Population sciences conference papers
17 publications available
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Use of antenatal care in an urban area of Dhaka City
Objective: Describe the types, patterns and use of antenatal care (ANC) in an urban area of Dhaka city. Methodology: A community-based study of antenatal care-seeking behaviour was conducted during February-June 1996. A sample ... -
Prevalence of chronic energy deficiency in the elderly population of Matlab
Objective: Study the prevalence of chronic energy deficiency (CED) in the elderly population of Matlab and its associaiion with different socioeconoraic status indicators. Methodology: Socioeconomic and anthropometric measurements of 626 ind... -
Effect of women-focused development programme on nutritional status of rural women
Objective: Assess the effect of women-focused development programme on the nutritional status of women measured by the body mass index (3ml). Methodology: Anthropometric measurements and socioeconomic information of 1,597 women aged 15-... -
Health promotion campaigns and urban women in Bangladesh
Objective: Assess differences in awareness about ongoing health promotion campaigns among urban women. Methodology: Sociodemographic information and data on awareness of recent health promotion campaigns were collected from respondents in th... -
Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B in rural Bangladesh
Objective: Estimate the relative importance of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B in Bangladesh. Methodology: Paired-serum samples (330 mothers and their 334 infants) were tested for hepatitis B markers in a cross-sectional study.&#x... -
Maternal morbidity in rural Bangladesh: where do women go for care?
Objective: Assess the complications experienced and subsequent care-seeking behaviour of rural women and their knowledge about the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Methodology: A structured questionnaire was used for interviewing 2... -
Neonatal morbidity and care-seeking behaviour in two rural areas of Bangladesh
Objective: Assess the pattern of neonatal morbidity and subsequent care-seeking behaviour in rural Bangladesh. Methodology: Data were collected from 3,030 women who had livebirths between May 1995 and February 1997 in two rural... -
Factors Contributing to Low Immunization coverage among urban slum children in Bangladesh
Objective: Describe the extent of immunization coverage in the urban slum of Zone 3 of the Dhaka City Corporation, and identify the factors contributing to the low immunization coverage. Methodology: Childhood immunization coverage... -
Efficacy of erythromycin, ampicillin, and tetracycline in the treatment of cholera in children
Objectives: Compare the clinical outcome(s) of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline. Methodology: In a double-blind randomized 4-cell trial, 184 children aged 1-5 years whose weight-for-age was... -
Waning of maternal measles antibody in the offsprings
Objective: Assess the decline of measles antibody, passively acquired from the mother, in infants from birth to nine months of age, and determine the age at which maternal measles antibody declines markedly, making infants susc... -
Bangladesh-Australia child health project: a child-to-child and child-to-parent approach for nutrition and health education
Objective: Evaluate the Child-to-Child and Child-to-Parent approach for message communication. This approach was used by the Bangladesh-Australia Child Health (BACH) Project to disseminate health and nutrition education, with special emphasis on&#... -
Arsenic in drinking water: an emerging environmental health challenge
Objective: Determine the nature of arsenic contamination in drinking water in Bangladesh. Methodology- Fhis ptchtmnury study w*» condut^J (luring July August 1997, A cco^acctioi^l survey wsf c^r ried out to collect information... -
Economic benefits of diabetes control in Bangladesh
Objective: Estimate the direct medical-care costs associated with diabetes, and indicate how the medical-care costs increased with the progression of the disease from the initial stage. Methodology: This study was based on the ... -
Determinants of safe delivery ractices in rural Bangladesh
Objective: Investigate the demographic, socioeconomic and cultural factors associated with safe delivery practices in rural Bangladesh. Methodology: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional survey conducted in six rural subdistricts of Banglad... -
Teenage pregnancy and its consequences: evidence from rural Bangladesh
Objective: Investigate the factors regarding health of mother and children associated with teenage pregnancy and the consequences of pregnancy for these women who gave birth by their teenage. Methodology: Data for this study c...
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