OBJECTIVES To identify the determinants of institutional delivery among young married women in Nepal. DESIGN Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data sets 2011 were analysed. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed using a subset of 1662 ever-married young women (aged 15-24 years). OUTCOME MEASURE Place of delivery. RESULTS The rate of institutional d...

In this paper, I argue that pregnant women confront a "double-bind" in complying with medical directives to report pregnancy symptoms: the combination of the routinization of prenatal care, understandings of fetal subjectivity, and the cultural discourse of maternal sacrifice create a situation in which women are at risk of failing as either as good patients, good mothers, or both. Longitudinal...

The genetic control of sickle cell anaemia through prenatal diagnosis has been practiced in many developed nations of the world for many years. This seems not to be common in Nigeria. This stuffy therefore, tried to find out the factors militating against the acceptability of prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia among health workers in selected hospitals in Anambra State. To achieve this, ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme on the quality of health care received by poor women. Quality is measured by maternal reports of prenatal care procedures received that correspond with clinical guidelines. METHODS The data describe retrospective reports of care received from 892 women in poor rural communities in seven Mexican states. The women...

Spurred by our National Educational Goals, as well as by the economic woes of school dropouts, wehave improved the conceptualization and measurement of high school dropout. Moreover, greater public andprivate resources have been devoted to development and dissemination of temporally and spatially comparableindicators of dropout. These may help improve both our understanding of schoo...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care (ANC) has the potential to identify and manage obstetric complications, educate women about risks during pregnancy and promote skilled birth attendance during childbirth. The aim of this study was to assess women's knowledge of obstetric danger signs and factors associated with this knowledge in Ambanja, Madagascar. It also sought to evaluate whether the participation ...

OBJECTIVES We assess the extent to which the use of healthcare facilities for childbirth varies by parity, conditional on socio-economic, psychological and health characteristics. We also assess differences in the determinants of institutionalized delivery for first-time mothers and multiparous, and explore village-level variations in observed relationships. METHODS Survey data from a three-s...

BACKGROUND Standard health-service delivery aimed toward improving maternal and child health status remains elusive in Nigeria because of inaccuracies in data documentation leading to a lack of relatively stable evidence. OBJECTIVES Through a community-health project, this study tested the accuracy of record keeping in primary healthcare services in nine clinics run in Ibadan, Nigeria. METH...

OBJECTIVES Rates of pregnancy and HIV infection are high among South African adolescents, yet little is known about rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in this group. We report a comparison of the characteristics of adolescent mothers and adult mothers, including HIV prevalence and MTCT rates. METHODS We examined patterns of health service utilization during the antenatal and ...

The aim of health education during antenatal is to provide advice, education, reassurance and support, to address and treat the minor problems of pregnancy, and to provide effective screening during the pregnancy. Exploring current practices in this regard revealed the need for more organized educational activities to ensure high quality and clients satisfaction.