The Impact of Social and Economic Indicators on Maternal and Child Health

Wang, Guang-zhen

doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0330-y

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“…The present paper proposes an experimental model considering the socio-economic and political explanatory variables of maternal mortality in the Middle East and Africa in line with Wang (2014) and Zolala et al (2012). According to Model (1), the logarithm of the maternal mortality per capita ( ) is a function of some explanatory variables, including the logarithm of GDP per capita ( ), trade openness ( ), natural resources rents ( ), urbanization ( ), and national conflicts (such as internal and external conflicts ( )).…”

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confidence: 80%

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confidence: 80%

“…A few variables, such as urbanization, energy consumption, and trade openness, are generally used as explanatory variables in the literature on maternal mortality rate (Zolala, 2012;Ensor et al 2012;Wang, 2014;Bayati et al, 2016). Previous works stated that the share of health budget could extend when GDP has risen and economic development has happened in the region; therefore, the country could experience more trained health staff, provide more desirable primary health care, improve pregnant mothers' skills and knowledge to help reduce the maternal mortality rate.…”

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confidence: 99%

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WITHDRAWN: Spatial Effects of Internal and External Conflicts on Regional Maternal Mortality

Mamkhezri

Razzaghi

Khezri

2021

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Background: The high maternal mortality rates in African and Middle Eastern countries motivated the present study to explore the causes of such a phenomenon from a broader perspective. Extensive internal and external conflicts, including war and cross-border, foreign pressures, civil war, terrorism, and civil disorder conflicts, are the dominant feature of these countries. Therefore, this paper aims to elicit the influential factors in maternal mortality in the Middle East and Africa, with a special emphasis on the contribution of internal and external conflicts.Methods: This study investigates data from 46 Asian and African countries from 2011 to 2017 on the regional effects of such conflicts on maternal mortality using spatial models. Results: According to the results, the model control variables, except for trade openness, were found to have significant effects on the maternal mortality rate. Economic growth and natural resource rents through the expansion of health services showed significant effects on mortality reduction. In addition, the expansion of urbanization has led to an increase in maternal mortality rates. Also, most internal and external conflicts lead to a decrease in the production orientation towards health services, increasing maternal mortality rates, while war and cross-border have quite opposite effects. Conclusions: The expansion of health services during the emergence of such conflicts reduces the maternal mortality rate. According to the results, conflicts such as war, foreign pressures, and terrorism in neighboring countries lead to increased mortality rates in the country of origin, suggesting that regional conflicts can have spillover effects on the regional extensions of maternal mortality rates.

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Section: Quantitative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Quantitative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Quantitative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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WITHDRAWN: Spatial Effects of Internal and External Conflicts on Regional Maternal Mortality

Mamkhezri

Razzaghi

Khezri

2021

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“…In addition to these works, a small handful of studies has employed SEM as the method of analysis to examine links between democracy and health (Factor and Kang 2015; Klomp and De Haan 2009; Pillai and Gupta 2006, 2011; G.-Z. Wang 2004, 2007, 2014). A major goal of these studies involves using latent variables to measure complex constructs, such as political stability or reproductive health.…”

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“…While a handful of recent studies has examined if democracy is a predictor of health outcomes in an SEM framework (Factor and Kang 2015; Klomp and De Haan 2009; Pillai and Gupta 2006, 2011; G.-Z. Wang 2004, 2007, 2014), more work needs to be done. What is lacking is a clear assessment of the indirect, direct, and total effects of democracy on health and a direct comparison of these results with those from an OLS regression.…”

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Democracy and Infant Mortality in Less-Developed Nations: Dismantling Differences in Direct and Indirect Effects Modeling

Noble

2019

Sociological Perspectives

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In recent years, many studies have focused on examining the relationship between democracy and health outcomes in developing nations. However, the overwhelming majority of this research utilizes direct-effect modeling approaches, assuming that increases in democracy are going to directly translate into improvements in well-being. Drawing on a sample of 136 less-developed nations, I first conduct a basic regression, where I find no significant impact of democracy on infant mortality. I then utilize structural equation modeling (SEM) to show significant indirect effects of democracy on infant deaths through public health spending. The results help place in context previous studies that have found inconsistent effects of democracy on health outcomes. The regression and SEM analyses demonstrate how erroneous findings can result from solely utilizing direct-effect approaches, which incorrectly treat key mediating mechanisms as competing predictors.

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Measuring Child and Maternal Health in Developing Countries: A Proposal of New Hybrid MDG Composite Indices

Luque

Pérez‐Moreno

Robles

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The Impact of Social and Economic Indicators on Maternal and Child Health

Cited by 14 publications

References 63 publications

WITHDRAWN: Spatial Effects of Internal and External Conflicts on Regional Maternal Mortality

WITHDRAWN: Spatial Effects of Internal and External Conflicts on Regional Maternal Mortality

Democracy and Infant Mortality in Less-Developed Nations: Dismantling Differences in Direct and Indirect Effects Modeling

Measuring Child and Maternal Health in Developing Countries: A Proposal of New Hybrid MDG Composite Indices

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