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High Prevalence of Vaginal Health Problems among the Women Living in Coastal Villages of Bangladesh
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: Received: 14 September 2023 / Approved: 21 September 2023 / Online: 22 September 2023 (04:49:00 CEST)
How to cite: Nahar, N. High Prevalence of Vaginal Health Problems among the Women Living in Coastal Villages of Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023091484. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1484.v1 Nahar, N. High Prevalence of Vaginal Health Problems among the Women Living in Coastal Villages of Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023091484. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1484.v1
Abstract
The coastal zone of Bangladesh covers an area of 47,201 square km, 32% of the country, around 35 million people are living coastal zone, where about 15 million are women (Ahmad, 2019). Though the women of this area have a significant contribution in aquaculture, food production and economic growth of Bangladesh, still the health issues of women remain ignored, especially sexual and reproductive health issue. Women and girls experience heightened vulnerabilities to reproductive health problems in coastal areas. In aiming to investigate the prevalence of vaginal problems in coastal area the study has been designed. The study followed retrospective cohort study as a study design and use percentile and regression analysis to draw the result of the study. The study found that 94% of women are experiencing vaginal problems in coastal villages in Bangladesh. This number is about 05 times higher than the non-coastal villages and it also found water use for hygiene practice as a significant role for high rate of vaginal diseases in coastal areas of Bangladesh
Keywords
vaginal problems; coastal women; water quality; Bangladesh
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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