Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal

Thapa, Deependra Kaji; Niehof, A.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.003

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“…Mozambique was also unique in that 21% of women reported that "someframeworks [38,39] for statistically significant relationships to female healthcare autonomy. Education, age, and number of living children were all found to have significant associations (p < 0.05) and prior literature has also supported their relationship with women's empowerment [40][41][42]. These factors were thus included as adjustment variables in the multivariate analysis.…”

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Women's Healthcare Decision-Making Autonomy by Wealth Quintile from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Rose¹

2017

Int J Womens Health Wellness

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Women's Healthcare Decision-Making Autonomy by Wealth Quintile from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Rose¹

2017

Int J Womens Health Wellness

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“…Men's role in financing their wives' access and utilization of maternal health services is well known (Odimegwu et al, 2005;Okechukwu et al, 2007;Thapa & Niehof 2013). In addition, studies on birth preparedness and complication readiness (Iliyasu et al, 2010;Kakaire et al, 2011) showed that men saved money to cater for obstetric emergencies or complications.…”

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Male involvement in utilization of emergency obstetric care and averting of deaths for maternal near misses in Rakai district in Central Uganda

Nansubuga

Ayiga

2015

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Although studies have assessed male involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness, little is known about their involvement after the onset of maternal near miss complications. This information is important in developing appropriate strategies for male involvement in accessing emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in order to reduce Uganda's high maternal mortality ratio. The study examined the roles played by men after the onset of maternal near miss complications in Uganda. A qualitative study using narratives of 40 purposively selected maternal near misses and in-depth interviews of 10 randomly selected men was conducted. Results showed that men were involved in postpartum uptake of long term contraceptive methods, management of obstetric complications, decision making, social support, transport arrangements and provision of financial support to access EmOC. Therefore, men should be sensitized on the recommended haemorrhage medication during home births, the need for supervised deliveries and prompt referral of their wives to health facilities.

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“…Previous research has documented the association between women's empowerment and education (39) , household wealth (40) and number of living children (39,41) . Across studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, poorer maternal education, lower household wealth and younger child age have been found to be determinants of suboptimal IYCF practices (42)(43)(44) .…”

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Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Jennings

Talegawkar

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore the relationship between women's empowerment and WHO recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Design: Analysis was conducted using data from ten Demographic and Health Surveys between 2010 and 2013. Women's empowerment was assessed by nine standard items covering three dimensions: economic, socio-familial and legal empowerment. Three core IYCF practices examined were minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet. Separate multivariable logistic regression models were applied for the IYCF practices on dimensional and overall empowerment in each country. Setting: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Subjects: Youngest singleton children aged 6-23 months and their mothers (n 15 153). Results: Less than 35 %, 60 % and 18 % of children 6-23 months of age met the criterion of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet, respectively. In general, likelihood of meeting the recommended IYCF criteria was positively associated with the economic dimension of women's empowerment. Socio-familial empowerment was negatively associated with the three feeding criteria, except in Zimbabwe. The legal dimension of empowerment did not show any clear pattern in the associations. Greater overall empowerment of women was consistently and positively associated with multiple IYCF practices in Mali, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. However, consistent negative relationships were found in Benin and Niger. Null or mixed results were observed in the remaining countries. Conclusions: The importance of women's empowerment for IYCF practices needs to be discussed by context and by dimension of empowerment.

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Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal

Cited by 116 publications

References 44 publications

Women's Healthcare Decision-Making Autonomy by Wealth Quintile from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Women's Healthcare Decision-Making Autonomy by Wealth Quintile from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Male involvement in utilization of emergency obstetric care and averting of deaths for maternal near misses in Rakai district in Central Uganda

Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

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