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Does owning a bank account improve reproductive and maternal health services utilization and behavior in India? Evidence from the National Family Health Survey 2015–16

SSM - population health, 2019
Highlights • Ownership of a bank account is associated with improved reproductive and maternal health services utilization and behaviour.• Observed associations are strongest in states where the utilization of studied services is far below the national ...
Abhishek Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, L. Mcdougal, J. Silverman, Yamini Atmavilas, Raksha Gupta, A. Raj   +6 more
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Assessing changes in costs of maternal postpartum services between 2013 and 2014 in Burkina Faso

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Introduction In Africa, a majority of women bring their infant to health services for immunization, but few are checked in the postpartum (PP) period.
Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Anne Goujon, Olivier Degomme, Tchichihouenichidah Nassa, Els Duysburgh, Seni Kouanda, Marleen Temmerman   +6 more
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Use of maternal health services among women in the ethnic rural areas of western China

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundThe use of maternal health services can markedly promote the maternal health and safety, but there has been a low utilization rate in the ethnic rural areas of western China. Furthermore, the correlated factors have not been well studied.
Yuju Wu, Huan Zhou, Qingzhi Wang, M. Cao, Alexis Medina, S. Rozelle   +5 more
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Accessing Maternal Health Services in Eastern Burma

PLoS Medicine, 2008
Macaya Douoguih discusses a retrospective household survey that characterized the relationships between access to care, health status, and human rights violations in eastern Burma.
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Improving maternal health services through social accountability interventions in Nepal: an analytical review of existing literature

Public Health Reviews, 2019
Background The persistent quality gap in maternal health services in Nepal has resulted in poor maternal health outcomes. Accordingly, the Government of Nepal (GoN) has placed emphasis on responsive and accountable maternal health services and initiated ...
Adweeti Nepal, Santa Kumar Dangol, Anke van der Kwaak   +2 more
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Seasonal variation in geographical access to maternal health services in regions of southern Mozambique

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2017
BackgroundGeographic proximity to health facilities is a known determinant of access to maternal care. Methods of quantifying geographical access to care have largely ignored the impact of precipitation and flooding.
P. Makanga, N. Schuurman, C. Sacoor, H. Boene, F. Vilanculo, M. Vidler, L. Magee, P. von Dadelszen, Esperança Sevene, K. Munguambe, T. Firoz   +10 more
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Facilitating equitable community-level access to maternal health services: exploring the experiences of Rwanda’s community health workers

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
BackgroundIn Rwanda, community health workers (CHWs) are an integral part of the health system. For maternal health, CHWs are involved in linking members of the communities in which they live to the formal health care system to address preventative ...
G. Tuyisenge, Valorie A. Crooks, N. Berry   +2 more
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Inequities and their determinants in coverage of maternal health services in Burkina Faso

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
BackgroundPoor and marginalized segments of society often display the worst health status due to limited access to health enhancing interventions. It follows that in order to enhance the health status of entire populations, inequities in access to health
Takondwa Mwase, S. Brenner, Jacob Mazalale, J. Lohmann, S. Hamadou, S. Somda, V. Ridde, M. De Allegri   +7 more
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Maternal gestational hypertension, smoking and pre‐eclampsia are associated with metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease in overweight offspring

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Introduction Due to a steep increase in obesity, metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has also become the most common chronic hepatic condition among children and adolescents.
Hanna deRuyter, Linnea Aitokari, Siiri Lahti, Hanna Riekki, Heini Huhtala, Timo Lakka, Hannele Laivuori, Kalle Kurppa   +7 more
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Factors influencing the utilization of TBA services by women in the Tolon district of the northern region of Ghana

Scientific African, 2018
Maternal mortality issues have become a major cause for concern especially in developing counties as they struggle to attain the Sustainable Development Goals 3.1 and 3.2.
Leander Achageba Allou
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