Ebot Jane O
Service Delivery Improvement Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2015 Sep 18;33:18. doi: 10.1186/s41043-015-0028-7.
Although immunizations are efficient and cost effective methods of reducing child mortality, worldwide, approximately 2 million children die yearly of vaccine-preventable diseases. Researchers and health organizations have detailed information on the positive relationship between women's autonomy and children's health outcomes in developing countries.
This study investigates the links between women's household autonomy and children's immunization status using data from a nationally representative sample of children aged 12-30 months (N = 2941) from the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey.
The results showed that women's socioeconomic status and household autonomy were significantly associated with children's immunization status.
Overall, the implications of this study align with those of the Millennium Development Goal #3: improvements in women's household autonomy are linked to more positive child health outcomes.
尽管免疫接种是降低儿童死亡率的有效且具成本效益的方法,但在全球范围内,每年仍有大约200万儿童死于可通过疫苗预防的疾病。研究人员和卫生组织掌握了关于发展中国家妇女自主权与儿童健康结果之间积极关系的详细信息。
本研究使用2011年埃塞俄比亚人口与健康调查中全国代表性的12至30个月龄儿童样本(N = 2941)的数据,调查妇女的家庭自主权与儿童免疫接种状况之间的联系。
结果表明,妇女的社会经济地位和家庭自主权与儿童的免疫接种状况显著相关。
总体而言,本研究的结论与千年发展目标3一致:妇女家庭自主权的提高与更积极的儿童健康结果相关。