英文文献:Role of Maternal Education and Prenatal Care on Child Health in Cameroon-喀麦隆孕产妇教育和产前护理对儿童健康的作用
英文文献作者:Saleu Feumeni Josiane
英文文献摘要:
Child health is considered a key indicator of economic development and quality of life in developing countries. In this context, this study attempts to empirically analyse the role of maternal education and prenatal care on child heath at birth in Cameroon using the databases of the Demographic and Health Surveys of Cameroon of 2004 and 2011 (EDSC) collected by the National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon. We follow a two-step estimation procedure. In the first step, a probit for participation and a multinomial probit for prenatal provider choice, and a negative binomial model of the number of prenatal visits by mothers were estimated. In the second step, a structural birth weight equation correcting for sample selection and prenatal healthcare provider choice biases was estimated. The results of the estimates show that the mother's level of education, the choice of different health professionals and the number of prenatal visits play an important role in the health of the child. In particular, the probability of consulting doctor increases with maternal education and consulting a doctor correlates positively with birth weight.
儿童健康被视为发展中国家经济发展和生活质量的一个关键指标。在此背景下,本研究试图利用喀麦隆国家统计局收集的2004年和2011年喀麦隆人口与健康调查(EDSC)数据库,对喀麦隆产妇教育和产前护理对出生时儿童健康的作用进行实证分析。我们采用两步估计程序。在第一步,参与的probit和产前提供者选择的多项probit,以及母亲产前访问次数的负二项模型估计。在第二步,结构性出生体重方程校正样本选择和产前保健提供者选择偏差估计。估计结果表明,母亲的教育水平、不同保健专业人员的选择和产前检查次数对儿童的健康发挥了重要作用。特别是,孕妇受教育程度越高,咨询医生的概率越高,咨询医生的概率与出生体重呈正相关。