| Are Female-Headed Households More Food Insecure? Evidence from Bangladesh |
| Debdulal Mallick, Mohammad Rafi |
| Vol - 38 Issue - 4 February - 2010 |
| World Development |
| This paper uses household and village-level survey data to investigate the food security of male- and female-headed households in Bangladesh with particular attention to indigenous ethnic groups, and finds no significant differences in the food security between these two types of households.... |
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| Changes in villagers’ knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes concerning gender roles and relations in Bangladesh |
| Md. Abdul Alim |
| Vol - 19 Issue - 3 May - 2009 |
| Development In Practice |
| This article examines the changing status of villagers’ knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards gender roles and gender relations over time... |
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| Impact of health education on health-related quality of life among elderly persons: results from a community-based intervention study in rural Bangladesh |
| A K M Masud Rana, A° Ke Wahlin, Cecilia Sta° Lsby Lundborg and Zarina Nahar Kabir |
| January - 2009 |
| Health Promotion International |
| This study examines the change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among (>=60 years) elderly persons as a result of health education intervention.... |
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| Taking healthcare where the community is: The Story of the shasthya Sebikas Of BRAC in Bangladesh |
| Syed Masud Ahmed |
| Vol - 5 Issue - 1 November - 2008 |
| BRAC University Journal |
| To mitigate the income-erosion effect of illness and vulnerability of the poor households, BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi NGO, integrates Essential Health Care (EHC) activities with its microcredit-based poverty-alleviation interventions.... |
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| Community based change ranking to assess the impact of a programme for the ultra poor |
| Munshi Sulaiman, Imran Matin |
| Vol - 2: 237-251 November - 2008 |
| International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches |
| Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income–expenditure surveys can overestimate transient poverty and underestimate persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change ranking to explore various directions and levels of change.... |
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| Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care to Prevent Neonatal and Infant Mortality: A Randomized Controlled Cluster Trial |
| Nancy L. Sloan, Salahuddin Ahmed, Satindra N. Mitra, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Ubaider Rob, Beverly Winikoff |
| Vol - 121 Issue - 5 May - 2008 |
| Pediatrics |
| We adapted kangaroo mother care for immediate postnatal community based application in rural Bangladesh, where the incidence of home delivery, low birth weight, and neonatal and infant mortality is high and neonatal intensive care is unavailable.... |
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| Making Microfinance Work for the Extreme Poor: Evidence and Experiences from Bangladesh |
| Munshi Sulaiman, Imran Matin |
| Vol - 9 Issue - 1 March - 2008 |
| ADB Finance for the Poor Newsletter |
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| The International Network on Public Health and Aging (INOPA): Introducing a Life Course Perspective |
| Åke Wahlin, Kaarin J. Anstey , Stuart W. S. McDonald, Syed M. Ahmed, Miia Kivipelto, K. Shaji S. Kunnukattil, Tran T. Mai, Lars-Göran Nilsson, Peter K. Streatfield, Martin P. J. vanBoxtel, Zarina N |
| February - 2008 |
| Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology |
In this paper, we present an international network of researchers from projects
examining the human aging process and its consequences... |
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| Private supplementary tutoring among primary students in Bangladesh |
| Samir Ranjan Nath |
| Vol - 34 Issue - 1 February - 2008 |
| Educational Studies |
| Using the databases created under Education Watch, a civil society initiative to monitor primary and basic education in Bangladesh, this paper explores trends, socioeconomic differentials and cost in private supplementary tutoring among primary students and its impact on learning achievement.... |
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| The price we pay |
| Naomi Hossain |
| Vol - 3 Issue - 1 January - 2008 |
| Forum |
| One of the great tragedies of Cyclone Sidr was that many of those who died knew they were at risk, yet stayed, fearful of looters. Why and what is the cost such a coping mechanism? ... |
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