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Decision Making towards Maternal Health Services in Central Java, Indonesia

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2016
Background: Indonesia has always been struggling with maternal health issue even after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programs were done. Prior research findings identified many factors which influenced maternal health status in developing ...
Treesia Sujana, Margareth Barnes, Jennifer Rowe, Rachel Reed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helping financially under‐resourced unmarried mothers move forward and flourish: Feasibility findings from an innovative coaching‐centered place‐based initiative

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐duration, holistic, cohort‐based, coach‐led interventions may be particularly effective in promoting both economic health and emotional well‐being among unmarried mothers living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Aligning with the 1999 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) framework for program evaluation, this study presents a ...
Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling, Sharon Watson, Mia Ersoff, Jayla Worsley, Brice Kroll, Jenna Hollenhead   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of basic public health service project on maternal health services: an interrupted time series study

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 ...
Pengyu Zhao, Yifan Diao, Lili You, Shichao Wu, Li Yang, Yuanli Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delayed Recognition of Maternal G6PD Heterozygous Status Across Prenatal and Newborn Care Interfaces

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common red blood cell enzymatic disorder worldwide. Although many heterozygotes are asymptomatic, affected neonates have an increased risk for hyperbilirubinemia and related complications.
Mona M. Makhamreh, Ramiah R. Vickers, Cheryl Mensah, Wanda Dosal, Jennifer R. McKinney, April D. Adams   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know? [PDF]

, 2009
Background: current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this ...
Kyobutungi, Catherine, Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex Ezeh, Kyobutungi Catherine, Nyovani, Madise, Alex, Ezeh, Mills, Samuel, Madise, Nyovani, Samuel, Mills, Ezeh, Alex, Madise Nyovani, Ziraba Abdhalah, Ezeh Alex, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Mills Samuel, Catherine, Kyobutungi, Samuel Mills, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Nyovani Madise   +18 more
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
Norheim, Ole F, Ngalesoni Frida N, Ruhago, George M., Norheim Ole F, Ruhago George M, Hulme, David; id_orcid, Ole F Norheim, Ngalesoni, F.N., Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Norheim, O.F., Wilkinson, Rorden, Ngalesoni, Frida N., Ruhago, G.M., Norheim, Ole F., Ngalesoni, Frida N, Ngalesoni, Frida, George M Ruhago, Ruhago, George M, Frida N Ngalesoni   +18 more
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How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source