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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
(Nature, 2020-04-20)
A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition
and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children ...
Should we care: A qualitative exploration of the factors that influence the decision of early marriage among young men in urban slums of Bangladesh
(BMJ Journals, 2020-10-26)
Objectives To explore how adolescent and young men
negotiate the complex realities of lives to explain their
pathways into and reasons for early marriage in urban
slums of Bangladesh.
Design The qualitative data used ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Elderly women are disproportionately vulnerable to hypertension in Bangladesh: Evidence from the National Nutrition Surveillance Study
(Oxford Academic, 2020-06)
Objectives:
Bangladesh has a dearth of information on the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among elderlies. We assessed the prevalence, sex differences in prevalence, and factors associated with ...
Prevalence and associated factors of underweight, overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age group in the Maldives: Evidence from a nationally representative study
(PLOS ONE, 2020-10-29)
Background:
Global epidemiological transition across various countries have documented the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition. South Asian countries are facing this public health
hazard in remarkable manner. ...
Measuring motivation among close-to community health workers: Developing the CTC Provider Motivational Indicator Scale across six countries
(BMC, 2020-08-01)
Background: Close-to-community (CTC) health service providers are a cost-effective and important resource in the
promotion of and increasing access to health services. However, many CTC provider programmes suffer from ...
Sampling method for surveying complex and multi-institutional partnerships: Lessons from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(BMC, 2020-08-12)
Background: Complex global initiatives, like the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), have prevented millions of
paralyses and improved the health status of diverse populations. Despite the logistical challenges ...
Targeting anticorruption interventions at the front line: Developmental governance in health systems
(BMJ Journals, 2020-12-03)
In 2008, Vian reported an increasing interest in
understanding how corruption affects healthcare outcomes
and asked what could be done to combat corruption in
the health sector. Eleven years later, corruption is seen ...