title: Assessing public-private reproductive health efforts to reach young married couples in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: Young married couples (YMC) in Bangladesh receive insufficient attention from service providers for reproductive health and family planning needs. The ACQUIRE Project, undertaken by EngenderHealth, Bangladesh, provides intervention for service providers, social and local leaders, and mothers-in-law as effective agents of channeling information to YMCs. EngenderHealth, in collaboration with the public sector, examined the extent to which an intervention program enhances overall quality of services, respondents' knowledge and attitude, and service-seeking behavior related to reproductive health issues. A quasi-experimental design with two matching groups, one watching the intervention, was used. The endline survey was carried out 10 months after the Baseline survey. Key informants interviews and FGDs were conducted. The findings were mixed. Importantly, young married men and women need friendly services and service providers with positive attitudes.
authors.affiliation: University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. mahmuda1996@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mahmuda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khatun
authors.lastname: Mahboob-E-Alam
authors.forename: Quamrun Nahar
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Nazneen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors