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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal deaths in Australia 2008–2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is the 16th report on women in Australia who die in association with pregnancy and childbirth. Authored by AIHW, Humphrey MD, Bonello MR, Chughtai A, Macaldowie A, Harris K and Chambers GM.
Michelle Bonello
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Methodological approach of the spatial distribution of maternal mortality in Burkina Faso and explanatory factors associated [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDMaternal mortality is one of the most important problems related to the reproductive health. This is why the reduction by three quarters of maternal mortality by 2015 has been fixed as target No.
Lougue, Siaka
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Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Report from nine maternal mortality review committees [PDF]

open access: yes
Approximately 700 women across the United States (U.S.) die each year as a result of pregnancy or pregnancy-related complications. Non-Hispanic black women experience maternal deaths at a rate three to four times that of non-Hispanic white women, a ...

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Maternal mortality in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The thesis is a literature review which aims to review previous articles about the impact of poverty and socio-cultural factors on the still-high maternal mortality in Nigeria.
Nuhu-koko, Nafisah
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Knowledge Summary 23: Human Rights & Accountability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Progress has been made in reducing maternal and child mortality, yet millions continue to die from preventable causes. These deaths represent an accountability challenge and a major concern shared by both the health and human rights communities.
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Desa SIAGA, a community participation model for maternal and neonatal health in Indonesia, barriers and facilitators to implementation: findings from a comparative case study design

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background ‘Desa SIAGA’ (alert village) is a community participation model (CPM) aiming to improve maternal and neonatal health (MNH) outcomes by empowering communities to prepare women for safe birth in Indonesia.
Vinami Yulian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal Mortality – A Challenge? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2013
Background : The current maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Maharashtra is 104/100000 live births, ranking 3rd in India. There is scope for reducing it as majority of the causes of MMR are preventable and curable.
Shital G. Sonone   +3 more
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
wiley   +1 more source

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