Singh Kavita, Bloom Shelah, Brodish Paul
a Department of Maternal and Child Health , Gillings School of Global Public Health , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2015;36(1):57-69. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2013.824971. Epub 2013 Sep 12.
In this article we examine whether measures of gender equality, household decision making, and attitudes toward gender-based violence are associated with maternal and child health outcomes in Africa. We pooled Demographic and Health Surveys data from eight African countries and used multilevel logistic regression on two maternal health outcomes (low body mass index and facility delivery) and two child health outcomes (immunization status and treatment for an acute respiratory infection). We found protective associations between the gender equality measures and the outcomes studied, indicating that gender equality is a potential strategy to improve maternal and child health in Africa.
在本文中，我们探讨了性别平等、家庭决策以及对基于性别的暴力的态度等指标是否与非洲的孕产妇和儿童健康结果相关。我们汇总了来自八个非洲国家的人口与健康调查数据，并对两项孕产妇健康结果（低体重指数和机构分娩）以及两项儿童健康结果（免疫状况和急性呼吸道感染治疗）进行了多层次逻辑回归分析。我们发现性别平等指标与所研究的结果之间存在保护性关联，这表明性别平等是改善非洲孕产妇和儿童健康的一项潜在策略。
