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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Maternal Mortality Rates"”.
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Reproductive Injustice: Abortion Restrictions and Maternal Mortality Rates
… a statistically significant connection between maternal mortality rates and abortion restrictions from a reproductive injustice perspective, integrating the theory of necropolitics. Using a time-series cross-sectional analysis of all 50 U.S. states from 2009 to 2019, this study highlights the …
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Fatal Restrictions: Exploring State-Level Abortion Laws, Sociodemographic Contexts, and Maternal Mortality in the United States
The United States reports one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) among high-income nations, reflecting a persistent public health crisis. Pregnancy-related deaths disproportionately affect individuals across racial and socioeconomic lines, illustrating long-standing systems of …
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Efforts to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality in Saskatchewan During the Settlement Period
… thesis examines how the problem of infant and maternal mortality was addressed in early twentieth century Saskatchewan. During the settlement process, the government had given little thought to the needs of women and childbirth, in particular, access to medical care to ensure for safe …
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Pregnancy in Peril: The impact of conflict on antenatal care and skilled birth attendant utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi
… situations, resulting in disproportionally high maternal mortality rates. Grounded in Andersen’s Model of Healthcare Utilization, this thesis employed multivariate binary logistic regressions to examine factors which influence antenatal care and skilled birth attendant usage in these two …
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Birth Village
… of my thesis is to confront the increasing maternal mortality rates in the United States by examining the pivotal junction of healthcare infrastructure and maternal health. This entails conceptualizing a "birth village" that not only revolutionizes the childbirth journey, creating a more …
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Bodily risks, spiritual risks: contrasting discourses on pregnancy in a rural Tanzanian community
… and national levels as posing risks to maternal health. I define as ""unofficial"" those risks that, although valid for community members at the local level, do not become part of any official policy. I argue more specifically that ""official"" definitions of risk do not always …
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Zapatista healthcare in a civilian targeted warfare zone: Chiapas, Mexico
… have suffered disproportionately high infant and maternal mortality rates and deaths from curable, preventable disease. They have survived without access to clean water, sanitation facilities, or electricity. Finally in 1994 with the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and …
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The Evolution of Prenatal Care in the United States : The Formative Years
… by 1930.</p> <p>Initially the lowering of maternal and infant mortality rates was the raison d'etre of prenatal care. Scattered studies on the effects of prenatal care on mortality rates did indicate a decrease in perinatal and maternal mortality rates with exposure to prenatal supervision. …
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A retrospective comparative analysis of the maternal and child health MDGs in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda: Beyond 2015
… deaths globally and has the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. By the year 2015, Africa as a continent was unable to meet the maternal and child health MDG targets. This study seeks to retrospectively compare, the progress made on the maternal and child health related Millennium …
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Factors affecting the utilisation of skilled birth attendants for delivery in a western hill district of Nepal
Nearly three hundred thousand maternal deaths occur worldwide every year. More than 99% of deaths occur in developing countries. The use of skilled birth attendants is low in those countries where maternal mortality rates are high and most of these deaths could be prevented if skilled birth …
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Midwifery in the Time of COVID-19, an Exploratory Study from the Perspective of Community Midwives
… person must make. Possibly driven by rising maternal mortality rates, an increasing minority of people in the United States are choosing to give birth at home or in a freestanding birth center. There is anecdotal evidence that interest in community birth further increased during the COVID-19 …
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Rights-Based Approach to Maternal Health: Constitutionalizing Protection of Women's Reproductive Rights in Nigeria
Maternal mortality in Nigeria is unacceptably high, accounting for 14 percent of global maternal deaths, thereby making it a global public health issue. Given that maternal mortality is essentially a women problem, it is a matter of justice and discrimination. In addition, significant regional …
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A comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with and without evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Western Cape, South Africa
… infection itself could partly account for high maternal mortality rates observed in the Western Cape, indirect effects of the pandemic such as movement restrictions and health service pressure may also have played a role. There is limited data on the impact of having a SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis …
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Exploring Structural Factors that Influence Black Maternal Morbidity: A Case Study of Illinois Hospitals
… States is the only industrialized country whose maternal mortality rates are increasing at an alarming pace (Ollove, 2018). These deaths are often precipitated by co-morbidities, pregnancy complications, or missed opportunities as it relates to accessing care, quality, and level of care, a missed …
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How the healthcare-seeking socio-cultural context shapes maternal health clients' mHealth utilisation in a Kenyan context
… systems. Top among health inequalities is maternal care with maternal mortality rates being almost 19 times higher in developing countries than in their developed counterparts. mHealth presents the potential for developing countries to overcome some of the traditional healthcare challenges. …
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Availability Of & Access to Prenatal Care & The Effects On Maternal & Infant Mortality Rates: A Comparison of Central American Countries, Costa Rica & Guatemala
… have better access to prenatal care and both the maternal and infant mortality rates are comparable to more developed countries with significantly higher rates of economic development and higher spending on healthcare per capita. In juxtaposition, the lack of prenatal care within Guatemala’s …