Background: Dietary practice of women during pregnancy is critical for optimal growth and development of the fetus. Maternal and child health is strongly associated with dietary practices. Good maternal nutrition is important for the health and reproductive performance of women and development of their children. This study aimed to describe the dietary practice among pregnant women at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) in Dhaka. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted to assess the dietary practice among pregnant women attending at the antenatal care unit (ANC) in BSMMUH. A total of 112 participants were conveniently selected using a standard equation. The data were collected during February to March 2022 from the eligible participants using a structured questionnaire containing socio-demographic section along with a validated dietary behavior questionnaire (DBQ). Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The inferential statistics, Pearson’s product moments correlation, independent t- test, and one-way ANOVA were used to test the relationship between socio- demographic characteristics and output variable regarding dietary behavior. Results: The study showed the dietary practice of pregnant women were significantly related with their age (f=3.50, p=0.033), education (f=3.32, p=0.023), monthly family income (r=0.52, p=0.001), gestational age (r=0.32, p=0.008), BMI (f=8.89, p=0.000), and number of antenatal visit (r=0.30, p=0.000). Conclusion: The dietary practice of pregnant women is related with number of antenatal visits and education that might promote through appropriate interventions by the nurses and other health care personnel to improve maternal nutrition.

Background: Socio-emotional behavior problem is a serious health problem among pre-school children in the world. Bangladesh is no exception of this. Socio-emotional behavior problem has significantly negative impact at individual, familial and society level. There is a dearth of study regarding socio-emotional behavior among preschool children in Bangladesh. As a consequence, this study attempted to explore the status of socio-emotional behavior among preschool children in Bangladesh. Methodology: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 132 mothers having pre-school going children in the two selected schools in Bagherhat district, Bangladesh. Face to face interview was conducted for data collection by using a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using Pearson product correlation, t-test and ANOVA. Results: The findings showed that the average mean of socio-emotional behavior of preschool children was 1.25. The results presented significant positive correlation of child's socio-emotional behavior with mother's age (r= .188, p=0.030), family income (r=.225, p=0.009) and number of siblings (r=.179, p=0.039) respectively. On the other hand, a significant difference of child's socio-emotional behavior with mother’s educational level (F=3.201, p=0.044), mother’s occupation (F=2.792, p=0.043), and sex of the child (t= -2.481, p=0.014) was observed. Conclusion: It can be concluded that preschool children have socio-emotional behavioral problems. Socio-emotional behavior was also significantly associated with demographic characteristics.