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Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Barbara Sakyi, Collins Adu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Joycelyn Boatemaa Affum, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
Summary: The study found that in sub-Saharan Africa, women who have undergone female genital mutilation are less likely to utilize the services of skilled birth attendants. The findings of the study provide valuable information for government agencies to design specific interventions to prevent female genital mutilation and to enhance health education for women and their partners on the importance of skilled birth attendance.
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Eugene Budu, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Aliu Mohammed, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Collins Adu, Sanni Yaya
Summary: The study found that nearly 73% of young women in sub-Saharan Africa gave birth to their first child before the age of 20, with an average 75.3% receiving skilled birth attendance during delivery, although there were significant differences between countries. Women who gave birth to their first child between the ages of 20-24 were more likely to have skilled birth attendance during delivery compared to those who gave birth before the age of 20.
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Betregiorgis Zegeye, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya
Summary: The study found significant variations in married women's attitudes towards wife-beating in sub-Saharan Africa, with factors such as women's age, education level, husband's education level, women's occupation, wealth index, and women's decision-making power playing a role.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Imran Oludare Morhason-Bello, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Sanni Yaya
Summary: This study found a strong association between women's empowerment and antenatal care utilization among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the impact of women's empowerment varied significantly across different countries in the region. While Zambia had a lower rate of eight or more ANC visits, it had higher rates of at least four visits and early first ANC visits.
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Jeannie Annan, Aletheia Donald, Markus Goldstein, Paula Gonzalez Martinez, Gayatri Koolwal
Summary: This study explores the impact of women's power relative to their husbands on women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries. The findings suggest that recognizing women's power leads to better well-being outcomes for women and children. However, when women take more decision-making power for themselves, it can have positive effects on reproductive and children's health but negative effects on emotional violence.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Juliet Abredu, Boo Alipitio, Catherine K. Dwumfour, Sophie Witter, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku
Summary: Although Ghana has made progress in skilled birth attendance, unsupervised deliveries still occur. The Free Maternal Health Care Policy has improved the uptake of skilled delivery services, but faces implementation challenges. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, full coverage of skilled delivery costs and measures for policy operation and financial sustainability are necessary.
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Calistus Wilunda, Milkah Wanjohi, Risa Takahashi, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Antonina Mutoro
Summary: The study assessed the association between women's empowerment and childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa, and found that increasing women's empowerment was associated with reduced odds of anaemia and higher haemoglobin concentration in children.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Prem Shankar Mishra, Debashree Sinha, Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava
Summary: Despite an increase in skilled birth assisted deliveries in India, there are significant disparities in accessing maternity care services across different social groups, particularly across states and regions. This study examines the distribution of skilled birth assisted deliveries across districts in India using a spatial-regression model. It also investigates the population characteristics associated with low coverage of skilled birth assisted deliveries.
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Theresa Schierl, Luana Fiengo Tanaka, Stefanie J. Klug, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Dominik Stelzle
Summary: This study found no association between women's empowerment and HIV status, but a strong association with decision-making about sexual behavior. Highly empowered women were more likely to have been tested for HIV, able to ask their partners to use condoms, and refuse sex.
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(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Syed Sharaf Ahmed Chowdhury, Satyajit Kundu, Azaz Bin Sharif
Summary: Maternal and neonatal mortality is an important global public health issue. Skilled birth attendants (SBA) can significantly reduce these mortality rates. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding equality in SBA use across socioeconomic and geographic regions in Bangladesh. This study aims to estimate the trends and magnitude of inequality in SBA use in Bangladesh over the past two decades.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Richard Gyan Aboagye, Joshua Okyere, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Eugene Budu, Sanni Yaya
Summary: Evidence suggests that women's empowerment and socio-economic status play significant roles in predicting the adequacy of antenatal care in sub-Saharan Africa. Factors such as women's decision-making power, education level, partner's education level, employment status, and wealth category were found to be associated with the likelihood of receiving adequate ANC.
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Joshua Okyere, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
Summary: This study examined the association between women's sexual autonomy and short birth intervals in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The results showed that women with sexual autonomy had lower odds of short birth interval, while maternal and partner's age, education level, and wealth index were associated with short birth intervals.
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Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila, Peter Memah
Summary: The study revealed a significant association between husband's involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness and the use of skilled birth attendants. It highlights the importance of designing husband's involvement programs that focus on enhancing activities inclusive of husbands in birth preparedness and complication education.
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(2022)
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Berhan Tsegaye, Elsabet Shudura, Amanuel Yoseph, Alemu Tamiso
Summary: The study conducted at Dale-Wonsho health and demographic surveillance site of the Hawassa University in South Ethiopia found that the utilization rates of antenatal care, institutional delivery, and postnatal care were lower than the targeted plan, with rates of 69.1%, 52.1%, and 32.7% respectively. Factors positively associated with maternal health service utilization included higher education levels, household training, middle wealth quantile, pregnancy planning, husband's education, maternal education, information about postnatal care, and women's autonomy. Policymakers should focus on capacity building for women both economically and academically, as well as increasing awareness about maternal health services among women.
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Emmanuel O. Benjamin, Oreoluwa Ola, Johannes Sauer, Gertrud Buchenrieder
Summary: The coexistence of customary and statutory land tenure institutions in sub-Saharan Africa complicates land tenure for farmers, with gender playing a significant role in determining investment in agroforestry. Inheritance or purchase of land affects female farmers' likelihood of investing in agroforestry.
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Kyoko Shimamoto, Mana Hirano, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Rei Goto, Yutaka Osuga
Summary: This study revealed that menstrual symptoms significantly and negatively impact the health-related quality of life of working women in Japan. Different menstrual symptoms have varying degrees of impact, with many physical conditions and mental issues showing a significant negative association with the quality of life score.
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Kensuke Nakagawara, Ho Namkoong, Hideki Terai, Katsunori Masaki, Takae Tanosaki, Kyoko Shimamoto, Ho Lee, Hiromu Tanaka, Satoshi Okamori, Hiroki Kabata, Shotaro Chubachi, Shinnosuke Ikemura, Hirofumi Kamata, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Ichiro Kawada, Makoto Ishii, Yoshiki Ishibashi, Sei Harada, Takanori Fujita, Daisuke Ito, Shogyoku Bun, Hajime Tabuchi, Sho Kanzaki, Eisuke Shimizu, Keitaro Fukuda, Jun Yamagami, Keigo Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Hirano, Takashi Inoue, Junko Kagyo, Tetsuya Shiomi, Keiko Ohgino, Koichi Sayama, Kengo Otsuka, Naoki Miyao, Toshio Odani, Yoshitaka Oyamada, Keita Masuzawa, Sohei Nakayama, Yusuke Suzuki, Rie Baba, Ichiro Nakachi, Naota Kuwahara, Takashi Ishiguro, Shuko Mashimo, Naoto Minematsu, Soichiro Ueda, Tadashi Manabe, Yohei Funatsu, Hidefumi Koh, Takashi Yoshiyama, Fumitake Saito, Kota Ishioka, Saeko Takahashi, Morio Nakamura, Ai Goto, Norihiro Harada, Yu Kusaka, Yasushi Nakano, Kazumi Nishio, Hiroki Tateno, Ryuya Edahiro, Yoshito Takeda, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Nobuhiro Kodama, Masaki Okamoto, Akira Umeda, Kazuto Hagimura, Toshiro Sato, Naoki Miyazaki, Ryo Takemura, Yasunori Sato, Toru Takebayashi, Jin Nakahara, Masaru Mimura, Kaoru Ogawa, Shigeto Shimmura, Kazuno Negishi, Kazuo Tsubota, Masayuki Amagai, Rei Goto, Yoko Ibuka, Naoki Hasegawa, Yuko Kitagawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga
Summary: The rapid spread of COVID-19 has posed a global burden, resulting in numerous deaths in the acute phase and a significant proportion of patients suffering from post-acute phase symptoms. This study aims to comprehensively survey 1000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Japan to evaluate the sequelae of the disease and related risk factors, providing important evidence to tackle the issues from multi-dimensional perspectives.
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(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kyoko Shimamoto, Eoin McElroy, Yoko Ibuka
Summary: This study examines anxiety among the working population of Japan in relation to COVID-19 infection and socioeconomic consequences. The results reveal that anxiety related to COVID-19 has multiple dimensions and varies across different demographic groups, with socioeconomic status being associated with anxiety levels.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2022)