Poverty and maternal health care utilisation in Maharashtra: associated influences on infant mortality and morbidity
Kausar, Farah, Griffiths, Paula L. and Matthews, Zoë (2000) Poverty and maternal health care utilisation in Maharashtra: associated influences on infant mortality and morbidity. In, 128th Annual Meeting of APHA, Boston, USA, 12 - 16 Nov 2000.
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This paper explores the effects of poverty on access to maternal health care services (MHC), linking the use of MHC to two outcomes for the infant; mortality and nutritional status. The paper therefore falls under the overall theme of the international health strand; eliminating disparities in health outcomes. The paper establishes disparities in health outcomes between socio-economic groups in both urban and rural areas. Previous literature has documented an urban-rural dichotomy in infant survival and utilisation of MHC in India but little is known about the variations among socio-economic groups within urban areas. Rates of infant mortality are much higher in poorer sectors of the urban areas, suggesting that some differential utilisation of MHC exist between socio-economic groups. In this paper the Indian National Family Health Survey (1992/93) for Maharashtra is used to model use of antenatal and delivery care and associated influences on infant mortality and morbidity. A composite index is created to examine the influence of standard of living on use of MHC. Findings show that those living in poorer households in rural and urban areas have a lower utilisation of MHC services than those in the higher socio-economic strata. The low level of use of these services is associated with increased neonatal mortality. In addition, infants living in lower socio-economic groups in rural and urban areas have an increased risk of poor nutritional status and neonatal mortality.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this session, the participant will be able to: 1. Create a standard of living index based upon socio-economic data collected in standard cross-sectional surveys such as the demographic and health surveys(DHS). 2. Compare maternal and child health outcomes across socio-economic groups within rural and urban settings in Maharashtra. 3. Recognise the barriers to health care utilisation by the poorest socio-economic groups in urban areas. 4. Understand how standard of living influences use of maternal health care and its associated influences with infant nutrition and mortality outcomes in Maharashtra.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Keywords: | india, health care utilization |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Statistics |
| Item ID: | 34262 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:47 |
| Contributors: | Kausar, Farah (Author) Griffiths, Paula L. (Author) Matthews, Zoë (Author) |
| Date: | 14 November 2000 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34262 |
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