Women empowerment and infant mortality in Bangladesh

Hossain, Belayet

doi:10.1080/00036846.2015.1051657

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“…Multiparous women having higher odds of death for their neonate in this study might suggest large number of children for the woman which is known to deplete maternal nutrition [64] and in uence the newborn survival. Consistent with other studies [65,66], women's high empowerment status was signi cantly associated with neonatal mortality. It is evident that when mothers are more empowered, they are likely to be more educated and have better knowledge about healthcare behavior for themselves and their children, which might contribute for low risk of neonate death [23].…”

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Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Neonatal Mortality in Eastern Ethiopia: A Population Based Matched Case-Control Study

Ashenafi

Mengistie

Egata

et al. 2020

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Background: Intimate partner physical, sexual and psychological abuses and controlling behaviors against pregnant women are common in low-income settings. In Ethiopia, different forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is highly prevalent and neonatal mortality has been one of the health indicators that did not show significant improvement in the country despite a significant reduction in under-five mortality. We aimed to examine whether exposure to different forms of IPV during pregnancy is associated with neonatal mortality.Methods: A population based matched case–control study was conducted from January to October 2018 in Eastern Ethiopia. A sample of 103 cases (biological mothers of deceased neonates) and 412 controls (biological mothers of survived neonates) were included in the study. The cases and controls were matched for date of birth, sex of the newborn and place of residences. Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed to assess association between IPV during pregnancy and neonatal mortality, controlling for selected potential confounders.Results: After controlling for potential confounding factors (pregnancy and obstetric as well socio-demographic characteristics) sexual violence during pregnancy [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) =3.20: 95% CI: 1.09-9.33] and husband/partner controlling behavior (AOR=2.42: 95% CI: 1.06-5.51) were found to be significantly associated with neonatal mortality. Psychological and physical violence during pregnancy did not show significant associations with the neonatal mortality.Conclusion: Neonatal mortality is strongly associated with intimate partner sexual violence and controlling behaviors during pregnancy. Involving men in maternal health programs is imperative to address issues of violence in pregnancy and promote maternal well being and child health.

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Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Neonatal Mortality in Eastern Ethiopia: A Population Based Matched Case-Control Study

Ashenafi

Mengistie

Egata

et al. 2020

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“…The odd ratio of urban is 1.04 suggesting that infants born in urban areas are expected to die more compared to their counterpart in the rural areas. However, this ratio is not significant, found similar results in the study [8]. In Model (2), socioeconomic variables, i.e., wealth quintiles and women education level are excluded.…”

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Child Mortality (Under Age One): Reported by Mothers of Reproductive Age in Punjab, Pakistan

Rafique¹,

Bhatti²,

Shahzad³

et al. 2019

ECO

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The future of a nation lies in the hands of its children. Health of children should be the first priority of a nation. It is an indicator of social and economic development. Pakistan falls among high child mortality rate countries. The aim of this paper is to assess the socioeconomic determinants of child mortality in the Punjab. For this purpose, the study obtains data from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2014), conducted by Punjab Bureau of statistics. The data were collected with the help of well-designed three questionnaires from 38,405 households of Punjab. The STATA is used to apply Logistic model to determine the factors affecting child mortality. The dependent variable is dichotomous in nature based on this question "Have you ever given birth to a boy or girl who was born alive but later died?" and response is either yes or no. According to the empirical results of the study, area of residence, source of drinking water, women ever attended school and their level of education, women media awareness, women smoking and wealth quintiles are important socioeconomic determinants of child mortality. But comparatively, wealth quintiles have greater influence on reducing child mortality. The study suggests some policies to improve the situation, e.g., allocation of more budget for health, initiative of health care programs for women and infant, particularly in rural areas of Punjab.

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“…Other reports have shown that maternal education is a significant factor influencing child survival (Caldwell, 2009;Osonwa et al, 2012). Hossain et al (2002) supported a direct causal relationship between mother"s education and child mortality. Waters et al (2004) observed that mother"s education is positively associated with a number of measures of infant and child health and nutritional status.…”

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Socioeconomic determinants of under-five children health outcome among childbearing mothers in Abia state, Nigeria

Imo¹,

Charlie²,

Chidi³

2017

Int. J. Sociol. Anthropol.

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Socioeconomic factors have been identified as affecting all aspects of peoples' lives; and it is intricately linked to the demographic proce ss. They are strong predictors of infant and child health outcome in most developing countrie s. Thi s paper examined socioeconomic determinants of under-five children health outcome with data from a sample of 609 women of childbearing age in rural and urban areas of Abia State. The study utilized explanatory study de sign involving survey re search with a multistage sampling technique and a methodological triangulation of both quantitative and qualitative techniques was adopted in gathering the data. The respondents' age was 32.6±5. 8 years, 84.6% were married/living together, 55.0% had secondary education, while 42.7% were in paid/civil service jobs. Incidence of under-five mortality declined sharply a s mother's level of education increase s. Urban respondents who were in paid or civil service jobs had more incidence of under -five mortality compared to their rural counterparts. The likelihood of experiencing under-five morbidity and mortality signi ficantly reduced with higher levels of mother's education (Odds-Ratio (OR): 0.08) and increased with paid/civil service and farming/petty trading jobs (OR: 2.35 and OR: 2.08, respec tively). The outcome of an under-five child's health depends on socio-economic factors. Maternal socioeconomic factors cannot be employed as a proxy for general social and economic change, but must be examined as important forces in their own rights.

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Women empowerment and infant mortality in Bangladesh

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Neonatal Mortality in Eastern Ethiopia: A Population Based Matched Case-Control Study

Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Neonatal Mortality in Eastern Ethiopia: A Population Based Matched Case-Control Study

Socioeconomic Determinants of Child Mortality (Under Age One): Reported by Mothers of Reproductive Age in Punjab, Pakistan

Socioeconomic determinants of under-five children health outcome among childbearing mothers in Abia state, Nigeria

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