Browsing Journal Articles (James P. Grant School of Public Health) by Title
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How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework
(Science Direct, 2018-07)Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due to their embedded position within communities. CTC providers ... -
How do Malawian women rate the quality of maternal and newborn care? : experiences and perceptions of women in the central and southern regions
(© 2015 BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2015-04)Background: While perceived quality of care is now widely recognized to influence health service utilization, limited research has been conducted to explore and measure perceived quality of care using quantitative tools. ... -
How has early marriage, a critical social determinant of child stunting and wasting, changed over a decade in South Asia? trends, inequities and drivers, 2005 to 2018
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)Objectives: In South Asia, many women are married before their 18th birthday and give birth soon after. Delaying marriage is an attractive nutrition policy target as previous research shows that early marriage (EM) is ... -
How health shocks and its relationship to repayments of loans from microfinance institutions can affect migrant households in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-02-08)Increasing the feasibility of easy loan repayment is one of the objectives of providing microcredits for income generating activities requiring relatively small loans in the developing countries. However, evidence in the ... -
How to prevent and address safeguarding concerns in global health research programmes: Practice, process and positionality in marginalised spaces
(BMJ Journals, 2020-05-13)Safeguarding is rapidly rising up the international development agenda, yet literature on safeguarding in related research is limited. This paper shares processes and practice relating to safeguarding within an international ... -
Husband’s involvement with mother’s awareness and knowledge of newborn danger signs in facility-based childbirth settings: A cross-sectional study from rural Bangladesh
(BMC, 2018-05-09)Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between husband involvement and maternal awareness and knowledge of newborn danger signs. This cross-sectional study was conducted in three rural hospitals of ... -
Impact of fortified biscuits on micronutrient deficiencies among primary school children in Bangladesh
(© 2017 Plos One, 2017-04-05)Background Micronutrient deficiencies can compromise the development potential of school-aged children, and their later health and productivity as adults. School feeding and school-based fortification approaches have been ... -
The impact of maternal supplementation during pregnancy and the first 6 months postpartum on the growth status of the next child born after the intervention period: Follow-up results from Bangladesh and Ghana
(Wiley, 2020-04)Pregnancy and breastfeeding make demands on maternal nutrient stores. The extent of depletion and the degree to which nutrient stores are replenished between pregnancies has implications for a mother's nutritional status ... -
Impact of traffic variability on geographic accessibility to 24/7 emergency healthcare for the urban poor: A GIS study in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(PLOS ONE, 2019-09-16)Ensuring access to healthcare in emergency health situations is a persistent concern for health system planners. Emergency services, including critical care units for severe burns and coronary events, are amongst those for ... -
Impairment of extra-high frequency auditory thresholds in subjects with elevated levels of fasting blood glucose
(Science Direct, 2018-03-13)This study was performed to assess whether there is an association between elevated Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) and hearing impairment in Bangladeshi population. A total of 142 subjects (72 with elevated FBG; 70 control) ... -
Implications of Birth-Dose Vaccination against Hepatitis B Virus in Southeast Asia
(MDPI, 2021-04-12)The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) covers 11 countries with a combined population of about 2 billion people, making it the most populous of the six WHO regions. In 1992, the WHO ... -
Importance of coverage and quality for impact of nutrition interventions delivered through an existing health programme in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2018-10)Understanding implementation of interventions is critical to illuminate if, how, and why the interventions achieve impact. Alive & Thrive integrated a nutrition intervention into an existing maternal, neonatal, and child ... -
Inadequate dietary diversity and Its determinants among adolescent girls and boys: Evidence from the National Nutrition surveillance study in Bangladesh
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-29)Objectives: Bangladesh is experiencing triple burden of malnutrition among adolescents, which may be associated with inadequate dietary diversity (IDD). In the recently completed round of the national nutrition surveillance ... -
Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(The Lancet, 2018-10-29)Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a high prevalence of incarceration and might be at high risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during or after incarceration. We aimed to assess whether ... -
The influence of corruption and governance in the delivery of frontline health care services in the public sector: A scoping review of current and future prospects in low and middle-income countries of south and south-east Asia
(BMC, 2020-06-08)Background: The dynamic intersection of a pluralistic health system, large informal sector, and poor regulatory environment have provided conditions favourable for ‘corruption’ in the LMICs of south and south-east Asia ... -
Informal allopathic provider knowledge and practice regarding control and prevention of TB in rural Bangladesh
(International Health, 2014-06-17)Background: BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Control Programme, provides one full-day training on TB to make informal allopathic providers knowledgeable ... -
The informal health sector and health care-seeking behaviour of mothers in urban Dhaka slums
(Journal of Population Research, 2014-04-22)Infant and child mortality in Bangladesh has declined in recent years but early death rates remain high among Bangladesh’s urban poor, even in comparison to rates in rural Bangladesh. Although they live close to the ... -
Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: Learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh
(BMC, 2021-02-26)Background: There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced adolescent girls and women globally. Current approaches to MHM-related humanitarian programming ... -
Introducing urine‑enriched biochar‑based fertilizer for vegetable production: Acceptability and results from rural Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2022-02-19)Improved agricultural practices that increase yields and preserve soils are critical to addressing food insecurity and undernutrition among smallholder farmer families. Urineenriched biochar has been shown to be an ... -
An invisible workforce: The neglected role of cleaners in patient safety on maternity units
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-01-15)Hospital cleaning has been shown to impact on rates of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and good environmental hygiene is critical to quality care, yet those tasked with the role of ensuring a safe and clean ...