Association between women’s empowerment and mental health help-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh: findings from a nationally representative survey
Few Bangladeshi women seek help for mental health symptoms, relying on informal sources. Age, education, wealth and employment predict help-seeking, while high empowerment level in attitude to violence and decision-making domain of SWPER index shows an inverse relationship.
Authors
- Md. Abdur Rafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5415-6399)
- Md. Golam Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-5489)
- M. Tasdik Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-093X)
- Urby Saraf Anika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6842-8940)
Institutions
- State University of Bangladesh (BD)
- Bangladesh University (BD)
- Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BD)
- Child Health Research Foundation (BD)
- University of Rajshahi (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099770
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44