Mohammad Mainul Islam, Md Kamrul Islam, Mohammad Sazzad Hasan, Mohammad Bellal Hossain
BACKGROUND: While studies on fertility and contraceptives issues are available, until recently adolescent motherhood has not received enough attention among policy makers in understanding adolescent motherhood in Bangladesh. We aimed to examine the trends and determinants of adolescent motherhood am...
Judith N. Wasserheit, Jeffrey R. Harris, J. Chakraborty, Bradford A. Kay et al.
In contrast to social, religious, and economic determinants of acceptance and sustained use of family planning in developing countries, perceived side effects resulting from reproductive tract infections can usually be ameliorated easily and expeditiously. This population-based study examines the ma...
Shalini Roy, Mélissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Akhter Ahmed
Abstract Transfer programs have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but little evidence exists on how activities linked to transfers affect IPV or what happens when programs end. We assess postprogram impacts on IPV of randomly assigning women in Bangladesh to receive cash or food,...
Acharya Dev Raj
Background: South Asia has a large proportion of young people in the world and teenage pregnancy has emerged as one of the major public health problem among them. The objective of this study is to systematically review to identify the risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy in South Asian cou...
William Sambisa, Gustavo Ángeles, Peter Lance, Ruchira Tabassum Naved et al.
This study explores the prevalence and correlates of past-year physical violence against women in slum and nonslum areas of urban Bangladesh. The authors use multivariate logistic regression to analyze data from the 2006 Urban Health Survey, a population-based survey of 9,122 currently married women...
John C. Caldwell, Pat Caldwell, Bruce Caldwell, Indrani Pieris
This article aims to show how the period now known as adolescence came into being and how it was shaped by international economic, institutional, and social influences. It considers premodern societies and argues that traditional culture has shaped contemporary adolescence even more than has global ...
Elham Kazemi, Javaad Zargooshi, Marzieh Kaboudi, Parviz Heidari et al.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) can be caused by different diseases and controlled by several genetic networks. In this study, to identify the genes related to ED, the expression profiles of normal and ED samples were investigated by the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Seventeen genes were identif...
Onikepe Owolabi, Ann Biddlecom, Hannah Whitehead
BACKGROUND: Abortion-related mortality is one of the main causes of maternal mortality worldwide. Laws often restrict the provision of safe abortion care, yet post-abortion care is a service that all countries have committed to provide to manage abortion complications. There is minimal evidence on t...
Tasnuva Wahed, Anadil Alam, Salima Sultana, Monjur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify the barriers female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh face with regard to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, and assess the satisfaction with the healthcare received. METHODS: Data were collected from coverage areas of four community-based dr...
Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit, Georges Danhoundo, Vaibhav Shah et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, women share an indiscriminate burden of the HIV epidemic and the associated socioeconomic consequences. Previous studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between levels of HIV knowledge with its prevalence. However, for Bangladesh such evidence is non-existent. In this ...
Shirin Ziaei, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Eva‐Charlotte Ekström
Domestic violence, in particular intimate partner violence (IPV), has been recognized as a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among women of reproductive age. The effects of IPV against women on their children's health, especially their nutritional status has received less attention but needs ...
Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman
BACKGROUND: To quarantine the spreading possibility of HIV virus to general population boosting public awareness is must. But the proper awareness level is substantially low in Bangladesh. This paper aims to identify the factors associated with the awareness regarding HIV/AIDS through a bivariate an...
Martine Collumbien, Sarah Hawkes
After the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the world has seen a shift in paradigm away from focused family planning programs towards reproductive and sexual health more generally. This article illustrates how the traditional emphasis on women's health and family ...
Stan Becker
Data from the three Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Bangladesh the Dominican Republic and Zambia were utilized to examine a new definition of unmet need--one that considers only responses regarding prospective fertility desires and intentions to use contraceptives. An unmet need is determine...
Anita Raj, Lotus McDougal, Jay G. Silverman, Melanie Rusch
BACKGROUND: Girl education is believed to be the best means of reducing girl child marriage (marriage <18 years) globally. However, in South Asia, where the majority of girl child marriages occur, substantial improvements in girl education have not corresponded to equivalent reductions in child marr...