http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1019 2026-04-05T23:24:37Z 2026-04-05T23:24:37Z Dewan, Tanvir Ahmed http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1102 2019-03-13T10:05:27Z 2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

The Knowledge of STls including HIV / AIDS and Its Contraction and Prevention among Students of Selected Universities in Dhaka, Bangladesh Dewan, Tanvir Ahmed The present thesis explores the knowledge of STIs including HIV / AIDS and its contraction and prevention among students of selected private and public universities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study is based on a survey of 320 students. Result suggests that 98% students heard about AIDS, among them 94% students mentioned about contraction and prevention of AIDS. Seventy five percent of students reported hearing about STIs, among them 64% mentioned at least one possible cause of STIs, 42% mentioned at least one sign and symptom of STIs, 24% mentioned at least one complication of STIs, but few students knew STIs testing place in town. Most students reported that STIs is curable, and one third reported that STIs is preventable. Sixty nine percent of male and only 17% female students reported to have STIs symptom present among them during last one year. However, female students mentioned more frequently to have been seeking advice from health professionals such as doctor, nurse in a clinic or hospital (35%) followed by friends and relatives (30%) and male students sought advice from friends and family (25%) followed by health professionals such as doctor, nurse in a clinic or hospital (13%). The findings of the study suggest that university students have knowledge on AIDS and STIs, but knowledge on its contraction and prevention is comparatively poor. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in population, Reproductive Health, Gender and Development of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2014-05-20T00:00:00Z Roni, Md. Amdadul Haque http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1028 2019-03-13T10:06:13Z 2014-07-03T00:00:00Z

Health Care Seeking Behavior during Delivery Time among the Women of Slums in Dhaka Roni, Md. Amdadul Haque The present thesis explores the health care seeking behavior during the time of delivery among the women of slums in Dhaka. The study was· based on a mixed method. One hundred and thirty six respondents were selected for conducting this quantitative survey. Eighteen participants were included in the study for in-depth -interview, and two group discussions has been conducted to understand their health care seeking behavior during delivery period. Result suggests that 50% of adolescent women (aged less than 19 years) and 57% young adult women (20-29 years) and 38% of elderly women aged 30 years and above delivered their babies at delivery centers. It is found that, 59% of mothers who were engaged in any paid work compared to 49% mothers who were engaged in household work delivered their babies at some health facility. The mothers belonging to extended families were significantly (co-efficient -3 .509) less likely to seek institutional delivery compared to mothers who were from nuclear families. Qualitative study also shows, mothers from nuclear family more likely preferred delivery centers for delivery, where mother from extended family were dependent upon mother-in-Laws' decision, and in most of the cases mother-in-1aws did not allow them to go to delivery centers for delivery. Mothers, experienced with pregnancy related complication earlier were more likely to prefer delivery centers compared to the mothers who were not experienced with any kind of pregnancy related · complications. However, study found that negligible numbers of participants were not aware about the services of delivery centers but a significant proportion of mothers from slums sought their pregnancy related service from delivery centers. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in population, Reproductive Health, Gender and Development of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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