Maternity and Child Health Care Services Delivered by Public Health Centers Compared to Health Cooperatives: Iran`s Experience

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Nikniyaz ◽  
Mostafa Farahbakhsh . ◽  
Kazem Ashjaei . ◽  
Djafarsadegh Tabrizi . ◽  
Homayoun Sadeghi-Baz . ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Meeting the Global Target in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Care Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-665
Author(s):  
Md. Mehedi Hasan ◽  
Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes ◽  
Saifuddin Ahmed ◽  
Sayem Ahmed ◽  
Tuhin Biswas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Newborn And Child Health ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Global Target ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Role of Maternal and Child Health Care Services on Postpartum Contraceptive Adoption in India

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401773351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Dixit ◽  
Laxmi Kant Dwivedi ◽  
Amrita Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Protocol for Systematic Review on Inequity in Child Health Care Service Utilization in Low and Middle-income Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailu Fekadu Demessie ◽  
Damen Hailemariam Hailemariam ◽  
Helmut Kloos Kloos ◽  
Aynalem Adugna Adugna ◽  
Wubegzier Mekonnen Mekonnen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Background: One challenge to achieving Millennium Development Goals was inequitable access to quality health services. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, interventions need to reach underserved populations, it appears that the maternal, newborn and child health goals (MDG 4 and 5) will not be universally achieved. There was early recognition that it could be possible to achieve the health goals while decreasing health inequity, because most of the gains might go to the better-off rather than to the very poor.Methodology/Design: The current protocol adopts a strategy informed by the guidelines of The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews. Our systematic review will identify studies in English, provided inclusion of an English abstract - from 2010 onwards till 2020, by searching MEDLINE (PubMed interface), EMBASE (OVID interface), Cochrane Central (OVID interface) and the gray literature. Study selection criteria include research setting, study design, reported outcomes and determinants of interest. Our primary outcome is inequity in utilization of child health care services, and determinants of concern are: 1) socioeconomic status (for example, income, education); 2) geographic determinants (for example, distance to a health center, rural versus urban residence); and 3) demographic determinants (for example, age, ethnicity, religion, and marital status). Screening, data abstraction, and scientific quality assessment will be conducted independently by two reviewers using standardized forms. Where feasible, study results will be combined through meta-analyses to obtain a pooled measure of association between utilization of child health care services and key determinants. Results will be stratified by income levels (World Bank classification) geographical residence and demographical determinants.Discussion: Our review will inform policy-making with the aim of decreasing inequities in utilization of child health care services. This research will provide evidence on unmet needs for child health care services in LMICs, knowledge gaps and recommendations to health policy planners. Our research will help promote universal coverage of quality child health care services as an integral part of the continuum of maternal and child health care. This protocol will be registered with the Prospero database.

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of Equity in Maternal and Child Health Services Delivery and Access in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel George Anarwat ◽  
Mubarik Salifu ◽  
Margaret Atosina Akuriba
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Child Underweight ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Background Inequities in the distribution of and access to maternal and child health care services is pervasive in Ghana. Understanding the drivers of inequity in maternal and child health (MCH) is important to achieving the universal health coverage component of the sustainable development goals and poverty reduction in Ghana and other developing countries. However, there is increasing disparities in MCH services, especially in rural -urban and income quintiles. The study aimed to examine the disparities in maternal and child health care services in Ghana for policy intervention. Methods Data for this study was extracted from the nationally representative Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) round 4, 2011. Respondents of this survey were women of reproductive age 15–49 years with a sample size of 10,627 households. The models were estimated using multivariate regression analysis together with concentration index (CI) and risk ratio (RR) to assess the distribution of MCH indicator groups across the household wealth index. Results Higher educational attainment played an important role in MCH. Women with secondary school level and above were more likely to receive family planning, prenatal care, and delivery by a skilled health professional than those without formal education. Mothers with low level of educational attainment were 87% more likely to have their first pregnancy before the age of 20 years, and 78% were more likely to have children with under-five mortality, and 45% more likely to have children who had diarrhoea. Teenage pregnancy, under five mortality, child underweight, reported diarrhoea, and suspected pneumonia were more concentrated in the poorer than in the richer households. The RR between the top and bottom quintiles ranged from 0.77 for child underweight to 0.82 for child wasting. Conclusion Geographic location, income status and formal education are key drivers of maternal and child health inequities in Ghana. Implementing health policies to address inequalities in MCH services through primary health care, and resource allocation skewed towards rural areas and the lower wealth quintile can bridge the inequality gaps and improve MCH outcomes in Ghana.

scholarly journals Can she make it? Transportation barriers to accessing maternal and child health care services in rural Ghana

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kilian Nasung Atuoye ◽  
Jenna Dixon ◽  
Andrea Rishworth ◽  
Sylvester Zackaria Galaa ◽  
Sheila A. Boamah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Rural Ghana ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Transportation Barriers ◽  
And Child Health
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