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Proochista Ariana
Other affiliations: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Bio: Proochista Ariana is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 22 publications receiving 420 citations. Previous affiliations of Proochista Ariana include Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
Topics: Population, Medicine, Health care, Public health, Lassa fever
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TL;DR: Investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four low-income countries over a 15-year period found that nutrition, health and well-being, cognitive and physical development, health behaviours and education, as well as the social, demographic and economic status of the household changed.
Abstract: Young Lives is an international longitudinal study investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four low-income countries [Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam] over a 15-year period. In each country, the cohort is comprised of ≈ 2000 children aged between 6 and 18 months and up to 1000 children aged between 7 and 8 years, recruited in 2002 and sampled from 20 sentinel sites. The first survey data collection from primary caregivers and older children took place in 2002, the second in 2006-07 and the third in 2009-10. Data on the community contexts were collected to complement the household surveys. To elaborate and extend the quantitative data, longitudinal qualitative research with a subgroup of the children was carried out in 2007, 2008 and 2010-11. Topic areas covered included nutrition, health and well-being, cognitive and physical development, health behaviours and education, as well as the social, demographic and economic status of the household. Survey data from the study are archived in the International Section of the UK Public Data Archive.
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University of Oxford1, Hanoi Medical University2, Mahidol University3, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh4, University of Health and Allied Sciences5, Eduardo Mondlane University6, University of the Witwatersrand7, University of KwaZulu-Natal8, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology9, Umeå University10
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared community-based antibiotic access and use practices across communities in low-income and middle-income countries to identify contextually specific targets for interventions to improve antibiotic use practices.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the prevalence and the determinants of institutional delivery by skilled birth attendants in a rural population in Andhra Pradesh, India, and found that women with adequate prenatal care who have a desired pregnancy were more likely to utilise health institutions and skilled delivery care.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Despite continuing efforts to promote skilled institutional delivery, eight women die every hour in India due to causes related to pregnancy and child birth. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence and the determinants of institutional delivery by skilled birth attendants in a rural population in Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS: This cross-sectional study used data from 'Young Lives', a longitudinal study on childhood poverty, and the study population was a cohort of 1419 rural, economically deprived women (from the Young Lives study) in Andhra Pradesh, India. The data are from round-1 of Young Lives younger cohort recruited in 2002 and followed until 2015. The participation rate of households was 99.5%. RESULTS: Prevalence of skilled institutional delivery was 36.8%. Women's education (odds ratio [OR] for secondary education 2.06; 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.33-3.19), desire to be pregnant (OR 1.89; 95% CI 1.12-3.22) and adequate prenatal care (OR 1.69; 95% CI 1.30-2.21) were found to be the positive determinants of skilled institutional delivery. High birth order (OR for second birth 0.44; 95% CI 0.32-0.60, OR for third birth 0.47; 95% CI 0.30-0.72 and OR for andandnum;8805;fourth 0.47; 95% CI 0.27-0.81), schedule caste / schedule tribe social background (OR 0.70; 95% CI 0.53-0.93) and poor economic status of the household (OR for the poorest households 0.67; 95% CI 0.46-0.99) were negatively associated with skilled institutional delivery. CONCLUSIONS: Despite existence of supporting schemes, the utilisation of skilled institutional delivery services was low in the study population. Educated women and women with adequate prenatal care who have a desired pregnancy were more likely to utilise health institutions and skilled delivery care. There is a need for integrated approaches through maternal health, family planning and education programs, and a focus on uneducated, poor women belonging to disadvantaged social groups.
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TL;DR: This study investigated whether, in the absence of specific mHealth interventions, people make different healthcare decisions if they use mobile phones during an illness, and produced the first quantitative micro-evidence that patients’ personal mobile phone use is correlated with their healthcare decisions.
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TL;DR: This study provides an account of the trade-off between mothers’ employment and child care and helps to understand the benefits and problems related to providing employment to women with infants in the MGNREGA scheme and make a case to pursue policy changes to improve their working conditions.
