Shushum Bhatia
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shushum Bhatia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shushum |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhatia |
| SIGNATURE | BHATIA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Tuberculosis among Tibetan refugees in India
A social and demographic study of Tibetan refugees in India
Patterns and Causes of Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh
Community-level research data from a Maternal-Child Health and Family Planning (MCH/FP) program and comparison areas in rural Bangladesh indicate that 60 percent of infant deaths occurred in the neonatal period in both areas. Since the inception of the MCH/FP program, mortality rates declined relative to those in the comparison area. This decline, however, was confined to the neonatal period death rates only, with mortality rates in the postneona…
Oral Contraception in Bangladesh
In rural Bangladesh, the continuation rate of oral contraceptives (OCs) is the lowest among all methods except for condoms, and the pregnancy rate for OC users is comparable to that for users of traditional methods, which lies halfway between that for foam and condom users (high) and Depo-Provera and IUD users (low). To determine why postpartum amenorrheic OC acceptors have shorter pregnancy intervals than postamenorrheic OC acceptors who were ma…
Contraceptive Users in Rural Bangladesh: A Time Trend Analysis
An examination of the characteristics of contraceptive acceptors in a family planning program in rural Bangladesh revealed trends of declining age and number of living children among new acceptors. A time series analysis of the age-specific acceptance rates confirmed the observation, indicating that over time the program succeeded in attracting younger and low-parity women. The high use prevalence rates resulted in fertility levels that were 25 p…
Coital frequency and sexual abstinence in rural Bangladesh
The paper analyses results of a survey of sexual and reproductive behaviour in a sample of 2301 currently married women aged less than 50 years. The survey was conducted in 22 villages of the ICDDR, B field station in Bangladesh. Admittedly, the sample is not representative as co-operation could not be obtained from about one-third of eligible women. The results suggest higher coital frequencies among Hindu than among Muslim respondents. There ap…
Contraceptive Intentions and Subsequent Behavior in Rural Bangladesh
The data collection system of the Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project made it possible to examine prospectively the contraceptive practices of women whose intentions as to future use of contraception had been elicited at the beginning of the project. This article examines various sociodemographic characteristics of the initial family planning acceptors and compares them with those who intended and those who did not intend to contracept…
The Effect on Fecundity of Pill Acceptance During Postpartum Amenorrhea in Rural Bangladesh
The length of the interval from last live birth to the subsequent pregnancy was studied for 121 contraceptive pill acceptors who were in postpartum amenorrhea at the time of acceptance and 121 matched nonacceptors in a prospective study in Matlab, Bangladesh. Half of the pill acceptors discontinued use within seven months, and as a group the pill acceptors had a significantly shorter interval to the next pregnancy than the matched nonacceptors. T…
The Demographic Impact of the Family Planning--Health Services Project in Matlab, Bangladesh
This paper evaluates the demographic impact of the Family Planning-Health Services Project in Matlab Thana of rural Bangladesh. The project was begun by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in October 1977. Contraceptive services--including pills, condoms, IUDs, sterilization, and injectables--are supplemented by oral rehydration, tetanus toxoid, and other services. About 33 percent of eligible couples are using co…
Changing Profile of Iud Users in Family Planning Clinics in Rural Bangladesh
In a rural area of Bangladesh IUD acceptors in the 2 years prior to the introduction of a family planning health services programme differed from the women who accepted IUDs following the initiation of the programme. The pre-programme acceptors were older, higher parity women who were using IUDs to terminate childbearing, in contrast to the post-programme acceptors who were younger, lower parity women who were using IUDs to space the next pregnan…
Traditional Childbirth Practices: Implications for a Rural MCH Program
Describes the traditional taboos and practices associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in the villages of Matlab thana in Bangladesh, and discusses the implications for and organization of a simple maternal and child health program in the area
Menstrual regulation clients in a village-based family planning programme
Menstrual regulation (MR) was introduced as one of the components of the village-based family planning and meternal and child care programme initiated by the Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, in 70 villages in Matlab thana in October 1977. Social and demographic characteristics of the MR clients are compared with those of the users of other contraceptive methods offered by the programme. Reasons for pregnancy termination and the high continuati…
Assessing Menstrual Regulation Performed by Paramedics in Rural Bangladesh
Describes and evaluates the performance of menstrual regulation by Bagladeshi lady family planning visitors in a clinic in Matlab and in 4 subcenter clinics. The feasibility of using menstrual regulation to evacuate uterine contents up to 9 weeks since the last menstrual period is also analyzed. The complication rates of the procedures studied compare favorably with rates reported for menstrual regulation procedures performed by physicians. It is…
The Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project
The International Centre For Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has found that the modified strategy of its Family Planning Health Services Programme (FPHSP), which is oriented toward meeting women's contraceptive needs within a full range of services, is more effective in helping women sustain contraceptive practice than the original household distribution program (CDP), which simply made oral contraceptives and condoms available. Only 40%…
The Demographic Impact of the Family Planning--Health Services Project in Matlab, Bangladesh
This paper evaluates the demographic impact of the Family Planning-Health Services Project in Matlab Thana of rural Bangladesh. The project was begun by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in October 1977. Contraceptive services--including pills, condoms, IUDs, sterilization, and injectables--are supplemented by oral rehydration, tetanus toxoid, and other services. About 33 percent of eligible couples are using co…
The Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project
The International Centre For Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has found that the modified strategy of its Family Planning Health Services Programme (FPHSP), which is oriented toward meeting women's contraceptive needs within a full range of services, is more effective in helping women sustain contraceptive practice than the original household distribution program (CDP), which simply made oral contraceptives and condoms available. Only 40%…
A social and demographic study of Tibetan refugees in India
Patterns and Causes of Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh
Community-level research data from a Maternal-Child Health and Family Planning (MCH/FP) program and comparison areas in rural Bangladesh indicate that 60 percent of infant deaths occurred in the neonatal period in both areas. Since the inception of the MCH/FP program, mortality rates declined relative to those in the comparison area. This decline, however, was confined to the neonatal period death rates only, with mortality rates in the postneona…
Contraceptive Intentions and Subsequent Behavior in Rural Bangladesh
The data collection system of the Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project made it possible to examine prospectively the contraceptive practices of women whose intentions as to future use of contraception had been elicited at the beginning of the project. This article examines various sociodemographic characteristics of the initial family planning acceptors and compares them with those who intended and those who did not intend to contracept…
Contraceptive Users in Rural Bangladesh: A Time Trend Analysis
An examination of the characteristics of contraceptive acceptors in a family planning program in rural Bangladesh revealed trends of declining age and number of living children among new acceptors. A time series analysis of the age-specific acceptance rates confirmed the observation, indicating that over time the program succeeded in attracting younger and low-parity women. The high use prevalence rates resulted in fertility levels that were 25 p…
Tuberculosis among Tibetan refugees in India
Oral Contraception in Bangladesh
In rural Bangladesh, the continuation rate of oral contraceptives (OCs) is the lowest among all methods except for condoms, and the pregnancy rate for OC users is comparable to that for users of traditional methods, which lies halfway between that for foam and condom users (high) and Depo-Provera and IUD users (low). To determine why postpartum amenorrheic OC acceptors have shorter pregnancy intervals than postamenorrheic OC acceptors who were ma…
Traditional Childbirth Practices: Implications for a Rural MCH Program
Describes the traditional taboos and practices associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in the villages of Matlab thana in Bangladesh, and discusses the implications for and organization of a simple maternal and child health program in the area
The Effect on Fecundity of Pill Acceptance During Postpartum Amenorrhea in Rural Bangladesh
The length of the interval from last live birth to the subsequent pregnancy was studied for 121 contraceptive pill acceptors who were in postpartum amenorrhea at the time of acceptance and 121 matched nonacceptors in a prospective study in Matlab, Bangladesh. Half of the pill acceptors discontinued use within seven months, and as a group the pill acceptors had a significantly shorter interval to the next pregnancy than the matched nonacceptors. T…
Assessing Menstrual Regulation Performed by Paramedics in Rural Bangladesh
Describes and evaluates the performance of menstrual regulation by Bagladeshi lady family planning visitors in a clinic in Matlab and in 4 subcenter clinics. The feasibility of using menstrual regulation to evacuate uterine contents up to 9 weeks since the last menstrual period is also analyzed. The complication rates of the procedures studied compare favorably with rates reported for menstrual regulation procedures performed by physicians. It is…
Menstrual regulation clients in a village-based family planning programme
Menstrual regulation (MR) was introduced as one of the components of the village-based family planning and meternal and child care programme initiated by the Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, in 70 villages in Matlab thana in October 1977. Social and demographic characteristics of the MR clients are compared with those of the users of other contraceptive methods offered by the programme. Reasons for pregnancy termination and the high continuati…
Assessing Menstrual Regulation Performed by Paramedics in Rural Bangladesh
