Title |
Mapping for maternal and newborn health: the distributions of women of childbearing age, pregnancies and births
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Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-13-2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Andrew J Tatem, James Campbell, Maria Guerra-Arias, Luc de Bernis, Allisyn Moran, Zoë Matthews |
Abstract |
The health and survival of women and their new-born babies in low income countries has been a key priority in public health since the 1990s. However, basic planning data, such as numbers of pregnancies and births, remain difficult to obtain and information is also lacking on geographic access to key services, such as facilities with skilled health workers. For maternal and newborn health and survival, planning for safer births and healthier newborns could be improved by more accurate estimations of the distributions of women of childbearing age. Moreover, subnational estimates of projected future numbers of pregnancies are needed for more effective strategies on human resources and infrastructure, while there is a need to link information on pregnancies to better information on health facilities in districts and regions so that coverage of services can be assessed. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | 29% |
United States | 3 | 18% |
Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
Australia | 1 | 6% |
Indonesia | 1 | 6% |
Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
South Africa | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 4 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 14 | 82% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 12% |
Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 253 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 52 | 20% |
Researcher | 44 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 11% |
Other | 19 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 17 | 7% |
Other | 52 | 20% |
Unknown | 47 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 17% |
Social Sciences | 40 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 10% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 12 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 4% |
Other | 64 | 25% |
Unknown | 62 | 24% |