Exposure of mobile phones and mass media in maternal health services use in developing nations: evidence from Urban Health Survey 2013 of Bangladesh

Biswas, Raaj Kishore; Rahman, Nusma; Islam, Humayera; Senserrick, Teresa; Bhowmik, Jahar

doi:10.1080/09584935.2020.1770698

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“…8,36,37 Healthcare promotions have proven to be effective despite adjusting for socioeconomic backgrounds in increasing awareness and greater access to health services in Bangladesh, which could be a cost-effective process to control the HIV/ AIDS infection rate in Bangladesh. 19 Past studies showed that dedicated television shows 38 and electronic media exposure 18 could be effective as HIV prevention campaigns. For Bangladesh government AIDS policy to have adequate impact in the community, there is a need for the government and the non-governmental organizations to work together to design and implement effective community based interventions such as awareness campaigns.…”

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“…23,34,40,41 Ownership of mobile phone lead to direct access to government information on public health campaigns, for example, Bangladesh government regularly sends out information on vaccination program through text messages. 19,42,43 Mobile phone ownership also increases communication beyond close neighbours and increases the scope of m-health, which in turn increases citizen knowledge on diseases and their prevention. 44 The young generation are more likely to be acquainted with social media as they regularly use mobile phones and follow mass media stories, which help them to be aware about STDs.…”

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Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Bangladesh

Bhowmik

Biswas

2022

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Background Asian and pacific region countries are high risk countries for HIV/AIDS. Although the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is low in Bangladesh but women in Bangladesh have been identified as susceptible due to associated socioeconomic exposures. There are various misconceptions associated with HIV/AIDS transmission among the women in low-and middle-income countries including Bangladesh, which lead to a negative attitude towards the HIV/AIDS-infected. The purpose of this study was to assess the overall knowledge, transmission, and misconception about HIV/AIDS among the women in Bangladesh as well as its spatial distribution across the country. Methods The study used data from the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019, with a sample of 64,346 women. This was a cross-sectional, population-based survey of Bangladeshi women aged 15–49 conducted using a multistage, cluster sampling technique. Three binary outcome variables considered were knowledge about HIV/AIDS, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission and knowledge on myths and misconceptions on HIV/AIDS along with 10 predictors based on past literature. Bivariable analysis using Chi-square tests of association was conducted to examine the unadjusted percentage differences of the outcome variables for each of the predictor variables and their associations. Multiple binary logistic regression models were then fitted to evaluate the association between the outcome variables and the predictors after adjusting for survey cluster, strata, and weights. All analysis was conducted in R software (V 2.5.0). Results The percentage of women who held knowledge about HIV/AIDS, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission and knowledge on misconceptions about transmission of HIV were on average 60.3%, 52.2% and 71.7% respectively. The models indicated that women regularly exposed to media were 79%, 18% and 19% significantly more likely (OR (95% CI) = 1.79 (1.70, 1.89); 1.18 (1.10 1.26) and 1.19 (1.11, 1.27)) to have heard about HIV, aware about HIV transmission, and have less misconceptions about HIV respectively compared to those who were not exposed to media. Overall results indicate that women from peripheral districts living far from metropolitan cities were most unaware of HIV and had higher misconceptions about AIDS. Conclusion The findings of this study should assist policy makers and program implementers to focus on raising awareness to educating women about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted. Furthermore, interventions should be made by targeting the most disadvantaged groups, including younger women with low education living in rural areas, from poor households and limited access to information. Also, education on HIV transmission in Bangladesh should integrate cultural and ethnic considerations of HIV/AIDS.

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Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Bangladesh

Bhowmik

Biswas

2022

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“…Although media exposure among women had helped uplift the health of their children and family, the dilemma is that most of the women in Bangladesh have not even access to basic media [ 49 ]. This brings the disadvantage of providing them basic knowledge of protecting their child through vaccination by mass media sources.…”

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Socioeconomic inequalities in non- coverage of full vaccination among children in Bangladesh: a comparative study of Demographic and Health Surveys, 2007 and 2017–18

