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Impact of Limited-Service Availability and Preparedness on Facility-Based Delivery in Bangladesh
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Background: Globally, about 300,000 women die from childbirth per year with 94% of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in South Asia. The majority of these deaths are preventable if women receive proper treatment on time. In Bangladesh, there are several...
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Influence of gender roles and rising food prices on poor, pregnant women's eating and food provisioning practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rashid, Sabina F., Willows, Noreen, Mumtaz, Zubia, Levay, Adrienne V.
Background Maternal malnutrition in Bangladesh is a persistent health issue and is the product of a number of complex factors, including adherence to food 'taboos’ and a patriarchal gender order that limits women’s mobility and decision-making. The recent global food price crisis is also...
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2023-09-12
NFRF-I awarded 2024: This project focuses on enhancing energy transition planning, recognizing that such plans must: integrate mitigation and adaptation; embrace a justice framework; and be socio culturally embedded within local geographies. This demands direct engagement with the diverse peoples...
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2020-01-07
SSHRC KSG awarded 2020: For this project, we will generate three scoping reviews to examine health-related exposure to extreme events like heat waves, wildfires, floods, drought, and air pollution; populations' sensitivity to these exposures; and the adaptive capacity of systems, institutions,...
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Misinformation on Social Media: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Analysis of Users' Engagement with Religious Misinformation
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Bangladesh, the world’s fourth-largest Muslim country, has a growing community of social media users. With the increasing social media usage, misinformation emerging from social media also becomes widespread in the country. In particular, religious misinformation has become more commonplace,...
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Fall 2010
Urbanization is viewed as a major threat to global biodiversity because of its role in the loss and fragmentation of low-lying, productive habitats associated with coastal plains and river valleys. My study examines the effects of urbanization on the movements and distribution of songbirds in...
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Nanotechnology and the Alberta Capital Region: A Case Study of Integrating Communities, Innovation and Development
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SSHRC Awarded PDG 2012: What can cities and communities do to support and benefit from new technologies? How can knowledge-intensive sectors develop in ways which account for local contexts and local needs? How can benefits and prosperity be made to 'stick' to the communities in which new...