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ArticleJournal of public health policy2025

Women empowerment and hypertension in Nepal: a nationally representative survey analysis.

Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Mohammad Rifat Rahman, Tanij Fahima, Ferdousy Jannat, Fariha Binte Hossain

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Md Shajedur Rahman ShawonCentre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Level 2, AGSM Building (G27), Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. s.shawon@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4502-1457
Mohammad Rifat RahmanDepartment of Banking & Insurance, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Tanij FahimaMukti Cox'sBazar, Cox'sBazar, Bangladesh.
Ferdousy JannatIndependent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Fariha Binte HossainSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2033, Australia.

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Abstract

This study investigates the roles of women empowerment on the prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension among ever-married Nepalese women aged 15-49 years using 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey data. We assessed women empowerment using the Survey-based Women emPowERment (SWPER) index in the domains of 'social independence', 'decision-making', and 'attitudes towards violence'. We assessed associations of domains of women empowerment with hypertension using multiple logistic regression models. Among 4919 women, 568 (12%) had hypertension, 35% were aware of their condition, and 14% were taking anti-hypertensive medication. Majority (72%) of women had high empowerment in ''attitude to violence' domain, 14%-in 'decision-making' domain, and 25%-in the 'social independence' domain; the latter group was also less likely to suffer from hypertension (aOR = 0.68, 95% CI 0.49-0.94). Our findings suggest the need to integrate empowerment initiatives into strategies to prevent hypertension among women in Nepal and similar low- and middle-income settings.

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EmpowermentHypertensionAdolescentAdultFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth SurveysHumansMiddle AgedNepalPrevalenceSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultHypertension awarenessHypertension prevalenceHypertension treatmentNepalWomen empowerment

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