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Maternal health services utilization and maternal mortality in China: a longitudinal study from 2009 to 2016

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background The Chinese government introduced the maternal health services as part of the Basic Public Health Service (BPHS) project in 2009. While China has made progress in reducing maternal mortality, the longitudinal association between the ...
Pengyu Zhao, Xueyan Han, Lili You, Yu Zhao, Li Yang, Yuanli Liu   +5 more
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“I cannot say no when a pregnant woman needs my support to get to the health centre”: involvement of community health workers in Rwanda’s maternal health

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background In Rwanda, maternal community health workers (M-CHWs) are involved in the country’s overall health system. In maternal health, their role includes the provision of preventive and promotional health services at the community level. They provide
Germaine Tuyisenge, Celestin Hategeka, Isaac Luginaah, David F. Cechetto, Stephen Rulisa   +4 more
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The Impact of Ethnic-Immigrant Status and Obesity-Related Risk Factors on Behavioral Problems among US Children and Adolescents

Scientifica, 2012
We examined the prevalence and correlates of parent-reported behavioral problems among immigrants and US-born children aged 6–17 years. The 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health was used to develop an 11-item factor-based behavioral problems index ...
Gopal K. Singh, Stella M. Yu
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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 ...
Bradt, Lieve, Vandenbroeck, Michel, Lammertyn, Jan, De Bie, Maria   +3 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The progress in coverage of maternal health services in Ethiopia has been rather slow over the past decade and consequently the maternal mortality ratio was very high (673 per 100,000 live births) among the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Markos Mezmur, Kannan Navaneetham, Gobopamang Letamo, Hadgu Bariagaber   +3 more
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Geographic Access and Maternal Health Services Utilization in Sélingué Health District, Mali

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2020
Introduction Maternal mortality is one of the main causes of death for women of childbearing age in Mali, and improving this outcome is slow, even in regions with relatively good geographic access to care.
Moctar Tounkara, O. Sangho, Madeleine Beebe, Lillian Whiting-Collins, Rebecca R. Goins, Hannah C. Marker, P. Winch, S. Doumbia   +7 more
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Utilization of maternal health services and its determinants: a cross-sectional study among women in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2019
BackgroundProper utilization of antenatal and postnatal care services plays an important role in reducing the maternal mortality ratio and infant mortality rate.
Ranjana Singh, S. Neogi, A. Hazra, L. Irani, J. Ruducha, Danish Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, N. Mann, D. Mavalankar   +8 more
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Concise title: Maternal health service utilization [PDF]

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2020
Abstract Objectives The objective of this study is to identify the determinants and measure the trends in maternal health-facility based utilization in Bangladesh. This research shows the importance of each variable and their role in utilizing maternity care in Bangladesh.
Md Akhtarul Islam, Sutapa Dey Barna
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Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundNepal has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the South Asia region, partly due to the underutilization of maternal health services and the high number of adolescent pregnancies. This study explores married Nepali adolescent girls'
Asm Shahabuddin, Therèse Delvaux, Christiana Nöstlinger, Malabika Sarker, Azucena Bardají, Alyssa Sharkey, Ramesh Adhikari, Sushil Koirala, Md Asadur Rahman, Tahrima Mridha, Jacqueline E W Broerse, Vincent De Brouwere   +11 more
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Maternal health service utilization from urban health extension professionals and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year in Ambo town, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, 2018

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Despite the existence of urban and rural health extension workers maternal mortality and morbidity remain, as a public health problem in Ethiopia.
Kebede Megerssa Berri, Yeshi Kumera Adaba, Teka Girma Tarefasa, Nagasa Dida Bededa, Daniel Belema Fekene   +4 more
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