Asm Shahabuddin, Christiana Nöstlinger, Thérèse Delvaux, Malabika Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: The huge proportion of child marriage contributes to high rates of pregnancies among adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Despite substantial progress in reducing maternal mortality in the last two decades, the rate of adolescent pregnancy remains high. The use of skilled maternal health serv...
Asm Shahabuddin, Thérèse Delvaux, Saloua Abouchadi, Malabika Sarker et al.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the health-seeking behaviour of adolescent women in Bangladesh with respect to the use of maternal health services. METHODS: Literature review of seven electronic databases: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL, POPLINE and Global Health. Studies published ...
Asm Shahabuddin, Christiana Nöstlinger, Thérèse Delvaux, Malabika Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in South Asia. Child marriage is one of the leading causes of pregnancies among adolescent girls. Although the country's contraceptive prevalence rate is quite satisfactory, only 52% of married adolescent girls use contraceptive met...
Asm Shahabuddin, Thérèse Delvaux, Bettina Utz, Azucena Bardají et al.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the determinants and measure the trends in health facility-based deliveries and caesarean sections among married adolescent girls in Bangladesh. METHODS: In order to measure the trends in health facility-based deliveries and caesarean sections, Bangladesh Demographic Health Su...
Asm Shahabuddin, Thérèse Delvaux, Christiana Nöstlinger, Malabika Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: Nepal has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the South Asia region, partly due to the underutilization of maternal health services and the high number of adolescent pregnancies. This study explores married Nepali adolescent girls' healthcare-seeking behaviour throughout th...
Martines N S Figaroa, Saverio Bellizzi, Thérèse Delvaux, Lenka Beňová
INTRODUCTION: Fertility levels among adolescents remain high in many settings. The objective of this paper was to review the available literature about postpartum and lactational amenorrhoea among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We searched Medline, Embase, Gl...