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glob health res policy
 2017
DOI: 10.1186/s41256-016-0021-8
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The evolution of socioeconomic status-related inequalities in maternal health care utilization: evidence from Zimbabwe, 1994–2011

Marshall Makate
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Clifton Makate
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Abstract: BackgroundInequalities in maternal health care are pervasive in the developing world, a fact that has led to questions about the extent of these disparities across socioeconomic groups. Despite a growing literature on maternal health across Sub-Saharan African countries, relatively little is known about the evolution of these inequalities over time for specific countries. This study sought to quantify and explain the observed differences in prenatal care use and professional delivery assistance in Zimbabwe.Met… Show more

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“…In other words, family resources get diluted with increasing births (Golsteyn & Magnée, 2017; Mechoulan & Wolff, 2015), therefore resource allocation for births at higher orders may reduce. Moreover, it is documented that multiple births reduce the use of maternal healthcare (Makate, 2016) and hence lead to reduction in the likelihood of expectant mother's enrolment on health insurance. This relationship does not support the fight against maternal mortality given that multiple births reduce the elasticity of the uterus and can lead to postpartum haemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal mortality (WHO & UNICEF, 2012).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…In other words, family resources get diluted with increasing births (Golsteyn & Magnée, 2017; Mechoulan & Wolff, 2015), therefore resource allocation for births at higher orders may reduce. Moreover, it is documented that multiple births reduce the use of maternal healthcare (Makate, 2016) and hence lead to reduction in the likelihood of expectant mother's enrolment on health insurance. This relationship does not support the fight against maternal mortality given that multiple births reduce the elasticity of the uterus and can lead to postpartum haemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal mortality (WHO & UNICEF, 2012).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Whereas, those with lower educational levels tend to ignore the benefits of healthcare and are likely to underutilise health services [ 53 ]. Our findings are in line with the previous studies suggesting a substantial contribution of education in explaining the amount of pro-rich inequity in the utilisation of maternal health services [ 10 , 54 , 55 ]. Our findings contradict to the findings of [ 56 ] who revealed that having a secondary/higher education increased the pro-poor inequity in healthcare utilisation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…The study also tries to throw more light on the contributions of other factors to the inequality in institutional deliveries. Evidence was found about the role of a mother's education and wealth index in the inequality of institutional deliveries, which is consistent with the findings of studies of Ali et al (2019), Makate and Makate (2017), Liu et al (2014) and Huda et al (2018). In addition, our study has also found evidence of factors such as the age of the mother, the number of antennal visits during pregnancy and place of residence (urban/rural) contributing to the inequality in institutional deliveries.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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