The impact of husbands′ gender equity awareness on wives′ reproductive health in rural areas of China

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Ying, Cui ^a,c   Li, Yang ^b   Hui, Han ^c  

^a Department of Physician ^*  (China)

^b Master Social Medicine and Health Management   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUSBAND GENDER EQUITY AWARENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958113675     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e31821b8de9     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Keleher H. Why build a health promotion evidence base about gender? Health Promot Int. 2004;19:277-279. (Pubitemid 39208111)
2. WHO. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion; 1986: Ottawa, Canada.
3. Yanik FF, Malatyalioglu E, Koç ak I, et al. Analysis of the pregnancy-related deaths within the last two decades: a university hospital-based study from Turkey. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1999;87:143-145. (Pubitemid 29476532)
4. Doyal L. Promotion of women's health. WHO Reg Eur Ser. 1991;37:283-311.
5. Mullany BC. Barriers to and attitudes towards promoting husbands'involvement in maternal health in Katmandu, Nepal. Soc Sci Med. 2006;62:2798-2809.
6. Xu KT, Borders TF. Gender, health, and physician visits among adults in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2003; 93:1076-1079. (Pubitemid 38489771)
7. Beegle K, Frankenberg E, Thomas D. Bargaining power within couples and use of prenatal and delivery care in Indonesia. Stud Fam Plann. 2001;32:130-146. (Pubitemid 32657190)
8. Dey DK. Factors Influencing Maternal Mortality in Bangladesh From a Gender Perspective. Umea, Sweden: Unlea University, 1998.
9. Khanna R, Kumar A, Vaghela JF, et al. Community based retrospective study of sex in infant mortality in India. Br J Med. 2003;327:126-l29.
10. Zhao FM, Guo SF, Wang LH, et al. Survey on the married women's gender awareness-family affairs decision-making and the status of maternal health care in rural China. Chin J Epidemiol. 2006;27:780-784.
11. Caldwell JC. Routes to low mortality in poor countries. Popul Dev Rev. 1986;12:171-220.
12. Jianghong Li. Gender inequality, family planning, and maternal and child care in a rural Chinese county. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59:695-708.
13. Caldwell JC, Caldwell P. Women's position and child mortality and morbidity in less developed countries. In: Federici N, Mason KO, Sogner S, eds. Women's Position and Demographic Change. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993:122-139.
14. Zhou LP, Chen XJ. Study on the positive influence of Male involvement in improving the informed choice effectiveness. J Fam Plann. 2005;13(5):283-285.
15. Mullany BC,Hindin MJ, Becker S. Can women's autonomy impede male involvement in pregnancy health in Katmandu, Nepal? Soc Sci Med. 2005;61:1993-2006. (Pubitemid 41114869)
16. Dudgeon MR, Inhorn MC. Men's influences on women's reproductive health: medical anthropological perspectives. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59:1379-1395. (Pubitemid 38891406)
17. Coburn D. Beyond the income in equality hypothesis: class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities. Soc Sci Med. 2004;58: 41-56. (Pubitemid 37336460)
18. Cooper RS, Ordunez P, Iraola Ferrer MD, et al. Cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors in Cuba: prospects for prevention and control. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:94-101. (Pubitemid 43042838)