29 results match your criteria: "Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh (CIPRB)[Affiliation]"

In Bangladesh, Midwife Led Birthing Centres (MLBCs) have been established to provide midwifery care and sexual and reproductive health services for the displaced Rohingya population in Cox's Bazar. The aim of this study was to explore MLBCs in this humanitarian context from the perspectives of women, midwives, and other key stakeholders. A mixed-method case study was conducted at one of the MLBCs within the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

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The rise in the number of facility-based births in Bangladesh has been accompanied by a caesarean section (CS) epidemic. The current CS rate is 45% and while many are performed when medically unnecessary, there is still maternal mortality due to lack of access to CS. A significant contributor to the rising CS rates in Bangladesh is repeat CS.

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The government of Bangladesh has initiated Adolescent Friendly Health Services (AFHS) at health facilities to improve access of adolescents to quality health care. This study aimed to document the AFHS program experiences and interventions implemented in four districts of Bangladesh. The study adopted review of literature, relevant project documents, research reports and analysis of secondary data on AFHS.

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Exploring type 2 diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh: facilitators, barriers and expectations-a qualitative study protocol.

BMJ Open

May 2024

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global public health crisis impacting low-income and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh. While self-management is encouraged for individuals with T2DM, there is a significant lack of knowledge regarding the factors of facilitators, barriers and expectations associated with T2DM self-management in Bangladesh. This research aims to investigate the potential elements that support, impede and are anticipated in the effective practice of self-management for T2DM in rural areas of Bangladesh.

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  • The study focused on estimating the prevalence of hyperglycemia, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes among community clinic users in rural Bangladesh, revealing a baseline prevalence of 12.5% for hyperglycemia, 3.4% for prediabetes, and 9.2% for type 2 diabetes.
  • Key risk factors identified include age (≥40 years), obesity, hypertension, and a family history of diabetes, particularly influencing the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes.
  • The findings suggest the need for targeted risk reduction strategies in community clinics, emphasizing the management of obesity and hypertension as critical to improving health outcomes.
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Arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and metal exposure and risk assessment of stroke.

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

August 2023

Data Forward Analytics, LLC, Principal, Las Cruces, NM, 88011, USA.

Globally, stroke is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality. In the USA, stroke is a major cause of death and disability. Limited studies assessed the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, and other metal exposure and their association with the risk of stroke.

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In people with TB, co-existence of long-term conditions (e.g., depression, diabetes and HIV) and risk factors (e.

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  • * Over 58% reported adverse effects, with common symptoms including soreness at the injection site (71.9%), tiredness (56.1%), and fever (54.4%), primarily affecting younger participants.
  • * Those with diabetes, hypertension, or asthma had a higher risk of experiencing these side effects, highlighting the need for more extensive safety studies to encourage vaccine confidence.
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Violence against physicians and nurses: a systematic literature review.

Z Gesundh Wiss

January 2022

Division of Public Health Science, School of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden, and School of Medicine and Health Care, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Background: Violence against physicians and nurses is a global public health problem. This study explored violence against physicians and nurses using a systematic literature review.

Methods: Pubmed and Scopus were searched using search words 'violence' OR 'aggression' 'against' 'physicians' AND 'nurses'.

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This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and examined its predictors at baseline following protocol 1 (actions 1 and 2) of World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease (PEN) Interventions in a selected rural area of Bangladesh. A total of 11 145 adults (both sex and age ≥ 18 years) completed both the questionnaire and clinical measurements at the household and community clinics, respectively. We defined high BP as systolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 80 mmHg, prehypertension (pre-HTN) as systolic BP 120-139 mmHg or diastolic BP 80-89 mmHg, and hypertension (HTN) as systolic BP ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg and/or anti-hypertensive drug intake for the raised BP.

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Challenges in Preventive Practices and Risk Communication towards COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

September 2021

Division of Public Health Science, School of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, 851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.

Bangladesh recently experienced a COVID-19 second wave, resulting in the highest number of new cases and deaths in a single day. This study aims to identify the challenges for COVID-19 preventive practices and risk communications and associated factors among Bangladeshi adults. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between December 2020 and January 2021 involving 1382 Bangladeshi adults (aged ≥ 18-years) in randomly selected urban and rural areas from all eight divisions in Bangladesh.

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Background: Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine by the target groups would play a crucial role in stemming the pandemic. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are the priority group for vaccination due to them having the highest risk of exposure to infection. This survey aimed to assess their acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines in Bangladesh.

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Background: There are currently 1.5 million indigenous people in Bangladesh, constituting 1.8% of the total population and representing one of the country's most deprived communities.

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Background: Centre-based child-care has potential to provide multiple health and development benefits to children, families and societies. With rapid urbanisation, increasing numbers of low-income women work with reduced support from extended family, leaving a child-care vacuum in many low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to understand perceptions of, and demand for, centre-based child-care in Dhaka, Bangladesh among poor, urban households, and test the feasibility of delivering sustainable centre-based child-care.

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This study explored the community perception of maternal deaths influenced by natural disaster (flood), and the practice of maternal complications during natural disaster among the rural population in Bangladesh. It also explored the challenges faced by the community for providing healthcare and referring the pregnant women experiencing complications during flood disaster. Three focus group discussions (FGDs) and eight in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted in the marginalized rural communities in the flood-prone Khaliajhuri sub-district, Netrakona district, Bangladesh.

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Objectives: This study aimed to determine the fatal drowning burden and associated risk factors in Southern Bangladesh.

Settings: The survey was conducted in 39 subdistricts of all 6 districts of the Barisal division, Southern Bangladesh.

Participants: All residents (for a minimum 6 months prior to survey) of the Barisal division, Southern Bangladesh.

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Background: Kamrangirchar and Hazaribagh are the largest slum areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2013, Médecins Sans Frontières initiated an urban healthcare programme in these areas providing services for factory workers and responding to the sexual and reproductive health needs of young women. Little in-depth information is available on perceptions of health and health seeking behaviour in this population.

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Introduction: As rapid urbanisation transforms the sociodemographic structures within cities, standard survey methods, which have remained unchanged for many years, under-represent the urban poorest. This leads to an overly positive picture of urban health, distorting appropriate allocation of resources between rural and urban and within urban areas. Here, we present a protocol for our study which (i) tests novel methods to improve representation of urban populations in household surveys and measure mental health and injuries, (ii) explores urban poverty and compares measures of poverty and 'slumness' and (iii) works with city authorities to understand, and potentially improve, utilisation of data on urban health for planning more equitable services.

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Stillbirth surveillance and review in rural districts in Bangladesh.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

June 2018

Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School for Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.

Background: An estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occur every year, with the majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the cause of and factors associated with stillbirth is important to help inform the design and implementation of interventions aimed at reducing preventable stillbirths.

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Recently, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing maternal and neonatal morality, even though the millennium developmental goal to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality was not achieved. Sustainable Developmental Goal (SDG) 3 has already been set for a new target to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths by 2030. The country takes this timely initiative to introduce a maternal and perinatal death review system.

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Background: Better data on cause of, and factors contributing to, neonatal deaths are needed to improve interventions aimed at reducing neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods: Community surveillance to identify all neonatal deaths across four districts in Bangladesh. Verbal autopsy for every fifth case and InterVA-4 used to assign likely cause of death.

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Verbal autopsy used at community level is an accepted method to identify cause of death and factors contributing to death. Maternal deaths occurring in four districts in Bangladesh over a period of 24 months were identified and community health workers were trained to conduct a verbal autopsy. Of 571 maternal deaths identified almost half (273, 47.

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Objectives: The objective of this study is to explore the magnitude and pattern of electrical injury in Bangladesh.

Method: A national survey was conducted between January and December 2003 in Bangladesh. Nationally representative data were collected from 171,366 rural and urban households comprising a 819,429 population.

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Although burn disaster is not a frequent event, with urbanisation and industrialisation, burn disaster is becoming an emerging problem in Bangladesh. On 3 June 2010, a fire disaster killed 124 people in Neemtali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This paper narrates the management of burn patients of this disaster in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

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