Browsing Public Health Article by Subject "Bangladesh"

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Age and gender variation in the impact of household structure on elderly mortality

Rahman, Omar (International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999)

Relationship to head of household and the presence of spouses and sons have powerful impacts on reducing mortality for elderly men and women in rural Bangladesh with the effects varying significantly by gender and age. ...
Shared environments: a multilevel analysis of community context and child nutritional status in Bangladesh

Corsi, Daniel J.; Chow, Clara K.; Lear, Scott A.; Rahman, Omar; Subramanian, S.V.; Teo, Koon (Public Health Nutrition, 2011-02)

The goal of the study was to examine the influence of community environment on the nutritional status (weight-for-age and height-forage) of children (aged 0–59 months) in Bangladesh. In addition, we tested the association ...
The Impact of Kin on the Mortality of the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh

Rahman, Omar (Population Studies, 1999-07)

This study uses high quality longitudinal data on kin availability, proximity, and marital status from the Matlab surveillance area in rural Bangladesh to explore the impact of kin members on the survival of the elderly ...