Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition
This study explores the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's income and health development activities on the nutritional status of their children aged 6-72 months. MUAC measurements of 1,518 children aged 6- 72 months (using TALC) were taken between April-August 1995 under the BRAC-lC...
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10361-129562019-11-14T21:01:06Z Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition Khatun, Masuma Bhuiya, Abbas Chowdhury, Mushtaque Women BRAC Child nutrition Child health services Children--Nutrition Women--Employment Women in development This study explores the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's income and health development activities on the nutritional status of their children aged 6-72 months. MUAC measurements of 1,518 children aged 6- 72 months (using TALC) were taken between April-August 1995 under the BRAC-lCDDR,B joint research project in Matlab using a four-cell-study design . Data analysis consisted of both bivariate and multivariate analysis, along with comparison with similar data from a baseline sun'ey done in 1992. Findings reveal that prevalence of severe PEM has decreased significantly from 23 .2% to 14.1% among children of BRAC member households (p<0.05) during the period between 1992 and 1995. However. among non-member households, the prevalence remained almost unchanged (21.2%). The positive effect of women's involvement in BRAC development activities on their child's nutritional status remained significant even after controlling for age and sex of the child; age. year of schooling and number of living children of the mother; per capita monthly expenditure; MCHFP area; and four study cells during regression procedure. The children, whose mothers were participating in BRAC development activities, were 41% less likely to suffer from severe malnutrition compared to those of non-member (p<0.05). However, gender differential in the prevalence of severe malnutrition was very pronounced among the children of BRAC member households (p<0.05). This may, in part. be explained by the fact that BRAC does not have gender focused component in its programme. Programmatic implications of these findings are discussed. 2019-11-14T04:15:10Z 2019-11-14T04:15:10Z 1998 Research report Khatun, M., Bhuiya, A., & Chowdhury, M. (1998). Women’s involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition. Research Reports (1998): Health Studies, Vol - XXV, 64–81. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12956 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) |
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This study explores the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's income and health development activities
on the nutritional status of their children aged 6-72 months. MUAC measurements of 1,518 children aged 6-
72 months (using TALC) were taken between April-August 1995 under the BRAC-lCDDR,B joint research
project in Matlab using a four-cell-study design . Data analysis consisted of both bivariate and multivariate
analysis, along with comparison with similar data from a baseline sun'ey done in 1992. Findings reveal that
prevalence of severe PEM has decreased significantly from 23 .2% to 14.1% among children of BRAC
member households (p<0.05) during the period between 1992 and 1995. However. among non-member
households, the prevalence remained almost unchanged (21.2%). The positive effect of women's involvement
in BRAC development activities on their child's nutritional status remained significant even after controlling
for age and sex of the child; age. year of schooling and number of living children of the mother; per capita
monthly expenditure; MCHFP area; and four study cells during regression procedure. The children, whose
mothers were participating in BRAC development activities, were 41% less likely to suffer from severe
malnutrition compared to those of non-member (p<0.05). However, gender differential in the prevalence of
severe malnutrition was very pronounced among the children of BRAC member households (p<0.05). This
may, in part. be explained by the fact that BRAC does not have gender focused component in its programme.
Programmatic implications of these findings are discussed. |
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Khatun, Masuma Bhuiya, Abbas Chowdhury, Mushtaque |
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Khatun, Masuma Bhuiya, Abbas Chowdhury, Mushtaque |
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Khatun, Masuma |
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Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition |
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Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition |
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Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition |
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Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition |
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Women's involvement in BRAC development activities and child nutrition |
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women's involvement in brac development activities and child nutrition |
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BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) |
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