Understanding the socio-demographic and programmatic factors associated with adolescent motherhood and its association with child undernutrition in Bangladesh.
Md Alamgir HossainNovel Chandra DasMd TariqujjamanMd Abu Bakkar SiddiqueRubaiya Matin ChandrimaMd Fakhar UddinS M Hasibul IslamAbu SayeedAnisuddin AhmedShams El ArifeenHassan Rushekh MahmoodAhmed Ehsanur RahmanAniqa Tasnim HossainPublished in: BMC public health (2024)
Children of adolescent mothers are at risk of wasting, underweight, and any form of undernutrition. For effective policies and interventions in Bangladesh, it is important to emphasise delaying adolescent pregnancy and prioritising child undernutrition.