Parental Expectations of Maternal and Child Health Services [PDF]
Social Work in Public Health, 2015 This article reports on survey research (N = 1,418) aimed at examining whether parental expectations of maternal and child health (MCH) services are influenced by group characteristics (e.g., socioeconomic status [SES], ethnicity, at risk of poverty) and/or individual parenting context variables (e.g., received social support) in a context where these ...
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Exploring barriers to the use of formal maternal health services and priority areas for action in Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 BackgroundIn 2015 the maternal mortality ratio for Ethiopia was 353 per 100,000 live births. Large numbers of women do not use maternal health services.
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Reducing maternal mortality remains a global priority. In 2000, the United Nations Member States pledged to work towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which the fifth target was to reduce maternal mortality ratio by 75 ...
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The Impact of Mobile Health (mHealth) in Maternal Health Services [Letter]. [PDF]
Int J Womens HealthDewi Rashati,1 Prima Soultoni Akbar2 1Department of Pharmacy, Jember Health Polytechnic, Jember City, East Java, Indonesia; 2Medical Record and Health Information Department, Malang Health Polytechnic, Malang City, East Java, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Dewi Rashati, Jember Health Polytechnic, Jl Pangandaran No.
Rashati D, Akbar PS.
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‘I really feel pity for them’: health workers’ readiness to offer maternal health services to urban refugee adolescents in Kampala, Uganda—a qualitative study [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthIntroduction Uganda hosts an estimated 1.6 million refugees and 12.5% are urban refugees living in Kampala. Uganda is implementing an integrated healthcare system where both refugee and host populations use the same healthcare services.
Olivia Nakisita +5 more
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Community perspectives on access to maternal health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Western Kenya: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Globally, maternal and child health outcomes were negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is limited qualitative evidence focused on access to maternal health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural sub-Saharan African ...
Neema Kaseje +4 more
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Evaluation of the causal effect of maternal education on the utilisation of maternal health services in Bangladesh using an observational study - a comparison of different propensity score methods and covariate adjustment [PDF]
Archives of Public HealthBackground Assessing maternal health care utilisation is imperative for the health of both mother and her child. Maternal education is an important determinant in subsequent maternal health care usage, according to research. There is a dearth of research
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Heliyon, 2023 Background Sustainable Development Goals −3 (SDG – 3) were to ensure healthy live and promote well-being by reducing global maternal and neonatal deaths.
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Indigenous maternal health and health services within Canada: a scoping review
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background Globally, there are disparities in access to maternal health care services and equity in maternal health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
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Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2022 The reduction of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) remains a global health issue. Although major progress has been achieved in the past 15 years, the ratio is still high, especially in Low Middle-Income Countries.
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