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Background Vaccination is considered as a powerful and cost-effective weapon against many communicable diseases. An increase in full vaccination among the most vulnerable populations in Bangladesh was observed in the last decade. This study aimed to capture the socioeconomic inequalities in non-coverage of full vaccination among children aged 12–23 months using the nationally representative data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS). Methods Data for this study have been drawn from the 2007 and 2017–18 BDHS, which covered 10,996 and 20,127 ever-married women aged 15–49 years in 2007 and 2017–18, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to find the factors associated with children who did not receive full vaccination. Further, the concentration index was used to observe the socioeconomic inequality for the outcome variable. Results The proportion of children who did not get fully vaccinated decreased by more than 6 points (18.2 percent to 11.8 percent) between the years 2007 and 2017–18. In 2017–18, the odds of children who were not fully vaccinated were 58 percent and 53 percent less among mothers who had primary education in 2007 [adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 0.42; confidence interval (CI): 0.24–0.73] and 2017–18 [AOR: 0.47; CI: 0.23–0.94] respectively, compared to mothers with no education. The inequality for children who were not fully vaccinated had declined between two survey periods [concentration index (CCI) value of − 0.13 in 2007 and -0.08 in 2017–18]. The concentration of inequality in children with higher parity who did not receive full vaccination had increased from 5 percent in 2007 to 16.9 percent in 2017–18. There was a drastic increase in the socioeconomic inequality contributed by place of delivery from 2.9 percent (2007) to 60.5 percent (2017–18) among children who did not receive full vaccination. Conclusions The present study provide eminent evidence that non-coverage of full vaccination is more prevalent among children from poor households in Bangladesh, which is mainly associated with factors like mother’s education, father’s education and working status and household wealth index across the two rounds. These factors suggest multifaceted pro-poor interventions that will protect them from hardship and reduce their socioeconomic inequalities in coverage of full vaccination.

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“…Consistent with the findings from previous studies, it was found that not being exposed to media, living under a male house head, residing in rural areas, belonging to the poorest quintile of wealth index, and having a low educational level were associated with greater likelihood of justifying IPV among women [ 19 , 21 , 29 , 48 ]. Past studies demonstrated that media campaigns are an effective awareness dissemination tool for rural and remote areas in Bangladesh where literacy rate is relatively low [ 38 , 39 , 49 ]. Media campaigns have shown great success in promoting healthy behaviours and breaking taboos, particularly in LMICs, as means of entertaining [ 50 , 51 , 52 ].…”

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“…Media can play an important role in controlling domestic violence including IPV through awareness campaigns [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. In a LMIC such as Bangladesh, where the public health care system has improved significantly during the last decade despite a low-functioning economy, exposure to media has been hypothesised as a vital asset for improving women’s autonomy, empowerment, and health care accessibility [ 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. In line with this hypothesis, the current study examined the impact of exposure to media on the attitude of married women toward IPV in Bangladesh.…”

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Married Women’s Attitude toward Intimate Partner Violence Is Influenced by Exposure to Media: A Population-Based Spatial Study in Bangladesh

Bhowmik

Biswas

2022

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This study estimated the attitudes of women toward accepting IPV at district level in Bangladesh and examined its relationship with sociodemographic predictors including exposure to media (e.g., newspaper, radio and television) using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey-2019 with a sample of 63,689 women. Around 25.6% women accepted IPV that geographically varied from 1.78% (Pirojpur) to 57.14% (Kurigram). Women regularly exposed to media were 17% less likely to accept IPV. Attitude toward accepting IPV was found to be higher among the illiterate women in disadvantaged circumstances, patriotically from poorer households living in remote areas, which suggest that planned interventions are needed for this vulnerable group of women to improve their living status by providing access to education and media. Further research is necessary to assess the impact of women’s empowerment on their attitude toward acceptance of IPV.

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Exposure of mobile phones and mass media in maternal health services use in developing nations: evidence from Urban Health Survey 2013 of Bangladesh

Cited by 14 publications

References 84 publications

Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Bangladesh

Knowledge About HIV/AIDS and Its Transmission and Misconception Among Women in Bangladesh

Socioeconomic inequalities in non- coverage of full vaccination among children in Bangladesh: a comparative study of Demographic and Health Surveys, 2007 and 2017–18

Married Women’s Attitude toward Intimate Partner Violence Is Influenced by Exposure to Media: A Population-Based Spatial Study in Bangladesh

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