Jessica D. Gipson, Michelle J. Hindin
This paper explores communication and negotiation regarding contraception and childbearing based on multiple semi-structured interviews with 19 married couples in southwestern Bangladesh. The narratives of three couples are presented to describe how sociocultural context and gender-based norms influ...
Jessica D. Gipson, Michelle J. Hindin
Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from 3,052 rural Bangladeshi couples, we investigated the influence of husbands' and wives' fertility preferences on the likelihood of a subsequent pregnancy in the period 1998-2003. Although reproductive behaviour is relatively consistent with fertility p...
Jessica D. Gipson, Michelle J. Hindin
OBJECTIVES: We conducted a mixed-method study in rural southwestern Bangladesh, a country in which an estimated 730,000 elective pregnancy terminations occur each year, to explore women's and couples' motivations to terminate pregnancies. METHODS: Quantitative data derived from a 1998 cross-sectiona...
Abu‐Sayeef Mirza, Sadaf Aslam, Kay Perrin, Terrill Curtis et al.
Background: Bangladesh ranks highest among other Southeast Asian countries regarding risk factors for the number one cause of death worldwide: heart disease. Low income citizens tend to have less awareness and understanding about coronary artery disease (CAD) due to a number of socioeconomic barrier...
Jessica D. Gipson, Mian Bazle Hossain, Michael Koenig
Bangladesh has experienced a rapid decline in fertility in the past several decades, facilitated by proactive population policies, provision of contraceptives, and broader societal shifts, encouraging smaller families and use of contraceptive to achieve revised childbearing norms. This paper present...
Jessica D. Gipson