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 Article Results for:  Journal: Social Science and Medicine
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A comparative analysis of the use of maternal health services between teenagers and older mothers in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Author(s): Monica Akinyi Magadia , Alfred O. Agwandab, Francis O. Obarec
Source: Social Science and Medicine (MAR 2007) , Volume 64, Issue 6, March 2007, Pages 1311-1325
Topic(s): Antenatal care , Delivery care , Health Care Utilization , Health equity , Maternal Health
Country(s): Multiple African Countries
Achieving better measles immunization in developing countries: does higher coverage imply lower inequality?
Author(s): Meheus F, Van Doorslaer E
Source: Social Science and Medicine (APR 2008) , 2008 Apr;66(8):1709-18. Epub 2008 Feb 20
Topic(s): Measles immunization
Country(s): Cross-regional
An investigation of district spatial variations of childhood diarrhoea and fever morbidity in Malawi
Author(s): Kandala, N.B., M.A. Magadi, N.J. Madise
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2006) , Vol 62, Num 5, Page: 1138-1152
Topic(s): Child health
Country(s): Malawi
Antenatal care: Provision and inequality in rural North India
Author(s): Pallikadavath S., M. Foss, R.W. Stones
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2004) , Vol 59, Num 6, Page: 1147-1158
Topic(s): Antenatal care
Country(s): India
Are self-reports of health and morbidities in developing countries misleading? Evidence from India
Author(s): S.V. Subramaniana, Malavika A. Subramanyama, Sakthivel Selvarajb and Ichiro Kawachi
Source: Social Science and Medicine (NOV 2008) , 2008 Nov 17
Topic(s): Economics , Health equity , Morbidity
Country(s): India
Are Urban Children really healthier? Evidence from 47 developing countries
Author(s): Ellen Van de Poel, Owen O’Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer
Source: Social Science and Medicine (AUG 2007)
Topic(s): Child health , Inequality , Nutrition , Residency
Country(s): Cross-regional
Web: http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/07035.pdf
Barriers to the utilization of maternal health care in rural Mali
Author(s): Anastasia J. Gage
Source: Social Science and Medicine (JUL 2007) , In press
Topic(s): Health Care Utilization , Maternal Health
Country(s): Mali
Challenges to the reproductive health needs of African women: On religion and maternal health utilization in Ghana
Author(s): Gyimah, S., B. Takyi, I. Addai
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2006) , Vol 62, Num 12, Page: 2930-2944
Topic(s): Maternal Health
Country(s): Ghana
Community factors affecting rising caesarean section rates in developing countries: An analysis of six countries
Author(s): Tiziana Leonea, Sabu S. Padmadasb, and Zoë Matthewsb
Source: Social Science and Medicine (OCT 2008) , Volume 67, Issue 8, October 2008, Pages 1236-1246
Topic(s): Cesarean section
Country(s): Bangladesh, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Egypt, Vietnam
Community level effects of gender inequality on intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy in Colombia: testing the feminist perspective
Author(s): Pallitto CC, O'Campo P.
Source: Social Science and Medicine (MAY 2005) , 2005 May;60(10):2205-16.
Topic(s): Domestic violence , Inequality , Unintended pregnancy
Country(s): Colombia
Cross-national variation in family influences on child health
Author(s): Heaton, T.B., R. Forste, J.P. Hoffmann, D. Flake
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2005) , Vol 60, Num 1, Page: 97-108
Topic(s): Child health
Country(s): Cross-regional
Determinants of child morbidity in Latin America: A pooled analysis of interactions between parental education and economic status
Author(s): Hatt, L.E., H.R. Waters
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2006) , Vol 62, Num 2, Page: 375-386
Topic(s): Child health
Country(s): Multiple L.A/Caribbean Countries
Incontinence and trauma: Sexual violence, female genital cutting and proxy measures of gynecological fistula.
Author(s): Amber Peterman, Kiersten Johnson
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2009) , 2009 Mar;68(5):971-9. Epub 2009 Jan 6.
Topic(s): Female genital cutting (FGC) , Fistula , Sexual violence
Country(s): Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda
Maternal and child health and family planning service utilization in Guatemala: Implications for service integration
Author(s): Seiber, E.E., D.R. Hotchkiss, J.J. Rous, A.A. Berruti
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2005) , Vol 61, Num 2, Page: 279-291
Topic(s): Contraception
Country(s): Guatemala
Maternal education and child nutritional status in Bolivia: Finding the links
Author(s): Frost, M., R. Forste, D. Haas
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2004) , Vol 60, Num 2, Page: 395-407
Topic(s): Nutrition
Country(s): Bolivia
Sexual and reproductive behaviour among single women aged 15-24 in eight Latin American countries: a comparative analysis
Author(s): ALI Mohamed M.; CLELAND John
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2005) , 2005, vol. 60, no6, pp. 1175-1185 [11 page(s) (article)] (30 ref.)
Topic(s): Sexual behavior
Country(s): Multiple L.A/Caribbean Countries
The condom is an 'intruder' in marriage: Evidence from rural Malawi
Author(s): Chimbiri, A.M.
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2007) , Vol 64, Num 5, Page: 1102-1115
Topic(s): Contraception
Country(s): Malawi
The health of nations in a global context: Trade, global stratification, and infant mortality rates
Author(s): Moore, S., A.C. Teixera, A. Shiell
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2006) , Vol 63, Num 1, Page: 165-178
Topic(s): Childhood mortality
Country(s): Cross-regional
The independent contribution of individual-, neighbourhood-, and country-level socioeconomic position on attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel model of direct and moderating effects.
Author(s): Uthman OA, Moradi T, Lawoko S.
Source: Social Science and Medicine (MAR 2009) , 2009; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Topic(s): Domestic violence , Women's status
Country(s): Multiple African Countries
The social epidemiology of tuberculosis in South Africa: a multilevel analysis.
Author(s): Harling G, Ehrlich R, Myer L
Source: Social Science and Medicine (JAN 2008) , 2008 Jan;66(2):492-505. Epub 2007 Oct 24
Topic(s): Alcohol consumption , Inequality , Tobacco use , Tuberculosis
Country(s): South Africa
Urban-rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation-sexual behavior link in Kenya
Author(s): Dodoo F.N., E.M. Zulu, A.C. Ezeh
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2007) , Vol 64, Num 5, Page: 1019-1031
Topic(s): Sexual behavior
Country(s): Kenya
What’s in a country average? Wealth, gender,and regional inequalities in immunization in India
Author(s): Rohini P. Pandea, Abdo S. Yazbeck
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2003) , 57 (2003) 2075–2088
Topic(s): Immunization , Inequality
Country(s): India
Women's experience of intimate partner violence in Haiti
Author(s): Gage, A.J.
Source: Social Science and Medicine (2005) , Vol 61, Page: 343-364
Topic(s): Domestic violence
Country(s): Haiti
 
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