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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Health surveys"”.
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An examination of how to engage young, underrepresented women in UK health surveys
An understanding of the health, health beliefs and health behaviours of young women is vital for primary and secondary prevention to reduce the impact of poor health on women’s own lives, their families, and future generations. However, young women from lower socioeconomic status (SES) categories …
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Birth spacing and child mortality in Mozambique : evidence from two demographic and health surveys
This research examines child mortality risk associated with short preceding birth intervals in Mozambique in quinquennial periods between 1978 to 1998 using data from the 1997 and 2003 DHS. A log rate model for piecewise constant rates is applied. The piecewise hazard function assumes a constant …
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Examination of fertility measures from the 1992 and 2000 Malawi demograph and health surveys : a review of declining fertility
… from the 1992 and 2000 Malawi Demographic Health Surveys (DHS). There is evidence that fertility decline in Malawi has begun. This project further explores the associated change (if any) in family formation in response to the recorded fall in fertility. Cohort-period fertility rates, parity …
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The continuum of care of maternal, newborn and child health : coverage, co-coverage and equity analysis from demographic and health surveys
… of care for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) has recently been highlighted as a systematic approach to integrating health service provision throughout the life-cycle and across levels of service delivery. The continuum provides a framework for delivering high-impact interventions …
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Child and adult mortality in Zimbabwe, 1980-2005
… to data from censuses and Demographic and Health Surveys to derive empirical estimates of the level and trends of child and adult mortality in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2005.
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Analysis of fertility estimates in Zimbabwe : A comparison of the census and DHS data
… those derived from the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys. Robust methods are used to estimate fertility levels and to identify the trends in fertility in Zimbabwe. Fertility decline in Zimbabwe is observed to have started in the early 1980s. The greatest level of decline occurred between …
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Interrogation of the fertility differentials between the Malawi DHS and the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project survey data
… Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) surveys of 1998 and 2004 are generally higher than the mean parities for the women who were interviewed in the Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys (MDHSs) of 2000 and 2004 respectively.
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Risk factors associated with high infant and child mortality in Lesotho
… uses the 2004 and 2009 Lesotho Demographic and Health Surveys (LDHS) to: 1) identify the risk factors that affect mortality at neonatal, post-neonatal, and child ages, and, specifically, to determine the effect of mother’s HIV status on child mortality; 2) investigate how the risk factors that …
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Analysis of the projected parity progression ratio method using two successive censuses
… to two successive censuses or Demographic Health Surveys. Four countries, namely Malawi, Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Panama, each with two recent censuses which are ten years apart, are used. Each of the census and survey used is taken through a data quality assessment process to check for …
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Defining a sub-Saharan fertility pattern and a standard for use with the relational Gompertz model
… However, evidence from 61 Demographic and Health Surveys of sub-Saharan countries shows that fertility has decreased to levels that were considered medium fertility at the time the standard was developed. This raises concerns about the continued relevance of the (high fertility) Booth …
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Climate Variability Influences Women’s Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 1 in 3 women worldwide has experienced violence against women. Our study examines the effects of climate conditions on women’s attitudes towards wife beating. The demographic health surveys (DHS) dataset includes over 550,000 women in 38 countries, …
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Does Infant Formula Availability Reduce Breastfeeding?
… that it plays a crucial role for a child's health and cognitive development. This is especially true for the poor in developing countries, where vulnerable infants' access to proper nutrition is vital. We investigate the effect of introducing infant formula into a market on changes in …
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An economic analysis of women's schooling on fertility and contraceptive use in developing countries: A case study of Tanzania
… used: fertility and contraceptive use. The study surveys women ages 15 to 49 drawing on 1996 data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The study finds that women's schooling and other socioeconomic variables are important factors in explaining reproductive behavior. The fertility model …
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Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India
… survey data from the National Family Health Surveys from India (also known as the Indian Demographic and Health Surveys), fielded in 1992-3, 1998-9 and 2005-6 to investigate the disjuncture between preferences and behavior. The first empirical chapter outlines and operationalizes a new …
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
Tobacco consumption has long been a significant health concern. This is because it is one of the significant causes of premature death, as a result of various types of diseases that arise due to the use of both smoking and smokeless tobacco. Tobacco use has been found to be associated significantly …
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Socio- Economic differentials in fertility in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2005
The study utilises four Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSS) conducted in 1988, 1994, 1999, and 2005 in Zimbabwe to examine the socioeconomic differentials in fertility over time. The period fertility (age-specific and total fertility) rates, cohort-period fertility rates (CPFRs), projected parity …
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An analysis of fertility differentials in Liberia and Ghana using multilevel models
… using data from the recent Demographic and Health Surveys in these countries. Of particular interest is the effect of the community in which a woman lives on her current and past fertility, her marital status and her use of contraception. This interest stems from the fact that, although the …
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Assessment of the robustness of recent births in estimating infant mortality using multi-country Demographic Health Survey data
… uses birth history data from 76 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 16 countries across the developing world between 1986 and 2011. All births (and the deaths of those births) occurring in five 2-year periods before each survey were extracted to obtain five estimates of infant mortality …
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Examining Parents Oral Hygiene Knowledge And Their Children’s Oral Hygiene Behaviors
… Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and the Health Belief Model guided the study. Instruments included the Oral Health Surveys Basic Methods 5th Edition and the Fourth National Survey of China for data collection. Q Data analysis was performed utilizing the chi-square test of independence to …
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Migrations and gradations : reappraising the health profile of immigrants to Canada
… to Canada typically have a more favourable health profile than the non-immigrant population. This phenomenon, known as the 'healthy immigrant effect', has been attributed to both the socioeconomic advantage (ie. educational attainment, occupational opportunity) of non-refugee immigrants and …
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