母子の死亡と貧困を結びつける家族論的手法
Wendy J Graham1, Ann E Fitzmaurice, Jacqueline S Bell
1Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. w.graham@abdn.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|January 16, 2004
まとめ
貧困は,妊産婦死亡リスクを大幅に増加させる. この研究では,世帯調査データと新しい家族技術を使用して,最も貧しい女性がインドネシアで3〜4倍のリスクに直面する明確なグラデントを示しました. これは,貧困に焦点を当てた医療介入の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- グローバル・ヘルス グローバル・ヘルス
- デモグラフィー デモグラフィー 人口統計
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 貧困と健康は,低所得国において相互に関連していることがますます認識されています.
- 妊産婦死亡率は,貧困関連目標の潜在的マーカーですが,個人レベルでの証拠は稀です.
- 貧困と妊産婦死亡率の関係を探求するために,新しい家族技術が導入されます.
研究 の 目的:
- 個人レベルの貧困と妊産婦死亡率の関連性を調査する.
- この関係を分析するための新しい家族学的手法の有用性を評価する.
- 貧困に焦点を当てた健康戦略の証拠を提供すること.
主な方法:
- 開発途上国10カ国の11件の世帯調査のデータを活用した.
- 貧困状態と生存結果を評価するために,回答者の姉妹をリンクして,家族的なテクニックを使用しました.
- 女性の貧困に関連する特徴 (教育,水,衛生,床) と生存状態 (生きている,非母性死亡,母性死亡) を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 様々な国で女性の貧困状態と生存率の間に有意な関連性が見られた.
- 貧困の増大は,非妊産婦と妊産婦の死亡率の上昇と相関していた.
- インドネシアでは,妊産婦死亡の32~34%が,最も貧しいクインティールで発生し,最も貧しい人のリスクは,最も裕福な人と比較して3~4倍高い.
結論:
- ファミリアテクニックは,既存の調査データを効率的に利用して,妊産婦の死亡率と貧困を研究します.
- 発見は,妊産婦死亡率における明確な貧困のグラデーションを示しています.
- この方法は,社会経済的グループ間の健康格差を調査するためのより広い可能性を秘めています.
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