نتایج جستجو برای: maternal and child health

تعداد نتایج: 17004643  

2018
Girma Temam Shifa Ahmed Ali Ahmed Alemayehu Worku Yalew

BACKGROUND Knowledge of the association between child death and maternal mental distress may help to understand the indirect impact of reduction of under-five mortality on maternal mental wellbeing. This will further have a positive impact on the development of the nation. Depression is associated substantially with reduced quality of life and functional capacity of women. Although studies in t...

Journal: :Journal of epidemiology and community health 2015
Melissa O'Donnell Miriam J Maclean Scott Sims Vera A Morgan Helen Leonard Fiona J Stanley

BACKGROUND Previous research shows that maternal mental illness is an important risk factor for child maltreatment. This study aims to quantify the relationship between maternal mental health and risk of child maltreatment according to the different types of mental health diagnoses. METHODS The study used a retrospective cohort of children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2005, with...

2016
August Kuwawenaruwa Gemini Mtei Jitihada Baraka Kassimu Tani

BACKGROUND Inequity in access and use of child and maternal health services is impeding progress towards reduction of maternal mortality in low-income countries. To address low usage of maternal and newborn health care services as well as financial protection of families, some countries have adopted demand-side financing. In 2010, Tanzania introduced free health insurance cards to pregnant wome...

Journal: :American journal of public health 2017
Doris P Yimgang Yan Wang Grace Paik Erin R Hager Maureen M Black

OBJECTIVES To examine changes in maternal-child health surrounding the April 2015 civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, following Freddie Gray's death while in police custody. METHODS We conducted cross-sectional Children's HealthWatch surveys January 2014 through December 2015 in pediatric emergency departments and primary care clinics on maternal-child health and June 2015 through October 20...

Ahmad Azizollahi, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Mahmood Vakili, Maryam-Sadat Torabipour,

Objective: The high prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Iran and its maternal and fetal consequences as well as the high risk of its long-term effects including obesity is known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) in ages of 18 months and 6 years and maternal glucose concentration. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospecti...

2013
Nwala K Emmanuel Ebunoha N Gladys Ugwu U Cosmas

BACKGROUND Reducing child mortality and improving maternal health occupies a prominent space in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and it has been noted that some reductions have taken place, but not enough. If consumers know what and where services are available, they may be motivated to use them. This study therefore evaluated consumers' knowledge about available maternal and child heal...

Journal: :Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique 2006
Nancy C Edwards Susan M Roelofs

OBJECTIVE The Canada-China Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Project (1997-2003) sought to improve the quality of village life and promote development of productivity and social prosperity in Yunnan province, China. PARTICIPANTS The project targeted grassroots maternal and child health workers: new and in-service village doctors; traditional village midwives; doctors at township health centres...

Journal: :Papua and New Guinea medical journal 2011
Daniel O'Keefe Jessica Davis Glenda Yakuna Caroline Van Gemert Chris Morgan

Maternal health across Papua New Guinea (PNG) is of extreme public health concern. In response, the National Department of Health explicitly prioritized improving maternal, neonatal and child health services, envisaging increased collaboration between the formal health system and community-based initiatives as one method for achieving this. This study examined the patterns of formal and non-for...

2016
Corrina Moucheraud Helen Owen Neha S. Singh Courtney Kuonin Ng Jennifer Requejo Joy E. Lawn Peter Berman Ahmed Salehi Zhou Hong Carine Ronsmans Gao Yanqiu Hillena Kebede Carlyn Mann Jenny Ruducha Mekonnen Tadesse Anthony Ngugi Emily Keats William Macharia Nirmala Ravishankar Neha Singh John Tole Jennifer Bryce Tim Colbourn Bernadette Daelmans Mercy Kanyuka Humphreys Nsona Nadia Askeer Zulfiqar Bhutta Zaid Bhatti Arjumand Rizvi Jessica Niño de Guzman Luis Huicho Cesar Victora Hoviyeh Afnan-Holmes Theopista John Joy Lawn Moke Magoma Georgina Msemo

BACKGROUND Countdown to 2015 was a multi-institution consortium tracking progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Case studies to explore factors contributing to progress (or lack of progress) in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) were undertaken in: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, and Tanzania. This pape...

2017
Titilayo Olaitan Ifeoma P. Okafor Adebayo T. Onajole Olayinka A. Abosede

INTRODUCTION Nigeria which constitutes just one percent of the world population, accounts for 13% of the world maternal and under-five mortality. Utilization of health care services has been an important determinant of maternal and child outcomes. The vast majority of maternal and child deaths could be prevented if women utilize the available life lines. The study objective was to determine uti...

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