Describes and evaluates the performance of menstrual regulation by Bagladeshi lady family planning visitors in a clinic in Matlab and in 4 subcenter clinics. The feasibility of using menstrual regulation to evacuate uterine contents up to 9 weeks since the last menstrual period is also analyzed. The complication rates of the procedures studied compare favorably with rates reported for menstrual regulation procedures performed by physicians. It is…
The Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project
The International Centre For Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has found that the modified strategy of its Family Planning Health Services Programme (FPHSP), which is oriented toward meeting women's contraceptive needs within a full range of services, is more effective in helping women sustain contraceptive practice than the original household distribution program (CDP), which simply made oral contraceptives and condoms available. Only 40%…
Changing Profile of Iud Users in Family Planning Clinics in Rural Bangladesh
In a rural area of Bangladesh IUD acceptors in the 2 years prior to the introduction of a family planning health services programme differed from the women who accepted IUDs following the initiation of the programme. The pre-programme acceptors were older, higher parity women who were using IUDs to terminate childbearing, in contrast to the post-programme acceptors who were younger, lower parity women who were using IUDs to space the next pregnan…
Traditional Childbirth Practices: Implications for a Rural MCH Program
Describes the traditional taboos and practices associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period in the villages of Matlab thana in Bangladesh, and discusses the implications for and organization of a simple maternal and child health program in the area
Coital frequency and sexual abstinence in rural Bangladesh
The paper analyses results of a survey of sexual and reproductive behaviour in a sample of 2301 currently married women aged less than 50 years. The survey was conducted in 22 villages of the ICDDR, B field station in Bangladesh. Admittedly, the sample is not representative as co-operation could not be obtained from about one-third of eligible women. The results suggest higher coital frequencies among Hindu than among Muslim respondents. There ap…
Contraceptive Intentions and Subsequent Behavior in Rural Bangladesh
The data collection system of the Matlab Family Planning-Health Services Project made it possible to examine prospectively the contraceptive practices of women whose intentions as to future use of contraception had been elicited at the beginning of the project. This article examines various sociodemographic characteristics of the initial family planning acceptors and compares them with those who intended and those who did not intend to contracept…
The Effect on Fecundity of Pill Acceptance During Postpartum Amenorrhea in Rural Bangladesh
The length of the interval from last live birth to the subsequent pregnancy was studied for 121 contraceptive pill acceptors who were in postpartum amenorrhea at the time of acceptance and 121 matched nonacceptors in a prospective study in Matlab, Bangladesh. Half of the pill acceptors discontinued use within seven months, and as a group the pill acceptors had a significantly shorter interval to the next pregnancy than the matched nonacceptors. T…
The Demographic Impact of the Family Planning--Health Services Project in Matlab, Bangladesh
This paper evaluates the demographic impact of the Family Planning-Health Services Project in Matlab Thana of rural Bangladesh. The project was begun by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in October 1977. Contraceptive services--including pills, condoms, IUDs, sterilization, and injectables--are supplemented by oral rehydration, tetanus toxoid, and other services. About 33 percent of eligible couples are using co…
Contraceptive Users in Rural Bangladesh: A Time Trend Analysis
An examination of the characteristics of contraceptive acceptors in a family planning program in rural Bangladesh revealed trends of declining age and number of living children among new acceptors. A time series analysis of the age-specific acceptance rates confirmed the observation, indicating that over time the program succeeded in attracting younger and low-parity women. The high use prevalence rates resulted in fertility levels that were 25 p…
Oral Contraception in Bangladesh
In rural Bangladesh, the continuation rate of oral contraceptives (OCs) is the lowest among all methods except for condoms, and the pregnancy rate for OC users is comparable to that for users of traditional methods, which lies halfway between that for foam and condom users (high) and Depo-Provera and IUD users (low). To determine why postpartum amenorrheic OC acceptors have shorter pregnancy intervals than postamenorrheic OC acceptors who were ma…
Patterns and Causes of Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh
Community-level research data from a Maternal-Child Health and Family Planning (MCH/FP) program and comparison areas in rural Bangladesh indicate that 60 percent of infant deaths occurred in the neonatal period in both areas. Since the inception of the MCH/FP program, mortality rates declined relative to those in the comparison area. This decline, however, was confined to the neonatal period death rates only, with mortality rates in the postneona…
Tuberculosis among Tibetan refugees in India
A social and demographic study of Tibetan refugees in India
Medicine (14 works) · Population (13 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (12 works) · Family planning (10 works) · Research methodology (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Fertility (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works)