scholarly journals Dimensions of Women's Autonomy and the Influence on Maternal Health Care Utilization in a North Indian City

Demography ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelah S. Bloom ◽  
David Wypij ◽  
Monica Das Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization ◽  
Indian City

scholarly journals Assessing the role of women’s autonomy and acceptability of intimate-partner violence in maternal health-care utilization in 63 low- and middle-income countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1580-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Sripad ◽  
Charlotte E Warren ◽  
Michelle J Hindin ◽  
Mahesh Karra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization ◽  
Care Services

Abstract Background Our study investigates the associations between women’s autonomy and attitudes toward the acceptability of intimate-partner violence against women (IPVAW) and maternal health-care utilization outcomes. Methods We combine data from 113 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2003 and 2016, which give us a pooled sample of 765 169 mothers and 777 352 births from 63 countries. We generate composite scores of women’s autonomy (six-point scale with reference: no contribution) and acceptability of IPVAW (five-point scale with reference: no acceptance) and assess the associations between these measures and women’s use of antenatal care services and facility delivery in pooled and unique country samples. Results A change in a woman’s autonomy score from ‘no contribution to any decision-making domain’ (a composite autonomy score of 0) to ‘contribution to all decision-making domains’ (a score of 6) is associated with a 31.2% increase in her odds of delivering in a facility and a 42.4% increase in her odds of receiving at least eight antenatal care visits over the course of her pregnancy. In contrast, a change in a woman’s attitude towards acceptability of IPVAW from ‘IPVAW is not acceptable under any scenario’ (a score of 0) to ‘IPVAW is acceptable in all scenarios’ (a score of 5) is associated with an 8.9% decrease in her odds of delivering in a facility and a 20.3% decrease in her odds of receiving eight antenatal care visits. Conclusions Our findings suggest that strong and significant associations exist between autonomy, acceptability of IPVAW and utilization of maternal health-care services.

scholarly journals Understanding the Improvement in Full Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Ethiopia Using Oaxaca–Blinder Decomposition Analysis

Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Abrham Wondimu ◽  
Qi Cao ◽  
Derek Asuman ◽  
Josué Almansa ◽  
Maarten J. Postma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Childhood Vaccination ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization

In Ethiopia, full vaccination coverage among children aged 12–23 months has improved in recent decades. This study aimed to investigate drivers of the improvement in the vaccination coverage. The Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition technique was applied to identify the drivers using data from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2000 and 2016. The vaccination coverage rose from 14.3% in 2000 to 38.5% in 2016. The decomposition analysis showed that most of the rise in vaccination coverage (73.7%) resulted from the change in the effect of explanatory variables over time and other unmeasured characteristics. Muslim religion had a counteracting effect on the observed increase in vaccination coverage. The remaining 26.3% of the increase was attributed to the change in the composition of the explanatory variables between 2000 and 2016, with maternal educational level and maternal health care utilization as significant contributors. The findings highlight the need for further improvements in maternal health care utilization and educational status to maintain the momentum towards universal coverage of childhood vaccination. Targeted intervention among Muslim-dominated communities is also needed to improve the current situation. Besides which, future studies need to be conducted to identify additional potential modifiable factors.

Regional Differences of Maternal Health Care Utilization in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. NP1389-NP1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengsha Tang ◽  
Debin Wang ◽  
Hong Hu ◽  
Guoping Wang ◽  
Rongjie Li
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization
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