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Using formative research to develop MNCH programme in urban slums in Bangladesh: experiences from MANOSHI, BRAC
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Author Affiliations
BRAC University, BRAC, Child Health Research Foundation, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
Published InBMC Public Health
Year2010
Citations35
Abstract
BACKGROUND: MANOSHI, an integrated community-based package of essential Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) services is being implemented by BRAC in the urban slums of Bangladesh since 2007. The objective of the formative research done during the inception phase was to understand the context and existing resources available in the slums, to reduce uncertainty about anticipated effects, and develop and refine the intervention components. METHODS: Data were collected during Jan-Sept 2007 in one of the earliest sites of programme intervention in the Dhaka metropolitan area. A conceptual framework guided data collection at different stages. Besides exploring slum characteristics, studies were done to map existing MNCH service providing facilities and providers, explore existing MNCH-related practices, and make an inventory of community…
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