Publications
Social determinants of maternal health: a scoping review of factors influencing maternal mortality and maternal health service use in India Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background Maternal health remains a major public health problem in India, with large inter- and intra-state inequities in maternal health service use and maternal deaths. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health provides a framework to identify structural and intermediary factors of health inequities, including maternal health, and understand their mechanism of influence, which might be important in addressing maternal health ...
Trends and determinants of adolescent childbirth in Uganda- analysis of rural and urban women using six demographic and health surveys, 1988-2016 Institute of Tropical Medicine
Introduction Uganda has high adolescent pregnancy. The details of adolescent childbirth and urban/rural patterns are scarce. We investigated the levels, time trends and determinants of adolescent childbirth in Uganda separately for urban and rural women. Methods We estimated the percentage of women 20-24 years at each of the six Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (1988/89, 1995, 2000/01, 2006, 2011 and 2016) who reported a live childbirth ...
Coverage determinants of breast cancer screening in Flanders : an evaluation of the past decade Ghent University University of Antwerp
Social determinants of malaria in an endemic area of Indonesia Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background: Malaria is an increasing concern in Indonesia. Socio-demographic factors were found to strongly influence malaria prevalence. This research aimed to explore the associations between socio-demographic factors and malaria prevalence in Indonesia.
Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design and analysed relationships among the explanatory variables of malaria prevalence in five endemic provinces using multivariable ...
Data on determinants are needed to curb the sedentary epidemic in Europe : lessons learnt from the DEDIPAC European Knowledge Hub Ghent University
Qualitative exploration of sociocultural determinants of health inequities of Dalit population in Dhaka City, Bangladesh Institute of Tropical Medicine
Objectives In recent years, Bangladesh has made remarkable advances in health outcomes; however, the benefits of these gains are unequally shared among citizens and population groups. Dalits (jaat sweepers), a marginalised traditional working community, have relatively poor access to healthcare services. This study sought to explore the sociopolitical and cultural factors associated with health inequalities among Dalits in an urban ...
Determinants of the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality differs importantly between countries, but these variations have not been satisfactorily explained. We explored the role of behavioral and structural determinants of these variations, by using a dataset covering 17 European countries in the period 1970-2010, and by conducting multilevel multivariate regression analyses. Our results suggest that between-country variations in inequalities ...