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Reproductive, maternal and child health in Central America : health equity trends : El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua
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October 2007
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Description:Building on a previously published comparative report that summarizes information from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Monteith, Stupp, and McCracken, 2005), this analysis takes a closer look at survey results categorized by wealth quintiles. It relies on nationally representative data from a series of three household surveys that were conducted in each country between the late 1980s and 2001 or 2002. The analysis focuses on 1) key health status indicators, including fertility, child mortality, and nutritional status of children, and 2) key maternal and child health service utilization indicators, including family planning, antenatal care (ANC), delivery assistance, postpartum and newborn care, and vaccination coverage.
This summary provides an overview of which countries have experienced a narrowing of the gap between the highest and lowest wealth quintiles for some of the principal indicators. Chapter 1 of the report presents the data sources and methodology employed to construct the asset index used to define wealth quintiles. Chapters 2 through 6 present results for health outcome and health care utilization indicators according to wealth quintiles, accompanied by confidence intervals on the estimates presented. The appendices of the report, which also are available in electronic format on CD-ROM, include a systematic catalog of a much broader cross section of indicators in both graphic and tabular formats.
This report is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) PASA DPE-3038-X-HC-1015-00 with the Division of Reproductive Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID.
Suggested citation: Stupp, Paul W., Danni Daniels and Alicia Ruiz. 2007. Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health in Central America: Health Equity Trends. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
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