Economic development strategies: Maternal and child health

Uyanga, Joseph

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(90)90246-o

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“…One body of research supports McKeown's hypothesis that socioeconomic conditions remain strongly associated with population health (Gravelle and Backhouse 1987;Lantz et al 2007;Uyanga 1990). Link and Phelan (2002) argue that socioeconomic development is a societal-level indicator of social conditions as fundamental causes of diseases at all stages of development.…”

Section: Epidemiologic Transition Theory and The Mckeown Thesismentioning

confidence: 96%

Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?

Zheng

George

2018

J Health Soc Behav

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Medical expansion has become a prominent dynamic in today's societies as the biomedical model becomes increasingly dominant in the explanation of health, illness, and other human problems and behavior. Medical expansion is multidimensional and represented by expansions in three major components of the healthcare system: increasing medical investment, medical professionalization/specialization, and the relative size of the pharmaceutical industry. Using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development health data and World Development Indicators 1981 to 2007, we find medical investment and medical professionalization/specialization significantly improve all three measures of life expectancy and decrease mortality rate even after controlling for endogeneity problems. In contrast, an expanded pharmaceutical industry is negatively associated with female life expectancy at age 65 and positively associated with the all-cause mortality rate. It further compromises the beneficial effect of medical professionalization/specialization on population health. In general, medical professionalization/specialization and gross domestic product per capita have similar and stronger effects than medical investment.

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Section: Epidemiologic Transition Theory and The Mckeown Thesismentioning

confidence: 96%

Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?

Zheng

George

2018

J Health Soc Behav

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“…Schistosomiasis poses high risk particularly to female members of some African societies because of their multiple water-related activities. This was reiterated by Uyanga (1990). The lower prevalence of schistosome infection in the older women might be due to acquired immunity and decreasing exposure to infection because of fewer domestic chores.…”

Section: Parasitesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Prevalence of Schistosoma and other parasites among female residents of some communities in Oyo State, Nigeria

Oluwatoyin¹,

Olukemi²,

Omolara³

et al. 2016

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Prevalence of Schistosoma and other parasitic infections in 507 females (5-78 years) was determined in a cross-sectional study undertaken in seven communities of Oyo State, Nigeria. Urine and stool samples were examined, and 25.2% overall parasite prevalence was recorded. Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni prevalence was 5.5 and 0.3% respectively. Ascaris lumbricoides (11.4%), Hookworm (9.3%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.6%), Trichuris trichiura (0.3%), Taenia saginata (1.2%) and Entamoeba histolytica (0.8%) were also identified from stool and Trichomonas vaginalis (0.3%) from urine of participants. Schistosoma haematobium egg intensity ranged between 100-145 eggs / l0 ml urine. PCV was determined for all participants, values ≤ 32% was recorded for 67.1% of the parasite positive participants and 100% of Schistosoma infections. A correlation (0.75, p > 0.05) was established between PCV and parasite intensity. Schistosoma infection was highest (13.5%) amongst 11-20 year olds but absent in women 41-50 year old. There was a positive correlation (0.90, p > 0.05) between age and S. haematobium egg intensity. A. lumbricoides and hookworm infections were predominant in children (1-10yrs) while women (21-30 years) had infections of all the identified parasites. Concomitant infections (2.2%) of S. haematobium with other parasites were recorded. The high prevalence of infections amongst women of child bearing age and adolescent girls with the attending low PCV suggests the importance of parasitic infections in these groups. This emphasizes the need for intervention measures targeted at all members of these communities to interrupt transmission.

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Adam's rib awry? Women and schistosomiasis

Michelson

1993

Social Science & Medicine

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Economic development strategies: Maternal and child health

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?

Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?

Prevalence of Schistosoma and other parasites among female residents of some communities in Oyo State, Nigeria

Adam's rib awry? Women and schistosomiasis

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