprostol (400~g) to women following childbirth either at delivery centers or home in slums of Dhaka ... -
Tuberculosis in 'hard to reach' areas: misperceptions, knowledge, health-seeking behaviour, and challenges
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2013-03)This study was conducted to explore the knowledge and perceptions of health workers and community people about tuberculosis in geographically inaccessible (hard-to-reach) tuberculosis (TB) programme areas of BRAG. The ...