The Health of Women and Girls Determines the Health and Well-Being of Our Modern World: A White Paper From the International Council on Women's Health Issues

Davidson, Patricia M.; McGrath, Sarah J.; Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim; Stern, Phyllis Noerager; DiGiacomo, Michelle; Dharmendra, Tessa; Correa‐de‐Araujo, Rosaly; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.; Hochleitner, Margarethe; Messias, De Anne K. Hilfinger; Brown, Hazel N.; Teitelman, Anne M.; Sindhu, Siriorn; Reesman, Karen; Richter, Solina; Sommers, Marilyn S.; Schaeffer, Doris; Stringer, Marilyn; Sampselle, Carolyn M.; Anderson, Debra; Tuazon, Josefina A.; Cao, Yingjuan; Covan, Eleanor Krassen

doi:10.1080/07399332.2011.603872

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“…As reflected in the MDGs, achieving optimal health and human rights outcomes for women and girls requires efforts to improve their lives through education (Davidson et al, 2011). Providing schooling support to orphan girls in Zimbabwe improved schooling retention, progression, and attendance but not performance as measured by standardized test scores.…”

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Educational Outcomes for Orphan Girls in Rural Zimbabwe: Effects of a School Support Intervention

Iritani

Cho

Rusakaniko

et al. 2015

Health Care for Women International

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Educational achievement has important implications for the health and well-being of young women in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the effects of providing school support on educational outcomes of orphan girls in rural Zimbabwe. Data were from a randomized controlled trial offering the intervention group comprehensive schooling support and controls no treatment initially and then fees only. Results indicated comprehensive support reduced school dropout and absence but did not improve test scores. Providing support to orphan girls is promising for addressing World Health Organization Millennium Development Goals, but further research is needed about contextual factors affecting girls’ school participation and learning.

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Educational Outcomes for Orphan Girls in Rural Zimbabwe: Effects of a School Support Intervention

Iritani

Cho

Rusakaniko

et al. 2015

Health Care for Women International

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“…[1] However, in the current study, disparity in health knowledge proxies by knowledge about HIV/AIDS estimate very high. Furthermore, the female population with proper knowledge about HIV/AIDS in the country is less than one-third of the total population.…”

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confidence: 60%

Geographical disparities in the health of iranian women: Health outcomes, behaviors, and health-care access indicators

2017

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Background:Women's health is a key factor affecting the health of the whole population. Tackling inequality in determinants of health is recognized as the main path toward reducing the inequality in health outcomes. This study aimed to analyze the provincial inequality in determinants of women's health and health care in Iran.Methods:Using the Moss's model (2002) as a comprehensive framework of determinants of women's health, including “geopolitical environment,” “culture, norms, sanctions,” “women's roles in reproduction and production,” “health-related mediators,” and “health outcome” categories, we chose 13 indicators. Afterward, using data sources including the Iranian Multiple Indicators of Demographics and Health Survey, the National Organization for Civil Registration, and Statistics Centre of Iran, we analyzed provincial inequality in these indicators in Iran (2011). Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve were used for measuring inequality.Results:Gini coefficients calculated as follows; life satisfaction level (0.027), literate women (0.398), women with proper knowledge about HIV/AIDS prevention (0.483), unemployed women (0.380), women without an income (0.384), women who use at least one type of mass media (0.389), women who used computer or internet (0.467), women who had received pregnancy care from a skill birth attendant (SBA) (0.420), women who had delivered with the help of an SBA (0.426), women who currently smoke cigarettes (0.603), women who currently consume hookah (0.561), women with at least one chronic disease (0.438), and women's deaths in 2010 and 2011 (0.393 and 0.359, respectively).Conclusions:We found large provincial disparities in determinants of women's health in Iran. Determinants such as lifestyle, health behavior, health knowledge, and health-care services availability should be considered by health policymakers in addressing the inequality in women's health at a provincial level.

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“…All through these steps, literacy is essential for purposeful and gainful consumption of health care services to address pregnancy related complications [40,41]. Thus investing in improving female literacy is among a number of core programs that yield sustainable reduction of maternal deaths [42,43]. The focus on female literacy as an instrument of women's empowerment is in sharp contrast with the widespread influence of neoliberal Malthusian thinking that has influenced health care policies in developing countries [44,45].…”

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Maternal Mortality and Female Literacy Rates in Developing Countries during 1970–2000: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

Pillai

Maleku

Wei

2013

International Journal of Population Research

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Background. The gross longitudinal relationship between female literacy and maternal mortality ratios has not been adequately investigated even though the knowledge of the relationship is crucial for designing maternal mortality reduction programs through female literacy campaigns and improvements. The objective of the study was to examine the dynamic relationship between female literacy and mortality ratios. A longitudinal study design spanning three decades, 1970-2000, was used. Country level data on 143 nations belonging to six geographical regions for the duration 1970-2000 were secured from websites hosted by global agencies such as World Bank and the United Nations were utilized. Maternal mortality ratios ranged from 147 to 271 across the six regions. The longitudinal relationship between female literacy rates and maternal mortality ratios was examined using a latent growth curve approach. The study found that rates of change in female literacy and maternal mortality ratios are negatively related. Steady rates of increase in female literacy were associated with declining maternal mortality ratios as well. We find that female literacy programs are of immense value in reducing maternal mortality ratios given their ability to yield sustained reductions in mortality levels in developing countries.

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The Health of Women and Girls Determines the Health and Well-Being of Our Modern World: A White Paper From the International Council on Women's Health Issues

Cited by 75 publications

References 30 publications

Educational Outcomes for Orphan Girls in Rural Zimbabwe: Effects of a School Support Intervention

Educational Outcomes for Orphan Girls in Rural Zimbabwe: Effects of a School Support Intervention

Geographical disparities in the health of iranian women: Health outcomes, behaviors, and health-care access indicators

Maternal Mortality and Female Literacy Rates in Developing Countries during 1970–2000: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

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