Demographic and Maternal Correlates of Infant and Child Mortality in Bangladesh

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Edmonston
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Birth Interval ◽  
Maternal Factors ◽  
Subsequent Birth ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Mother’S Age ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Age And Sex ◽  
Health Programmes

SummaryThis paper analyses the influence of maternal factors (mother's age, parity, prior birth interval, and subsequent birth interval) on mortality risk for 2150 Bangladeshi infants and children, taking the sex and age of the child into account. Logistic regression estimates from retrospective maternal birth histories for the period 1966–75 reveal age and sex patterns consistent with previous research. These estimates also demonstrate that there are associations with mother's age and parity, but that prior birth interval emerges as the strongest predictor of mortality risk. It appears that part of the mortality risk of mother's age and parity actually stems from association with shorter prior birth interval, a factor to which infant and child health programmes need to give more attention.

Maternal factors and infant and child mortality in Bangladesh

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abul Kashem Majumder
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Birth Interval ◽  
Maternal Age ◽  
Fertility Survey ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Maternal Factors ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Age At Birth

SummaryMultivariate analysis of the effects of maternal age at birth, birth order and the preceding birth interval on mortality risks in early childhood, using data from the Bangladesh Fertility Survey, 1975–76, confirms that the length of the preceding birth interval is the most influential single factor. But the lower mortality risks among infants and children of educated mothers are due neither to the age at which childbearing was initiated nor to the spacing between births.

Factors affecting infant and child mortality

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjun L. Adlakha ◽  
C. M. Suchindran
Keyword(s):  
Child Mortality ◽  
Birth Interval ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Childhood Mortality ◽  
Urban Residence ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Infant Loss ◽  
Mother’S Age ◽  
Using Data

SummaryThis paper examines the determinants of infant and child mortality variations in four near east countries using data from WFS surveys. The analysis considers biological correlates of mortality—mother's age, birth order, birth interval, and previous infant loss—and several social factors—mother's and father's education, mother's residence, father's occupation, and mother's work experience since marriage. A multivariate analysis using a logistic regression model is carried out to obtain the net effect of each factor on mortality. Separate models are constructed for infant mortality and childhood mortality and for each country.The four countries show large variations in mortality, but this is persistently higher in female than male children. All four demographic characteristics affect mortality significantly, especially the length of the preceding birth interval. Among the socioeconomic variables, only rural–urban residence is influential.

Linkage of population-level administrative hospital data to assess maternal factors affecting infant and child health

The Lancet ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 386 ◽  
pp. S11
Author(s):  
Katie Harron ◽  
Ruth Gilbert ◽  
Harvey Goldstein ◽  
Astrid Guttmann ◽  
David Cromwell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Maternal Factors ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 839-845
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

The eloquent statement on the status of Negro medical care and education in the United States by the eminent anatomist, Dr. W. Montague Cobb (Brown America's Medical Diaspora: A Paradox of Democracy, in The Pediatrician and The Public, Pediatrics 3:854, 1949) requires the attention of all physicians interested in the distribution of medical care. Although pediatricians cannot begin to assume responsibility for this entire problem, it is possible to demonstrate leadership in the same manner in which the Academy study of infant and child health services provided leadership to the profession and the public. We refer specifically to an extension of training facilities in pediatrics for Negro physicians. Certainly 15 certified Negro pediatricians in a country with 14,000,000 Negro people represents a serious discrepancy in the distribution of training facilities. Admittedly most of the problem has its origin in the distribution of training facilities for undergraduate students and the basic problems responsible for this situation. However, we have observed—as has Dr. Cobb—that many Negro physicians desiring training in pediatrics (as well as other specialties) are discouraged from applying for training because of what seems to be a dearth of positions open to them. It has been our impression, however, that many centers would consider Negroes for training appointments if qualified applicants applied. Would it not be advisable, therefore, for the American Board of Pediatrics to circularize the approved training centers in pediatrics in order to establish a roster of those centers which would consider Negro applicants for training positions?

Will Neonatology Vanish in 1995?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 791-792
Author(s):  
HUGH CRAFT ◽  
EARL SIEGEL
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Neonatal Death ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Preterm Births ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dramatic Improvement ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Preventive Effort ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

To the Editor.— It was encouraging to see the results of the recent study from France on the prevention of preterm births published in Pediatrics.1 Pediatricians have long supported preventive measures to improve infant and child health. But, pediatricians, in general, and neonatologists, in particular, have been slow to assume an advocacy position for an obvious, important preventive effort, namely, reducing the incidence of low birth weight. During the last 20 years, the United States has experienced a dramatic improvement in neonatal mortality, from rates of neonatal death of 18 per 1,000 live births in 1965 to 6.8 per 1,000 live births today.2,3

Effects of Birth Spacing on Maternal, Perinatal, Infant, and Child Health: A Systematic Review of Causal Mechanisms

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Conde-Agudelo ◽  
Anyeli Rosas-Bermudez ◽  
Fabio Castaño ◽  
Maureen H. Norton
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Birth Spacing ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health
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