Improving poor women's access to maternity care: Findings from a primary care intervention in Burkina Faso

Brazier, Ellen; Andrzejewski, Catherine; Perkins, Margaret; Themmen, E; Knight, R. J.; Bassane, Brahima

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“…4,5 To increase coverage, countries in Africa and other low-income areas have focused on expanding the primary care system, typically through outpatient clinics staffed with nurses and midwives who can provide basic obstetric care. 6,7 These clinics represent the base of a service pyramid in which most women deliver at first-level clinics and women with high-risk pregnancies or those who develop complications are referred to hospitals. This service delivery model is supported by global policy guidance.…”

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Bypassing primary care clinics for childbirth: a cross-sectional study in the Pwani region, United Republic of Tanzania

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Bypassing primary care clinics for childbirth: a cross-sectional study in the Pwani region, United Republic of Tanzania

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Larson

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“…Examples include voucher schemes for maternal services in Bangladesh 19 and Korea, 20 community-wide vitamin A treatment of children in Nepal, 21 improving poor women's access to institutional delivery in Burkina Faso, 22 equity-focused maternal and child health programs in Cambodia, 23 and free access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV in Brazil. 24 Growing availability of data from low-and middle-income countries allowed us to test the hypothesis in national surveys that provided information on socioeconomic position and on the proportion of births occurring in a health facility (institutional delivery coverage).…”

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The Inverse Equity Hypothesis: Analyses of Institutional Deliveries in 286 National Surveys

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Objectives. To test the inverse equity hypothesis, which postulates that new health interventions are initially adopted by the wealthy and thus increase inequalities-as population coverage increases, only the poorest will lag behind all other groups.Methods. We analyzed the proportion of births occurring in a health facility by wealth quintile in 286 surveys from 89 low-and middle-income countries and developed an inequality pattern index. Positive values indicate that inequality is driven by early adoption by the wealthy (top inequality), whereas negative values signal bottom inequality.Results. Absolute inequalities were widest when national coverage was around 50%.At low national coverage levels, top inequality was evident with coverage in the wealthiest quintile taking off rapidly; at 60% or higher national coverage, bottom inequality became the predominant pattern, with the poorest quintile lagging behind.Conclusions. Policies need to be tailored to inequality patterns. When top inequalities are present, barriers that limit uptake by most of the population must be identified and addressed. When bottom inequalities exist, interventions must be targeted at specific subgroups that are left behind. (Am J

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“…In addition, normative socio-cultural beliefs and social roles interact and shape reproductive health behaviors, choices and demand among women in West Africa. There is evidence that social norms and culture influence women's Chapter 7 perceptions of needs as well (Bove et al, 2012;Brazier et al, 2009;. As discussed in Chapter 5, intentions of young women for contraceptive use in the future depend on social and group norms.…”

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“…The situation of reproductive health services is especially challenging in countries recovering from civil war and instability, such as Senegal, Sierra Leone among others, while countries with political stability and continuous economic growth, like Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria, have achieved political commitment and progress in improving these services. (Bove, Vala-Haynes, & Valeggia, 2012;Brazier et al, 2009;. Wealth, education, residence type, and age disparities however remain the greatest influencing factors introducing disparity in any context (Jacqueline Darroch & Singh, 2013;Kirk & Pillet, 1998;Loaiza & Blake, 2010).…”

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“…Burkina Faso recorded a percentage point change of 16% from 1999-2003 while Nigeria is evidenced to have a 15.9% improvement between (Loaiza & Blake, 2010. Overall, in West Africa, individual context factors such as gender and social roles interact and shape reproductive health behaviors across all population groups (Bove, Vala-Haynes, & Valeggia, 2012;Brazier et al, 2009;. Wealth, education, residence type, and age disparities however remain the greatest influencing factors introducing disparity in any context (Jacqueline Darroch & Singh, 2013;Kirk & Pillet, 1998;Loaiza & Blake, 2010).…”

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Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women

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Improving poor women's access to maternity care: Findings from a primary care intervention in Burkina Faso

Cited by 54 publications

References 34 publications

Bypassing primary care clinics for childbirth: a cross-sectional study in the Pwani region, United Republic of Tanzania

Bypassing primary care clinics for childbirth: a cross-sectional study in the Pwani region, United Republic of Tanzania

The Inverse Equity Hypothesis: Analyses of Institutional Deliveries in 286 National Surveys

Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women

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