Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya
Magadi, Monica, Diamond, Ian, Madise, Nyovani and Smith, Peter (2004) Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of Biosocial Science, 36, (2), 153-176. (doi:10.1017/S0021932003006163).
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This paper explores the pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes, such as premature birth, the size of the baby at birth, and Caesarean section deliveries, in Kenya using graphical log-linear chain models. The results show that a number of factors that do not have direct associations with unfavourable birth outcomes contribute to these outcomes indirectly through intermediate factors. Marital status, the desirability of a pregnancy, the use of family planning and access to health facilities have no direct associations with poor birth outcomes, such as premature births and the small size of the baby at birth, but are linked to these outcomes through antenatal care. Antenatal care is identified as a central link between various sociodemographic or reproductive factors and birth outcomes.
|Subjects:||H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
|Divisions:||University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Statistics
|Date Deposited:||15 May 2006|
|Last Modified:||01 May 2014 15:31|
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