scholarly journals Association between coverage of maternal and child health interventions, and under-5 mortality: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of 35 sub-Saharan African countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Corsi ◽  
S. V. Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Analysis ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. e1003055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy S. Tusting ◽  
Peter W. Gething ◽  
Harry S. Gibson ◽  
Brian Greenwood ◽  
Jakob Knudsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Analysis ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Comparing the timeliness and adequacy of antenatal care uptake between women who married as child brides and adult brides in 20 sub-Saharan African countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0262688
Author(s):  
Sunday A. Adedini ◽  
Sunday Matthew Abatan ◽  
Adesoji Dunsin Ogunsakin ◽  
Christiana Alake Alex-Ojei ◽  
Blessing Iretioluwa Babalola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Child Health Outcomes ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Child Brides

Context Considering the persistent poor maternal and child health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this study undertook a comparative analysis of the timing and adequacy of antenatal care uptake between women (aged 20–24 years) who married before age 18 and those who married at age 18 or above. Method Data came from Demographic and Health Surveys of 20 SSA countries. We performed binary logistic regression analysis on pooled data of women aged 20–24 (n = 33,630). Results Overall, the percentage of child brides in selected countries was 57.1%, with the lowest prevalence found in Rwanda (19.1%) and the highest rate in Chad (80.9%). Central and West African countries had the highest prevalence of child marriage compared to other sub-regions. Bivariate results indicate that a lower proportion of child brides (50.0%) had 4+ ANC visits compared to the adult brides (60.9%) and a lower percentage of them (34.0%) initiated ANC visits early compared to the adult brides (37.5%). After controlling for country of residence and selected socio-economic and demographic characteristics, multivariable results established significantly lower odds of having an adequate/prescribed number of ANC visits among women who married before age 15 (OR: 0.63, CI: 0.57–0.67, p<0.001), and women who married at ages 15–17 (OR: 0.81, CI: 0.75–0.84, p<0.001) compared to those who married at age 18+. Similar results were established between age at first marriage and timing of first ANC visit. Other interesting results emerged that young women who married earlier than age 18 and those who married at age 18+ differ significantly by several socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Conclusion Efforts to improve maternal and child health outcomes in SSA must give attention to address the underutilization and late start of antenatal care uptake among child brides.

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