Department of Social Relationshttp://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/162024-03-28T08:40:04Z2024-03-28T08:40:04ZLand Cover Change, Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Spatial and Chronological Transformation of Sundarbans and its Adjacent Areas, BangladeshMondal, Md. Sanaul Haquehttp://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/27182018-09-25T09:55:23Z2015-03-22T00:00:00ZLand Cover Change, Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Spatial and Chronological Transformation of Sundarbans and its Adjacent Areas, Bangladesh
Mondal, Md. Sanaul Haque
S ndarbans is the largest mangrove forest of the world. It covers an area of around 10,000 km of which 62% lies in the districts of Bagerhat, Satkhira and Khulna of Bangladesh and the rest 38% shared by India. The Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh constitute
around 50% of the country's protected area and around 2 million people of the Sundarbans impact Zone (SIZ) are directly and indirectly depends on Sundarbans and its resources. The forest is under threats because of population pressure, human encroachment, shrimp farming crab farming, frontier agriculture, pollution, natural disasters e.g. cyclones, coastal erison storms surges, floods, hydrological changes, sea level rise, and above all lack of awareness etc. This paper examines the population dynamics of Sundarbans Impact Zone from 1974 to 2011; climate change impact on Sundarbans; and land cover changes of .Sundarbans from 1973 to 2010. A strong relationship has found between population pressers and a decrease of vegetated land cover from the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. The population size of SIZ increased by 20 percent (between 1981 and 1991) where as the number of trees per hectare in SRF has decreased by 25% (between 1983 and 1996). During 1973 to 2010, water bodies, barren land and vegetated land decreased by 7%, 50% and 16% respectively; whereas the grassland increased by 228% during the same period.this indicates that the density of evergreen vegetation and its canopy closure has decreased. Climate change put another set of impact on Sundarbans through increasing salinity regime of SRF and decreasing economically valuable species from the Sundarbans. Thus the vicious cycle of population growth and climate change impact on Sundarbans is playing an important role to the depletion of Sundarbans resources. The recommendations of this paper includes in-depth understanding of population dynamics of SIZ locality, develop GIS and remote sensing based real time monitoring system, comprehensive protection implicit political commitment, environmental friendly development flow augmentation from Farakka barrage, creating alternative livelihoods for Sundarbans dependent communities, and above all, ensuring transparency accountability and awareness of community people and forest managers to conserve the
Sundarbans from human interventions.
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.
2015-03-22T00:00:00ZAntenatal and Postnatal Health Care Seeking Behavior of Indigenous Women: A Study of the Patro Community in SylhetAbdullah, Muzadded Sanihttp://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/13572019-03-13T10:04:13Z2015-04-22T00:00:00ZAntenatal and Postnatal Health Care Seeking Behavior of Indigenous Women: A Study of the Patro Community in Sylhet
Abdullah, Muzadded Sani
The condition of maternal health of the indigenous people is worse poorer than non-indigenous people across the world, which is also true in the Bangladesh context as well as at local level. However, little research has been conducted among indigenous people in Bangladesh. Regarding maternal health the present study was conducted among the Patro indigenous people of Bangladesh to understand their maternal health care access and the factors associated with it. It was carried out in six villages of Sylhet district where most of the Patro people reside. The research, employed a mixed method approach that combined both qualitative and quantitative
methods. A total of 108 married women who had at least one child less than three years of age or women who had at least one delivery experience were interviewed by using purposive and snowball sampling system. This data was then presented using uni-variate, bi-variate and multivariate analysis.In addition to this a comparative analysis of utilization ANC, PNC and delivery care at national, regional level and Patro community were also assessed. The study revealed that, the socio economic condition of the Patro community is quite poor and the access to maternal health care services is likewise very inadequate. Both micro and macro level factors are responsible for their low access to health care services. The educational attainment of Patro women and their husband is lower than the regional and national level as well. Unlike national level most of the Patro man are day laborers. Patro community is economically very poor. They live in inaccessible remote and isolated area surrounded by hills and tea gardens. There were no maternal health service centers near where they live except for BPI center. Thus, the government should take collaborative initiation with GO and NGOs to establish maternal health centers to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity among Patro women.
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.
2015-04-22T00:00:00ZExploring the Factors Associated with Cerebral Palsy of ChildrenKanan, Sushamahttp://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/11042019-03-13T10:04:46Z2013-09-09T00:00:00ZExploring the Factors Associated with Cerebral Palsy of Children
Kanan, Sushama
A cross sectional retrospective survey was conducted at the Center for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) to investigate risk factors in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Purposive sampling was used to select total 310 consecutive children with CP, who were rehabilitated in the pediatric in-patient clinic between March 2011 to September 2011. Factors affecting CP were investigated by scanning case history section of participants' medical files. Information of each case history section was obtained through interviewing the families. Risk factors were recorded as consanguineous marriage, maternal complication during pregnancy, birth history (preterm birth/ term/ post term), birth injury, birth asphyxia, neonatal convulsion, postnatal illness and some socioeconomic factors (gender, geographical location, parents education and employment), which define difficulty to accessing health services and have consequences on disability. There were more males (61 %) than females (39%) among children with CPo Their age range was between 9 months to 11 years (the mean age was 4.00l±2.3025 years). The most frequently encountered risk factors were, birth asphyxia (74%) and seizures after birth (58.1 %). 37.4% of births were attended by a doctor, 21.6% attended by a nurse or midwife and 41 % attended by traditional birth attendants. 133 (42.9%) children were brought to a health center for seeking
treatment when they were between 2-4 years of age. In terms of seeking treatment for these children geographical location of them has influence. 42.6% children were from Dhaka which is the closest among all division because CRP is located in Dhaka city and the rest of the children were from other five divisions. Parents (mother and father) who had 10 years of education brought their children earlier to health center. 50% of total children with CP in this study were first in their birth order. 7.10% of mother had hypertension, 9% of mothers had anemia and 31.60% of mothers had other complications such as amino fluid losS, fever and history of falling down etc. Labor period and gestational term were not found to be significant risk factors. Compared to other evidence consanguine marriage was not found as a prominent factor in this
study. After birth participants of the study had some common complications like jaundice 25.5%, pneumonia 35.5 %, dehydration 7.7%, and other illnesses 18.1 %. 9.4% of children had hearing difficulties and 17.7% had visual impairment associated with CP
This study identified birth asphyxia and seizure after birth as direct risk factors for CP, and
socioeconomic factors as having indirect influence on the cause of CP
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.
2013-09-09T00:00:00ZThe Knowledge of STls including HIV / AIDS and Its Contraction and Prevention among Students of Selected Universities in Dhaka, BangladeshDewan, Tanvir Ahmedhttp://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/11022019-03-13T10:05:27Z2014-05-20T00:00:00ZThe 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.
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