Forhana Rahman Noor
Society For Betterment and Research (SOBER)
forhana.rn@gmail.com
I have been working with Population Council for more than six years initially as Senior Research Officer, and now as Assistant Program Officer. Before joining Population Council, I worked with an NGO, known as Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) for nine years in different portfolios like, Associate Program Officer, Documentation Officer and MIS Officer. I am having two masters, one in Sociology and another in Population Sciences from the University of Dhaka. At present I have enrolled myself for doing PhD on ‘Demographic Dividend’.
Being a Researcher, I am engaged in developing research instruments, devising methodologies, coordinating field activities, monitoring and supervising the data collection process, data analysis and management and writing reports.
So far, I have published seven articles in peer reviewed journals and several research reports. Among the issues of researches, fertility, mortality, nuptiality, sexual & reproductive health, etc. are the areas of my interests in research.
1. Effect of a maternal health voucher scheme on out-of-pocket expenditure and use of delivery care services in rural Bangladesh: a prospective controlled study;The Lancet, Vol. 382, Page 20, 20 October 2013, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62181-9.
2. Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Maternity Care in Rural Bangladesh: A Public-Private Partnership; International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 33(2), 2012-13, Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., USA.
3. Unintended Pregnancy among Rural Women in Bangladesh; International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 32(2), 2011-12, Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., USA.
4. An Investigation into Early Marriage in Bangladesh; Dhaka University Journal of Development Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, January 2010, University of Dhaka.
Education as an Important Correlate for Age at Marriage in Bangladesh; Teacher’s World (Journal of Education and Research), Vol. 35-36, June 2010, Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka.