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Improving Household Surveys And Use Of Data To Address Health Inequities In Three Asian Cities: Protocol For The Surveys For Urban Equity (Sue) Mixed Methods And Feasibility Study, Helen Elsey, Ak Narayan Poudel, Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev, James Nicholas Newell, Joseph Paul Hicks, Christopher Cartwright, David Wong, Caroline Tait, Sushil Baral, Radheshyam Bhattarai, Sudeepa Khanal, Rajeev Dhungel, Subash Gajurel, Shraddha Manandhar, Saidur Mashreky, Junnatul Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Tarana Ferdous, Shammi Nasreen, Hoang Van Minh, Duong Minh Duc, Bao Ngoc, Dana Thomson, Hilary Wallace Jan 2018

Improving Household Surveys And Use Of Data To Address Health Inequities In Three Asian Cities: Protocol For The Surveys For Urban Equity (Sue) Mixed Methods And Feasibility Study, Helen Elsey, Ak Narayan Poudel, Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev, James Nicholas Newell, Joseph Paul Hicks, Christopher Cartwright, David Wong, Caroline Tait, Sushil Baral, Radheshyam Bhattarai, Sudeepa Khanal, Rajeev Dhungel, Subash Gajurel, Shraddha Manandhar, Saidur Mashreky, Junnatul Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Tarana Ferdous, Shammi Nasreen, Hoang Van Minh, Duong Minh Duc, Bao Ngoc, Dana Thomson, Hilary Wallace

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Introduction: As rapid urbanisation transforms the sociodemographic structures within cities, standard survey methods, which have remained unchanged for many years, under-represent the urban poorest. This leads to an overly positive picture of urban health, distorting appropriate allocation of resources between rural and urban and within urban areas. Here, we present a protocol for our study which (i) tests novel methods to improve representation of urban populations in household surveys and measure mental health and injuries, (ii) explores urban poverty and compares measures of poverty and ‘slumness’ and (iii) works with city authorities to understand, and potentially improve, utilisation of …


Protocol To Develop Sustainable Day Care For Children Aged 1-4 Years In Disadvantaged Urban Communities In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mahua Das, Helen Elsey, Riffat A. Shawon, Joseph Hicks, J Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Fariza Fieroze, Shammi Nasreen, Hilary Wallace, Saidur R. Mushreky Jan 2018

Protocol To Develop Sustainable Day Care For Children Aged 1-4 Years In Disadvantaged Urban Communities In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mahua Das, Helen Elsey, Riffat A. Shawon, Joseph Hicks, J Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Fariza Fieroze, Shammi Nasreen, Hilary Wallace, Saidur R. Mushreky

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Introduction: Lack of safe, stimulating and health promoting environments for children under-5 hinders their physical, social and cognitive development, known as early childhood development (ECD). Improving ECD impacts on children, and can improve educational attainment for girls, who often care for younger siblings, and employment prospects for mothers. Developing and evaluating the impacts of ECD programmes within childcare needs to assess a range of social, health, educational and economic impacts, including women’s empowerment. Children living in slums are at high risk of poor early development and holistic, sustainable interventions are needed to address ECD in these contexts. This study will …