Childhood stunting and subsequent educational outcomes: a marginal structural model analysis from a South African longitudinal study.

Objective: To examine the association between childhood stunting and grade completion (as educational outcome) in South Africa.

Design: Longitudinal study. Data were obtained using the National Income Dynamics Study over five waves (2008 to 2017).

Familial and socio-cultural barriers in maintaining tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh: a comparative cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Children, pregnant women and the elderly at a global level are all being dangerously exposed to tobacco use in the household (HH). However, there is no understanding of the familial and socio-cultural factors that provide barriers to ensuring tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh either in urban or rural areas (U&RAs). This study therefore investigates those barriers to help enable a move towards tobacco-free homes in Bangladesh.

Exploring the association between adverse maternal circumstances and low birth weight in neonates: a nationwide population-based study in Bangladesh.

Objective: This study is concerned with helping to improve the health and care of newborn babies in Bangladesh by exploring adverse maternal circumstances and assessing whether these are contributing towards low birth weight (LBW) in neonates.

Study Designs And Settings: Data were drawn and analysed from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2014. Any association between LBW and adverse maternal circumstances were assessed using a Chi-square test with determinants of LBW identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis.