Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana pot

... [18]. Variables and definitions Maternal and child health outcomes The health outcomes included in this study are defined in GDHS 2008 as indicated in Table 2[18]. Maternal and child health interventions The ... included in this study are defined in GDHS 2008 as indicated in Table 3[18]. Analytical methods Measurement of inequities The measurement of i...

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... cross-training. KEY WORDS: maternal and child health; continuing education; graduate education; epidemiology; leadership; distance learning; public health practice. 1 Department of Maternal and Child ... cultural competence training, it is conceivable that faculties at more than one MCH-funded training program would be interested in jointly developing a traveling contin- uing...

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... et al., 2003) and Japan (Tanaka et al., 2007) and in transition and developing countries like Poland (Koscinski et al., 2004) and India (Lokshin and Radyakin, 2009). 14 One potential concern ... understand its impact on children‟s health at birth and during early childhood and whether the lift of the ban had an immediate impact on child abandonment. We find insigni...

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... circumstances and/ or inherited ability. This may also be the case for child health. It is interesting to compare our findings to two studies on the intergenerational effects of education on child health. ... that parental health and/ or parental care are important for child health. 6 Discussion and Conclusion We examined the intergenerational effects of education on c...

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... of the health status in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis commun ities, but also about promising practices that are improving health and well-being and addressing inequities. The Health Council ... during their childbearing years including sexual and reproductive health, prenatal, labor and delivery care, post-partum and healthy parenting, as well as the health ne...

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... after childhood illness. Treatment includes a low- protein diet. Propionic acidemia (>1 in 75,000). Defect in processing four amino acids leading to ill- ness in newborns, including brain damage, ... amino acid leucine. Can cause coma, brain damage, or death in infancy, or emerge later in childhood after infectious ill- ness. Early diagnosis and treatment with low- protein...

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... labour and other markets and their income and assets [18,19]. This affects women’s health and health- seeking behaviour in several ways, firstly, by controlling behaviours and decision-making authority ... mortality in Ban- gladesh in mind, BRAC has initiated a large community- based programme to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality in 2005 in Nilphamari...

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... newborn and child survival. 3. Investing in maternal, newborn and child health makes economic sense Improved maternal, newborn and child health saves money in many ways and benefits individuals, ... improvements in reproductive health. 19 4. Investing in maternal, newborn and child health has political benefits, including social stability and human se...

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... over 30 health projects in areas of need, with a focus on global health indicators such as maternal and child health, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, and new and re-emerging infectious ... deciencies in iodine and Vitamin A make goiters and rickets common and dehabilitating conditions in Mongolia’s children. This family in urban Mongolia only e...

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