Search
Now showing items 21-30 of 58
Retaining doctors in rural Bangladesh: A policy analysis
(International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018-09)
Background
Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenge in Bangladesh. In this study, we analyzed three rural retention policies: career development programs, compulsory services, and schools outside major cities – in ...
Developing the content of a locomotor disability scale for adults in Bangladesh: A qualitative study
(BMC, 2017-06-06)
Abstract
Background: Bangladesh has an estimated 17 million adults with disabilities. A significant proportion of them are
believed to have locomotor disabilities. There are over 300 non-governmental organizations providing ...
Beyond the talking imperative: The value of silence on sexuality in youth-parent relations in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-04-15)
Research conducted in various parts of the globe suggests that young people who can openly communicate with their parents about sexuality benefit in many ways. Correspondingly, in Bangladesh, the lack of an open communication ...
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 ...
Health-related quality of life in parous women with pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence in Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2020-07-01)
Introduction and hypothesis We assessed the association of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and urinary incontinence (UI), alone
and in combination (POP-UI), and related factors with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in ...
Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess maternal and newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh
(Health Policy and Planning, 2015-06-22)
Realist evaluation furnishes valuable insight to public health practitioners and policy makers about
how and why interventions work or don’t work. Moving beyond binary measures of success or failure,
it provides a ...
Factors associated with nutritional status and dietary practices of Bangladeshi adolescents in early pregnancy
(The New York Academy of Sciences, 2018-02-18)
Bangladesh has a high prevalence of adolescent pregnancy, but little is known about the nutritional status and dietary practices of Bangladeshi adolescents in early pregnancy or associated factors. We used the baseline ...
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 ...
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 ...
Measuring progress toward universal health coverage: Does the monitoring framework of Bangladesh need further improvement?
(Cureus, 2018-08-01)
This review aimed to compare Bangladesh’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) monitoring framework with
the global-level recommendations and to find out the existing gaps of Bangladesh’s UHC monitoring
framework compared to ...