David M. Dror, Shahed Hossain, Atanu Majumdar, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos et al.
INTRODUCTION: This research article reports on factors influencing initial voluntary uptake of community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and renewal decisions. METHODS: Following PRISMA protocol, we conducted a comprehensive search of academic and gr...
Paul Kowal, Kathleen Kahn, Nawi Ng, Nirmala Naidoo et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, ageing impacts all countries, with a majority of older persons residing in lower- and middle-income countries now and into the future. An understanding of the health and well-being of these ageing populations is important for policy and planning; however, research on ageing and...
Savita Katbamna, Waqar Ahmad, Padma Bhakta, Richard Baker et al.
Policy on care in the community was founded on the premise that the care of frail elderly people with disabilities would be a joint responsibility for health and social care professionals, and family carers, supported by people within their social networks. The policy assumes that such social networ...
Agnes Quisumbing, Kelly Hallman
Marriage is an event of great social and economic significance in most societies. Despite the centrality of marriage in an individual’s life history, the literature on marriage patterns pays little attention to men. This paper examines trends in schooling, age, and assets at marriage for both men an...
Kay Bradford, Brian K. Barber, Joseph A. Olsen, Suzanne L. Maughan et al.
This study assessed the associations between interparental conflict (IPC), parenting, and individual functioning among data gathered from school-going adolescents in Bangladesh, China, India, Bosnia, Germany, Palestine, Colombia, United States and three ethnic groups within South Africa. Specificall...
Antoni Barikdar, Tahera Ahmed, Shamima Parvin Lasker
In Bangladesh due to improved quality of life the number of people over 60 years is increasing rapidly. This should be seen as an emerging challenge as the elderly will have special needs and require different care-giving services. Since Bangladesh does not have a social welfare system there will be...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Megumi Rosenberg, Gabriela Flores, Nadia Parsell et al.
BACKGROUND: The absolute number of older individuals needing medical care and long-term care (LTC) is increasing globally due to the growing ageing population. However, it is uncertain who and what proportion of the population has access to care. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis of t...
Wanda Spurlock
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spiritual well-being and caregiver burden in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. A descriptive, correlational research design was used, and a convenience sample of 150 caregivers was surveyed (71 African Americans, ...
Zarina Nahar Kabir, Carol Tishelman, Hedda Agüero‐Torres, Rajiv Chowdhury et al.
The study aims to (i) describe regional variation and gender differences in health status of older people (60 years and older) in Bangladesh, indicated by self-reported health problems and functional ability; (ii) explore influence of socio-economic factors on health status of older people. In a cro...
Omar Rahman, Arthur J. Barsky
PURPOSE: This study examines the value of self-reported health (SRH) as an indicator of underlying health status in a developing country setting. DESIGN AND METHODS: Logistic regression methods with adjustments for multistage sampling are used to examine the factors associated with SRH in 2,921 men ...
Reuben Ng, Nicole Indran
Caregivers play an indispensable role in society. In 2017, 41 million family caregivers in the United States provided approximately 34 billion hours of care to their aging parents, spouses, partners and friends. The estimated economic value of their unpaid contributions amounted to $470 billion. Des...
Qulsom Fazil, Paul Bywaters, Zoebia Ali, Louise Wallace et al.
This paper discusses a qualitative and quantitative study of the circumstances of 20 Pakistani and Bangladeshi families with one or more severely disabled children living in Birmingham, England. Parents and other adult carers were interviewed using a combination of structured questionnaires and a se...
Mark McCann, Michael Donnelly, Dermot O’Reilly
OBJECTIVE: to assess the separate contributions of marital status, living arrangements and the presence of children to subsequent admission to a care home. DESIGN AND METHODS: a longitudinal study derived from the health card registration system and linked to the 2001 Census, comprising 28% of the N...
Laura Camfield, Danny Ruta
Currently few subjective measures of Quality of Life (QoL) are available for use in developing countries, which limits their theoretical, methodological, and practical contribution (for example, exploring the relationship between economic development and QoL, and ensuring effective and equitable ser...
Vanessa Burholt, Christine Dobbs, Christina Victor
ABSTRACT This article tests the fit of a social support network typology developed for collectivist cultures to six migrant populations living in England and Wales. We examine the predictive utility of the typology to identify networks most vulnerable to poor quality of life and loneliness. Variable...