Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Silal, Sheetal P ^a   Penn Kekana, Loveday ^b   Harris, Bronwyn ^b   Birch, Stephen ^a,c,d   McIntyre, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861209634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-120     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards millennium development goal 5. Hogan MC, Foreman KJ, Naghavi M, Ahn SY, Wang M, Makela SM, Lopez AD, Lozano R, Murray CJL, Lancet 2010 375 9726 1609 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60518-1 20382417
2. Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works. Campbell OMR, Graham WJ, Lancet 2006 368 9543 1284 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/17027735 ]. 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69381-1 17027735
3. Still too far to walk: literature review of the determinants of delivery service use. Gabrysch S, Campbell OMR, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009 9 34 [ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2744662\&tool= pmcentrez\&rendertype=abstract ]. 10.1186/1471-2393-9-34 19671156
4. Reduction of maternal mortality. A joint WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF/World Bank Statement. WHO, 1999 [ http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract- S0021932002242832 ].
5. Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health: from slogan to service delivery. Kerber K, de Graft-Johnson J, Bhutta Z, The Lancet 2007 370 9595 1358 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17933651http://www.sciencedirect. com/science/article/pii/s0140-6736(07)61578-5 ]. 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61578-5
6. Achieving the health millennium development goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities. Chopra M, Lawn JE, Sanders D, Barron P, Abdool Karim SS, Jewkes R, Abdool Karim Q, Flisher AJ, Mayosi BM, Tollman SM, Churchyard GJ, Coovadia H, Lancet 2009 374 9694 1023 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 19709737 ]. 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61122-3 19709737
7. Maternal health. Blaauw D, Penn-Kekana L, South African Health Review Health Systems Trust, Durban, Fonn S, Padarath A, 2010 3 28 [ http://www.hst.org.za/publications/876 ].
8. Maternal, newborn and child survival: data challenges. Nicol E, Bradshaw D, South African Health Review Durban, Fonn S, Padarath A, 2010 73 78 [ http://www.hst.org.za/publications/876 ].
9. Millenium development goals country report 2010-South Africa. Lehohla PSA, Tech. rep., Statistics South Africa 2010 [ http://www.undp.org.za/ remository/func-startdown/277/ ].
10. Child, maternal mortality reach crisis levels. Mannak M, 2011 [ http://www.businesslive.co.za/incoming/2011/05/24/child-maternal-mortality- reach-crisis-levels ].
11. South Africa demographic and health survey 2003. National Department of Health, Tech. rep., Medical Research Council OrcMacro, Pretoria 2007
12. 2008 National Antenatal Sentinal HIV and Syphilis Prevalence Survey. National Department of Health, Tech. rep., South Africa 2009
13. Saving Mothers 2005-2007: Fourth report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in South Africa. NCCEMD, Tech. rep., National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths, Pretoria 2008 [ http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/reports/2007/savingmothers.pdf ].
14. Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries. McIntyre D, Thiede M, Birch S, Health Economics, Policy and Law 2009 4 179 10.1017/S1744133109004836
15. Approaches to qualitative-quantitative methodological triangulation. Morse J, Nursing Res 1991 40 2 120 [ http://journals.lww.com/ nursingresearchonline/Abstract/1991/03000/Approaches\-to\-Qualitative\ -Quantitative.14.aspx ].
16. Toward a conceptual framework for mixed-method evaluation designs. Greene JC, Caracelli VJ, Graham WF, Educational Res 2011 11 3 255
17. Mixed methods research: A research paradigm whose time has come. Johnson R, Onwuegbuzie A, Educational Researcher 2004 33 7 14 [ http://edr.sagepub.com/ content/33/7/14.short ]. 10.3102/0013189X033007014
18. Chambers R, Skinner C, Analysis of Survey Data. Chichester Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, Wiley, UK 2003
19. The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges. Coovadia H, Jewkes R, Barron P, Sanders D, McIntyre D, Lancet 2009 374 9692 817 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19709728 ]. 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60951-X 19709728
20. Saving the lives of South Africas mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? Chopra M, Daviaud E, Pattinson R, Fonn S, Lawn JE, Lancet 2009 374 9692 835 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19709729 ]. 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61123-5 19709729
21. The human face of decentralisation and integration of health services: experience from South Africa. Mcintyre D, Klugman B, Reproductive Health Matters 2003 11 21 108 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02166-9 12800708
22. Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the need for careful action. Gilson L, McIntyre D, Br Med J 2005 331 7519 762 [ http://ovidsp.ovid. com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS\&PAGE=reference\&D=emed7\&NEWS=N\&AN= 2005450943 ]. 10.1136/bmj.331.7519.762
23. A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context. Say L, Raine R, Bull World Health Organization 2007 85 812
24. Huge poor-rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries. Houweling T, Ronsmans C, Campbell O, Kunst A, Bull World Health Organization 2007 85 745
25. Assessing Gujarats Chiranjeevi Scheme. Acharya A, McNamee P, Econ Political Weekly 2009 XLIV 48 13 [ http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/ files/Chiranjeevi.pdf ].
26. Maternal mortality in resource-poor settings: policy barriers to care. Mavalankar DV, Rosenfield A, Am J Public health 2005 95 2 200 [ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1449152\&tool= pmcentrez\&rendertype=abstract ]. 10.2105/AJPH.2003.036715 15671450
27. Too far to walk: maternal mortality in context. Thaddeus S, Maine D, Social Sci Med (1982) 1994 38 8 1091 [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 8042057 ]. 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90226-7