Maternal and Child Survival in Haor Region in Bangladesh. An Analysis of Fathers’ Capabilities to Save the Future
Maternal and child survival is a major public health problem in haor areas in Bangladesh. Fathers feel responsible as expressed by their capability “to save the future”. Using the Capability Framework for Child Growth, we aimed to identify what contextual factors underlie a father’s real opportunities to secure a safe delivery, including social norms and beliefs. Parents from households having children less than two years old were asked to participate in two rounds of qualitative research. In total, 25 focus group discussions and eight in-depth interviews were conducted.
“WE STRUGGLE WITH THE EARTH EVERYDAY”: PARENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE CAPABILITIES FOR HEALTHY CHILD GROWTH IN HAOR REGION OF BANGLADESH
Background: Childhood stunting is an important public health problem in the haor region of Bangladesh. Haor areas are located in the north-eastern part of the country and are vulnerable to seasonal flooding. The key objective of this study is to identify the capabilities of the parents and their children that shape multidimensional child growth outcomes in the haor region in the first thousand days of life. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in two sub-districts of the haor region, including in Derai in the Sunamganj district and Baniachang in the Habiganj district.
SYNTHESIS OF LANSA RESEARCH IN BANGLADESH: A REPORT
Malnutrition is a major public health problem across Bangladesh. While, the potential of agriculture in improving people’s diets and thereby nutrition outcomes is understood, policy instruments or strategies in this direction have traditionally been uncoordinated because of insufficient evidence on the intersection between agriculture and nutrition. The LANSA (Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia) research programme tried to address this knowledge gap.
