Science Journal of Public Health

Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2016

  • An Assessment of Health Status of Street Children in Tangail, Bangladesh

    Md. Abdul Hakim, Md. Jalal Talukder

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: 20 July 2015
    Accepted: 18 October 2015
    Published: 28 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.s.2016040101.11
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Childhood Malnutrition in Developing Countries
    Abstract: The study was conducted in a regional city Tangail, which is located in the central part of Bangladesh and well connected with the capital city Dhaka. There were 10% gamines and 90% street boys selected for the study from the twelve different upazilas in Tangail applying the simple random sampling method. Results divulged to contribute 66.67% under... Show More
  • Health and Nutritional Condition of Street Children of Dhaka City: An Empirical Study in Bangladesh

    Md. Abdul Hakim, Azizur Rahman

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 6-9
    Received: 22 September 2015
    Accepted: 18 October 2015
    Published: 28 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.s.2016040101.12
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Childhood Malnutrition in Developing Countries
    Abstract: The study was conducted at the seven areas in Tejgaon, known as the centre of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh, which consist of 41 police stations. Street children are very common in this part of Dhaka city. A well structured questionnaire was developed containing both the closed and open ended questions to collect data through face-to-face i... Show More
  • Malnutrition Prevalence and Health Practices of Homeless Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh

    Azizur Rahman, Md. Abdul Hakim

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 10-15
    Received: 28 September 2015
    Accepted: 20 October 2015
    Published: 28 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.s.2016040101.13
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Childhood Malnutrition in Developing Countries
    Abstract: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a central statistical subdivision (i.e. Tangail district) in Bangladesh. A sample of 240 homeless children was collected from 12 different locations in the study area during the period from November 2014 to July 2015 by using a structured questionnaire and the simple random sampling method. The anthropome... Show More
  • Significant Risk Factors for Childhood Malnutrition: Evidence from an Asian Developing Country

    Azizur Rahman

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 16-27
    Received: 09 October 2015
    Accepted: 09 October 2015
    Published: 28 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.s.2016040101.14
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Childhood Malnutrition in Developing Countries
    Abstract: Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a major health problem in developing countries and it affects the physical growth and logical development of children. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey Bangladesh were used to evaluate the influences of several significant socioeconomic, demographic, health system and community factors on the current ... Show More
  • Effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the Childhood Developments and Lives of Disabilities: A Multivariate Analysis

    Najmul Hasan, Mahfuz Ashraf, Azizur Rahman

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 28-37
    Received: 29 September 2015
    Accepted: 18 October 2015
    Published: 29 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.s.2016040101.15
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Childhood Malnutrition in Developing Countries
    Abstract: This study investigates the factors acceptance of childhood health and development of disability and the quality of everyday lives of disabilities. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a widely used to identify the factors which are responsible to health and development. This research is sample based and data has been collected using a structured q... Show More