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Tanja A. J. Houweling
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 77
Citations - 11106
Tanja A. J. Houweling is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 69 publications receiving 10027 citations. Previous affiliations of Tanja A. J. Houweling include University College London & Erasmus University Medical Center.
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Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health
TL;DR: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) as mentioned in this paper was created to marshal the evidence on what can be done to promote health equity and to foster a global movement to achieve it.
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Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Audrey Prost,Tim Colbourn,Nadine Seward,Kishwar Azad,Arri Coomarasamy,Andrew Copas,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Edward Fottrell,Abdul Kuddus,Sonia Lewycka,Christine MacArthur,Dharma S Manandhar,Joanna Morrison,Joanna Morrison,Charles Mwansambo,Nirmala Nair,Bejoy Nambiar,David Osrin,Christina Pagel,Tambosi Phiri,Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström,Mikey Rosato,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Naomi Saville,Naomi Saville,Neena Shah More,Bhim P Shrestha,Prasanta Tripathy,Amie Wilson,Anthony Costello +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials undertaken in Bangladesh, India, Malawi, and Nepal in which the effects of women's groups practising participatory learning and action were assessed to identify population-level predictors of effect on maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, and stillbirths.
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Huge poor-rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries.
TL;DR: Poor-rich inequalities in professional delivery care are much larger than those in the other forms of care, and a concerted effort of equity-oriented policy and research is needed to address these inequalities.
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Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?
TL;DR: Researchers and policy makers should be aware that the choice of the measure of economic status influences the observed magnitude of health inequalities, and that differences in health inequalities between countries or time periods, may be an artefact of different wealth measures used.
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Socio-economic inequalities in childhood mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a review of the international evidence
TL;DR: The evidence on the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in childhood mortality within LMICs is reviewed, possible causes are discussed, and possible entry points for intervention are highlighted.