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Noncommunicable disease risk factors among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: Evidence from a National survey
(Osong public health and research perspectives, 2020-12-11)
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors and the factors
associated with the coexistence of multiple risk factors (≥ 2 risk factors) among adolescent boys and
girls in ...
Supporting the role and enabling the potential of community health workers in Bangladesh’s rural maternal and newborn health programs: A qualitative study
(Journal of Global Health Reports, 2020-05-15)
Background
In the global journey towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), strong primary
healthcare systems are essential. This includes the frontline health workers, the bedrock
of which are community health workers ...
Supplementation with fortified lipid-based and blended complementary foods has variable impact on body composition among Rural Bangladeshi children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Oxford Academic, 2020-04-02)
Background: Complementary food supplementation enhances linear growth and may affect body composition in
children.
Objective: We aimed to determine the effect of complementary food supplements provided from the age of 6 ...
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 ...
Health, illness and healthcare-seeking behaviour of the street dwellers of Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Qualitative exploratory study
(BMJ Journals, 2020-10-07)
Objective: This study explored the illness experiences and
healthcare-seeking behaviour of a cross-section of street
dwellers of Dhaka City for designing a customised intervention.
Design A qualitative exploratory study ...
Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh
(Wiley, 2020-03-24)
Undernutrition may affect fecundability, but few studies have quantified this relationship. In rural Bangladesh, where newlywed couples face strong pressures to
become pregnant, we assessed fecundability, estimated by ...
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 ...