scholarly journals The consumer perspective: A consultation with senior health officials from developing countries on standards of evidence for reproductive and maternal health care

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Consumer Perspective ◽  
Standards Of Evidence ◽  
Senior Health

scholarly journals Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. e1000327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë Matthews ◽  
Amos Channon ◽  
Sarah Neal ◽  
David Osrin ◽  
Nyovani Madise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Maternal Health Care

scholarly journals A Review on Antenatal Care in Developing Country Like India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 397-403
Author(s):  
Irin Ephrem ◽  
Ateendra Jha ◽  
A. R Shabaraya
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Antenatal care is the ‘care before birth’ to promote the well-being of mother and fetus, and it is essential to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, low-weight births and perinatal mortality. The care for the mother during pregnancy, during delivery, and after delivery is important for the wellbeing of the mother and the child. Maternal health-care vary within developing countries, which shows differences between affluent and poor women, and between women living in urban and rural areas. Health care service provision in India is very diverse, with rural services achieving considerably less coverage than their urban counterparts. It was found that following factors affects the antenatal care utilization maternal education, husband’s education, marital status, availability, cost, household income, women’s employment, media exposure and having a history of obstetric complications. If a woman visited health centre three or more than three times, her chances were 31 percent higher to deliver in an institution. Poorer women may prefer home-based delivery care. Lack of affordability might explain the large poor–rich inequalities in professional delivery attendance within urban and rural areas. Traditional beliefs and ideas about pregnancy also influence on antenatal care use. Older women would have accumulated knowledge on maternal health care and therefore would likely have more self-confidence on pregnancy and childbirth and thus, may give less importance to obtaining institutional care. Incomplete access and underutilization of modern healthcare services are major causes for poor health in the developing countries. There is a need of enhancing community awareness about the importance for educating women about early detection of complications during pregnancy and promptly seeking care, and about the importance of giving birth in a health facility. Keywords: Antenatal Care, Developing Countries.

Effects of Empowerment and Media Use by Women of Childbearing Age on Maternal Health Care Utilization in Developing Countries of Southeast Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsung Sohn ◽  
Minsoo Jung
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
To Receive

Despite its importance to maternal health, women’s empowerment in developing countries has yet to be adequately addressed. We investigated the effects of women’s empowerment and media use on maternal antenatal care in Southeast Asian countries. The data originate from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Southeast Asia between 2011 and 2014 (n = 35,905). We conducted Poisson regression and meta-analyses to examine communication inequalities in the media use for the relationships between women’s empowerment and maternal health. Women who had decision-making authority for their own health care (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01–1.05), household purchases (IRR = 1.02, 95% CI = 1.00–1.04), and visiting family or relatives (IRR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.03–1.07) were more likely to receive health care than were study participants whose partners had the decision-making authority. When we added use of each type of media into the model, the women who read a newspaper daily (IRR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.03–1.20), listened to the radio at least once a week (IRR = 1.02, 95% CI = 1.01–1.03), and watched television daily (IRR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.55–1.67) were more likely to receive health care than those who did not use media at all. This study revealed that women’s empowerment and their use of media were related to better maternal health care.

scholarly journals Construction and Validation of a Women’s Autonomy Measurement Scale with Reference to Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 52 (195) ◽  
pp. 925-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tulsi Ram Bhandari ◽  
Ganesh Dangal ◽  
P Shankara Sharma ◽  
V Raman Kutty
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Five Factors

Introduction: Women’s autonomy is one of the predictors of maternal health care service utilization. This study aimed to construct and validate a scale for measuring women’s autonomy with relevance to developing countries. Methods: We conducted a study for construction and validation of a scale in Rupandehi and further validated in Kapilvastu districts of Nepal. Initially, we administered a 24-item preliminary scale and finalized a 23-item scale using psychometric tests. After defining the construct of women’s autonomy, we pooled 194 items and selected 24 items to develop a preliminary scale. The scale development process followed different steps i.e. definition of construct, generation of items pool, pretesting, analysis of psychometric test and further validation. Results: The new scale was strongly supported by Cronbach’s Alpha value (0.84), test-retest Pearson correlation (0.87), average content validity ratio (0.8) and overall agreement- Kappa value of the items (0.83) whereas all values were found satisfactory. From factor analysis, we selected 23 items for the final scale which show good convergent and discriminant validity. From preliminary draft, we removed one item; the remaining 23 items were loaded in five factors. All five factors had single loading items by suppressing absolute coefficient value less than 0.45 and average coefficient was more than 0.60 of each factor. Similarly, the factors and loaded items had good convergent and discriminant validity which further showed strong measurement capacity of the scale.   Conclusions: The new scale is a reliable tool for assessing women’s autonomy in developing countries. We recommend for further use and validation of the scale for ensuring the measurement capacity. Keywords: maternal health care; scale construction and validation; women’s autonomy measurement.

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