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| Title |
It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger
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| Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-11-24 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Justine I Blanford, Supriya Kumar, Wei Luo, Alan M MacEachren |
| Abstract |
Ease of access to health care is of great importance in any country but particularly in countries such as Niger where restricted access can put people at risk of mortality from diseases such as measles, meningitis, polio, pneumonia and malaria. This paper analyzes the physical access of populations to health facilities within Niger with an emphasis on the effect of seasonal conditions and the implications of these conditions in terms of availability of adequate health services, provision of drugs and vaccinations. The majority of the transport within Niger is pedestrian, thus the paper emphasizes access by those walking to facilities for care. Further analysis compared the change in accessibility for vehicular travel since public health workers do travel by vehicle when carrying out vaccination campaigns and related proactive health care activities. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 83% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 355 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 347 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 68 | 19% |
| Researcher | 49 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 61 | 17% |
| Unknown | 76 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 50 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 14% |
| Engineering | 33 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 81 | 23% |
| Unknown | 92 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2023.
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#85
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#16,206
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#3
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