scholarly journals Parental Knowledge of Malnutrition as a Cause of Infant and Child Mortality Rate in Torbu Community, Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Alieu Tommy ◽  
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Taha Hussein Musa ◽  
Joseph Kawuki ◽  
Upama Ghimire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Child Mortality Rate

scholarly journals Mother’s Health-seeking Behaviour and Childhood Mortality in Pakistan

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (4II) ◽  
pp. 719-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghulam Mustafa Zahid
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Childhood Mortality ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Child Mortality Rate

The paper examines the Mother’s Health-seeking Behaviour and Childhood Mortality in Pakistan. This is based on the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS), a nationally representative survey covering all four provinces of the country. It was found that neonatal, infant, and child mortality rate is the highest among children of mothers aged less than 20 years. Infant and Child mortality rate is likewise higher among first and higher order births than among births of second or third order. It has further found that mortality declines as the length of the birth interval increases. The results reveal that the education of mother has significant effect on the neonatal, infant and child survival, as mother’s education increases the chances of survival of neonatal, infant and child also increases. Health care factors such as antenatal care, place of delivery, assistance at delivery and immunisation also influenced neonatal, infant and child mortality. The paper suggests that for the improvement of the health conditions of children in Pakistan, first, it is necessary that the educational status of the population in general, and of mothers in particular, should be improved, and second, the health services should be accessible and available for the promotion of health care practices.

scholarly journals Health status of children in ancient Sirmium

Starinar ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 65-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa Miladinovic-Radmilovic ◽  
Vulovic Dragana ◽  
Ksenija Djukic
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Enamel Hypoplasia ◽  
The Social ◽  
Haematological Disorders ◽  
Child Mortality Rate ◽  
Inadequate Nutrition

This paper presents diseases which directly leave traces on osteological material (enamel hypoplasia, caries, traumatic conditions, haematological disorders, metabolic diseases and middle ear inflammation) and diseases that leave no visible marks on bones, and may indeed be the direct cause of death of children in ancient Sirmium. In paleodemographic research, child mortality rate is an important element of a population?s progress. Child mortality is considered an adequate criterion for the social and sanitation conditions of a community and a sensitive indicator of inadequate nutrition.

scholarly journals Differences in infant and child mortality before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: a large population-based ecological study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. e022737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Tashiro ◽  
Kayako Sakisaka ◽  
Etsuji Okamoto ◽  
Honami Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Population Based ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality ◽  
Before And After

ObjectivesTo examine associations between access to medical care, geological data, and infant and child mortality in the area of North-Eastern Japan that was impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) in 2011.DesignA population-based ecological study using publicly available data.SettingTwenty secondary medical areas (SMAs) in the disaster-affected zones in the north-eastern prefectures of Japan (Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi). Participants: Children younger than 10 years who died in the 20 SMAs between 2008 and 2014 (n=1 748). Primary and secondary outcome measures: Multiple regression analysis for infant and child mortality rate. The mean values were applied for infant and child mortality rates and other factors before GEJET (2008–2010) and after GEJET (2012–2014).ResultsBetween 2008 and 2014, the most common cause of death among children younger than 10 years was accidents. The mortality rate per 100 000 persons was 39.1±41.2 before 2011, 226.7±43.4 in 2011 and 31.4±39.1 after 2011. Regression analysis revealed that the mortality rate was positively associated with low age in each period, while the coastal zone was negatively associated with fewer disaster base hospitals in 2011. By contrast, the number of obstetrics and gynaecology centres (β=−189.9, p=0.02) and public health nurses (β=−1.7, p=0.01) was negatively associated with mortality rate per person in 2011.ConclusionsIn 2011, the mortality rate among children younger than 10 years was 6.4 times higher than that before and after 2011. Residence in a coastal zone was significantly associated with higher child mortality rates.

scholarly journals The Integrated Spatial Pattern of Child Mortality during the 2012–2016 Drought in La Guajira, Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Far North ◽  
Single Indicator ◽  
Economic Vulnerability ◽  
Spatial Indicators ◽  
Child Mortality Rate

The El Niño phenomenon in 2012 triggered a drought in La Guajira, Colombia that extended until 2016. In this period, the average child mortality rate in the area reached 23.4 out of 1000. The aim of this paper is to identify the integrated spatial pattern (ISP) of a single indicator in this case; child mortality. At the same time, the ISP identifies causes and priority areas for action. The socio-economic vulnerability (SEV) variables and spatial indicators related to child mortality were selected from the literature review and through meetings, workshops, and interviews with the affected community during fieldwork. Using correlation analysis and stepwise regression, the SEV variables with more accountability in child mortality during the drought were identified: Households with a monthly income of less than 100 USD, the number of people older than 65, and the number of people younger than 5 years old. Allocating weights to the SEV variables according to their degree of accountability in child mortality, its ISP has been identified. The far north of La Guajira was detected as the area most affected by child mortality and was, therefore, the priority zone for implementing actions focused on generating new sources of income.

scholarly journals Welfare Impact of Globalization in Developing Countries: Examining the Mediating Role of Human Capital

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olagunju ◽  
Ogunniyi ◽  
Oguntegbe ◽  
Raji ◽  
Ogundari
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Child Mortality Rate

Despite remarkable progress in the fight against poverty during the past few decades, the proportion of the poor living in developing countries is still on the high side. Many countries have promoted integration as an important development strategy; however, its impact on welfare of the poor is still unclear. In this study, we examine the roles of education and health dimensions of human capital in globalization and its impact on the poverty gap and the child mortality rate using cross-country panel data covering 110 developing countries between 1970 and 2015. We use a model based on system generalized method of moments (SGMM) to control for unobserved heterogeneity and potential endogeneity of the explanatory variables. The empirical results reveal that globalization reduces poverty gap and child mortality rate, and that an increase in the stock of human capital in developing economies improves welfare outcomes. The study also finds that human capital strengthens the negative impact of globalization on poverty gap and child mortality rate. For example, should enrollment in secondary school in Nigeria (in 2013) be increased from 39.2% to 61.6%, on average, it could translate into 2508 fewer under-five child deaths. We recommend that interconnectedness and promotion of human capital development should constitute a fundamental component of policy mix targeted at enhancing reduction of poverty and child mortality rate in developing countries.

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