التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Predictors of Child’s Health in Pakistan and the Moderating Role of Birth Spacing |
| المؤلفون: |
Muhammad Farhan Asif, Salima Meherali, Ghulam Abid, Muhammad Safdar Khan, Zohra S. Lassi |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 3; Pages: 1759 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| المجموعة: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
role of birth spacing, mother’s health care services utilization, predictors of child’s health, Pakistan |
| جغرافية الموضوع: |
agris |
| الوصف: |
There is a consensus that better health should be viewed both as a means and an end to achieve development. The level of development should be judged by the health status of the population and the fair distribution of health services across the people. Many determinants affect a child’s health. This study aimed to explore a child’s health predictors and the moderating role of birth spacing on the association between mother’s health care services utilization (MHCSU) and a child’s health. In this study, we used the dataset of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18 to explore the predictors of child health and the moderating role of birth spacing through binary logistic regression, using SPSS version 20. The results showed an association of mother’s age (35 to 49 years), her education (at least secondary), health care services (more accessible), father’s education (at least secondary), their wealth status (high), and exposure to mass media to improved child health. However, the effect of a mother’s employment status (employed) on her child’s health is significant and negative. The coefficient of moderation term indicated that the moderating role of birth spacing on the association between MHCSU and a child’s health is positive. We conclude that birth spacing is a strong predictor for improving a child’s health. The association between MHCSU and child’s health is more distinct and positive when the birth spacing is at least 33 months. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
Global Health; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031759Test |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph19031759 |
| الإتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031759Test |
| حقوق: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.6322758C |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