Abstract: Objective To explore the experiences of mothers employed through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) using focus group discussions (FGDs) to understand the impact of mothers’ employment on infant feeding and care. The effects of mothers’ employment on nutritional status of children could be variable. It could lead to increased household income, but could also compromise child care and feeding. Setting The study was undertaken in the Dungarpur district of Rajasthan, India. Participants Mothers of infants Results Four major themes were identified—‘mothers9 employment compromises infant feeding and care’, ‘caregivers’ inability to substitute mothers’ care’, ‘compromises related to childcare and feeding outweigh benefits from MGNREGA’ and ‘employment as disempowering’. Mothers felt that the comprises to infant care and feeding due to long hours of work, lack of alternative adequate care arrangements, low wages and delayed payments outweighed the benefits from the scheme. Conclusions This study provides an account of the trade-off between mothers’ employment and child care. It provides an understanding of the household power relationships, societal and cultural factors that modulate the effects of mothers’ employment. From the perspective of mothers, it helps to understand the benefits and problems related to providing employment to women with infants in the MGNREGA scheme and make a case to pursue policy changes to improve their working conditions.
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TL;DR: The Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences by Charles Teddlie and Abbas Tashakkori is reviewed in this article.
Abstract: The book Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and QualitativeApproaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences by Charles Teddlie and Abbas Tashakkori isreviewed This textbook includes two sections and an epilogue The two sections are MixedMethods: “The Third Methodological Movement” (Chapters 1-5) and “Methods and Strategies ofMixed Methods Research” (Chapters 6-12) The first section focuses on definitions, history,utility, and paradigm issues, whereas the second takes the reader or student through the mixedmethods process, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods fromresearch design and data collection through analysis and conclusions An overview of the book,together with a summary, key terms and brief analysis of each chapter, is provided Review (s) of:Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches inthe Social and Behavioral Sciences, by Charles Teddlie and Abbas Tashakkori, Sage, Los Angeles,2009, 387 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7619-3012-9 Keywords: mixed methods research, social sciences, behavioral sciences บทคดยอ วจารณหนงสอชอ ‘Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Quantitative andQualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences’ เขยนโดย Charles Teddlie และ AbbasTashakkori สำนกพมพ Sage, Los Angeles, 2009, 387 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7619-3012-9 หนงสอพนฐานวธวจยแบบผสานวธดวยการบรณาการเชงปรมาณและคณภาพเลมนมเนอหาสำหรบนกวจยและนกศกษาใชประกอบการเรยนในวชาเกยวกบวธวทยาการวจยแบงเปนสองสวนคอ สวนแรกในบทท 1 ถง บทท 5 วาดวยความเคลอนไหวในแนวคดวธวทยา การใหนยาม ประวตความเปนมาของแนวคดแบบผสานวธเบองตน สวนทสองเปนกลยทธวธวจยแบบผสานวธในบทท 6 ถง บทท 12 เปนกระบวนการทำงานวจยแบบผสานวธ การตงคำถาม การออกแบบงานวจยการเกบขอมล วเคราะหขอมล และการสรปผลการวจยแบบผสานวธ ในแตละบทมสรปการวเคราะหและคำสำคญนอกจากนยงมภาคผนวกเพมเตมเกยวกบอนาคตและการเรยนการสอนของวธการวจยแบบผสานวธ คำสำคญ: การวจยแบบผสานวธ สงคมศาสตร พฤตกรรมศาสตร
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify several methodological gaps and the presence of residual confounding in a number of studies and propose novel approaches to strengthen causal inference and implementing both health and non-health policies may reduce inequities in IM/birth outcomes across the western developed world.
Abstract: Infant mortality (IM) and birth outcomes, key population health indicators, have lifelong implications for individuals, and are unequally distributed globally. Even among western industrialized nations, striking cross-country and within-country patterns are evident. We sought to better understand these variations across and within the United States of America (USA) and Western Europe (WE), by conceptualizing a social determinants of IM/birth outcomes framework, and systematically reviewing the empirical literature on hypothesized social determinants (e.g., social policies, neighbourhood deprivation, individual socioeconomic status (SES)) and intermediary determinants (e.g., health behaviours). To date, the evidence suggests that income inequality and social policies (e.g., maternal leave policies) may help to explain cross-country variations in IM/birth outcomes. Within countries, the evidence also supports neighbourhood SES (USA, WE) and income inequality (USA) as social determinants. By contrast, within-country social cohesion/social capital has been underexplored. At the individual level, mixed associations have been found between individual SES, race/ethnicity, and selected intermediary factors (e.g., psychosocial factors) with IM/birth outcomes. Meanwhile, this review identifies several methodological gaps, including the underuse of prospective designs and the presence of residual confounding in a number of studies. Ultimately, addressing such gaps including through novel approaches to strengthen causal inference and implementing both health and non-health policies may reduce inequities in IM/birth outcomes across the western developed world.
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