Associations between quantitative measures of women's empowerment and access to care and health status for mothers and their children: A systematic review of evidence from the developing world

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-131

  Pratley, Pierre ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Maternal health; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPOWERMENT; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84993220610     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.001     Document Type: Review

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