Our aims in this study were to examine trends in the prevalence of overweight-obesity and underweight amongwomen of reproductive age in 3 South Asian countries between 1996 and 2006 and to identify sociodemographic correlates of overweight in the most recent survey. Using nationally representative data from 8 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Bangladesh (n = 19,211), Nepal (n = 19,354...

against Women defines such violence as " any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. " Acts of violence by husbands against their wives, or, more generally, by males against t...

Private providers have become an important source of health care in Latin America, yet there is still little documentation on them, especially regarding their role as providers of preventive and public health interventions. This paper uses Demographic and Health Surveys from various Latin American countries to compare the effectiveness of the private and public sectors in providing prenatal car...

Family planning is a key strategy in the control of fertility among women. This study sought to determine various factors that influence modern family planning use in Nigeria. The study used data from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2013. Analysis was carried out using Stata version 12.1. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine association between various factors and...

Introduction: The most common clinical complication of pregnancy is preeclampsia, that beside bleeding and infection, it is one of the  three main causes of pregnants maternal death around the world. Several studies suggest that some maternal factors such as prim gravids,elderly pregnancy, some occupations, previous high blood pressure, kidneys diseases, diabetes and some medical other diseases...

Abstract Asia is now, predominantly, a continent of ‘low’ fertility—one the features Second Demographic Transition. Across continent, this feature our population has sprouted concern and anxiety, primarily expressed in macroeconomic terms. Low fertility directly linked to twin challenges aging stagnation/decline. We know, however, that maximizing human capital institutional reform much more eff...

"In 1976, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis initiated a study of migration and population distribution patterns in its seventeen member nations. In each country, the analysis was carried out by national scholars using techniques of multiregional demography. In this paper the authors describe the organization of the study, discuss the data bases used, evaluate the main r...

Adolescents represent approximately one-fourth of the Bangladesh population. This large group is not adequate prepare for reproductive and sexual life, since its members lack basics information about their bodies, sexuality, contraception and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. So, the main purpose of this study is to identify the social, economic and demographic characteristics...