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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nepal: a comparative analysis of Nepal demographic and health surveys (NDHS) 2006 and 2011

BMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundInfant mortality is one of the priority public health issues in developing countries like Nepal. The infant mortality rate (IMR) was 48 and 46 per 1000 live births for the year 2006 and 2011, respectively, a slight reduction during the 5 years’
Reeta Lamichhane, Yun Zhao, Susan Paudel, Emmanuel Olorunleke Adewuyi   +3 more
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Incidence of infant mortality and its predictors in East Africa using Gompertz gamma shared frailty model

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Globally, infant mortality is a major public health concern and a sensitive indicator of countries' socio-economic and health status. Despite the substantial reduction of under-five mortality in sub-Saharan African countries specifically in ...
Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale   +4 more
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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway: Does maternal source country matter?

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: Assimilation models of infant outcomes among immigrants have received considerable attention in the social sciences. However, little effort has been made to investigate how these models are influenced by the source country.
Jonas Kinge, Tom Kornstad
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Geographical disparities and determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia: mapping and spatial analysis using EDHS data

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background Infant mortality remains a public health challenge in Ethiopia. Exploring infant mortality will aid in tracking the progress toward achieving sustainable development goals.
Berhanu Awoke Kefale, Ashenafi Abate Woya, Abay Kassa Tekile, Getasew Mulat Bantie, Gizachew Yismaw Wubetu   +4 more
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Data Matters: Chicago's Babies [PDF]

, 2014
October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. The Social IMPACT Research Center took a look at infant mortality rates and low birth weight rates of Chicago Community Areas and compared these data to the public health goals as outlined in
Katherine Stuehrk
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Association of Arsenic with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes/Infant Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2015
Background Exposure to arsenic is one of the major global health problems, affecting > 300 million people worldwide, but arsenic’s effects on human reproduction are uncertain.
R. Quansah, F. Armah, D. Essumang, I. Luginaah, E. Clarke, Kissinger Marfoh, S. Cobbina, E. Nketiah-Amponsah, P. Namujju, S. Obiri, M. Dzodzomenyo   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Chilean infant mortality decline: improvement for whom? Socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in infant mortality, 1990-2005

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To measure socioeconomic inequalities and differential risk in infant mortality on national and regional levels in Chile from 1990 to 2005, and propose new policy targets.
Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez, Alejandro Esteban Giusti, Juan Manuel Sotelo   +2 more
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Influence of women's autonomy on infant mortality in Nepal

Reproductive Health, 2011
Background Nepalese women lag behind men in many areas, such as educational attainment, participation in decision-making and health service utilization, all of which have an impact on reproductive health outcomes.
Adhikari Ramesh, Sawangdee Yothin
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DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION IN EUROPE [PDF]

Using panel cointegration analysis, we show that a cointegration relationship exists among fertility choice, infant mortality, real wages and real per capita output.
Evangelia Papapetrou, George Hondroyiannis   +1 more
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The Impact of Public Health Policy: The Case of Community Health Centers [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of the Community Health Center (CHC) on health levels in the U.S. Using infant mortality as the underlying health indicator, a time series of large counties as the data set, and multivariate regression ...
Fred Goldman, Michael Grossman
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