Examining the mechanisms by which women's status and empowerment affect skilled birth attendant use in Senegal: a structural equation modeling approach

• Auteurs principaux: Kyoko Shimamoto (Auteur), Jessica D. Gipson (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Despite the reduction in maternal deaths globally, maternal mortality rates remain unacceptably high, particularly in some regions of the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, maternal mortality rates have even increased recently, with 201,000 deaths in 2015 as compared to 179,000 in 201...