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Does epidemiological evidence support the success story of Uganda’s response to COVID-19? J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nicolas Laing, Sophie Mylan, Melissa Parker
Uganda has received praise for its success in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This opinion piece uses publically available data from Johns Hopkins University to suggest that it is far from clear whether the Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM) introduced in Uganda influenced the course of the first outbreak. In addition, the analysis of data from the second and third waves in Uganda suggest
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Latina paradox in Spain? Arrival-cohort effects on the birthweight of newborns of Latina mothers J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Chiara Dello Iacono, Miguel Requena, Mikolaj Stanek
This study analyses the arrival-cohort effects on the newborn birthweight of Latina women residing in Spain. First, it has been tested whether women of Latin American origin in Spain have an advantage in terms of birth outcomes, a pattern previously documented in the United States and referred to as the ‘Latin American paradox’. Second, it has been examined whether this health advantage of Latina mothers
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Social inequities in food deserts and food swamps in a northeastern Brazilian capital J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jennyffer Mayara Lima da Silva, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Daniely Casagrande Borges, Olívia Souza Honório, Larissa Loures Mendes, Raquel Canuto
This study identified food deserts and swamps, investigating their associations with socioeconomic and demographic conditions. This ecological study was conducted using data from urban census tracts in the city of Recife, which were considered the unit of analysis. Information on food retail was obtained from government sources in 2019. Census tracts below the 25th percentile in the density of healthy
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Utilisation of public healthcare services by an indigenous group: a mixed-method study among Santals of West Bengal, India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Arupendra Mozumdar, Bhubon Mohan Das, Tanaya Kundu Chowdhury, Subrata K. Roy
A barrier to meeting the goal of universal health coverage in India is the inequality in utilisation of health services between indigenous and non-indigenous people. This study aimed to explore the determinants of utilisation, or non-utilisation, of public healthcare services among the Santals, an indigenous community living in West Bengal, India. The study holistically explored the utilisation of
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The fertility timing gap: the intended and real timing of childbirth J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Jitka Slabá, Jiřina Kocourková, Anna Šťastná
The fertility gap, which indicates the difference between the planned and actual number of children born, can be explained by the shift in parenthood to older ages and is associated with the non-attainment of one’s intended reproductive plans. This paper focuses on the gap in the timing of entry into parenthood, i.e. between the planned and actual age at the birth of the first child. The study is based
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Impact of financial assistance on stunting: Syrian refugee children under 5 in Türkiye J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Meryem Ay Kesgin, Melike Saraç, Nils Grede, Alanur Çavlin Bircan, İsmet Koç
Despite the global decrease over the last two decades, stunting, also called ‘chronic malnutrition’, remains a public health issue affecting almost 150 million children under the age of 5 years globally. Defined by height-for-age, stunting is the consequence of poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Programmes and policies target undernutrition globally, and humanitarian
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Social determinants of chronic diseases reporting among slum dwellers in Egypt J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Suzan Abdel-Rahman, Elsayed Khater, Mohamed N. Abdel Fattah, Wafaa A. Hussein
The high prevalence of chronic diseases in urban slums poses increasing challenges to future social and economic development for these disadvantaged areas. Assessing the health status of slum residents offers guidance for formulating appropriate policies and interventions to improve slum residents’ health outcomes. This research aimed to identify the social determinants of chronic diseases reporting
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Consanguinity in northwest Pakistan: evidence of temporal decline J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Sajid Malik, Anisa Bibi, Rubbiya Farid, Sidra Khan, Javaid Awan, Atta Ur Rehman
Pakistan has a high burden of hereditary and congenital anomalies and their incidence rate almost doubles against the background of parental consanguinity. Consanguineous unions (CU) are customary in Pakistan and deeply rooted socio-cultural norms favour CU. This study aimed to elucidate the determinants and temporal change in CU in four northwestern populations of Pakistan. In a cross-sectional study
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The practice of polygyny on the utilisation of reproductive health services among married women in Ghana J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, John Ndebugri Alem, Florence Assibi Ziba, Agani Afaya, Paschal Awingura Apanga
While the practice of polygyny is common in Ghana, little is known about its impact on the use of reproductive health services. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between polygynous marriage and the utilisation of skilled antenatal care (ANC), assisted skilled birth, and modern contraceptive services among married women in Ghana. Secondary data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health
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‘Vaccines are for children only’? Some institutional roots of popular scepticism about vaccines for COVID-19 in Sierra Leone J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Esther Yei Mokuwa
Vaccines for COVID-19 began to be available in Africa from mid-2021. This paper reports on local reactions to the possibility of vaccination in one West African country, Sierra Leone. We show that the history of institutionalisation of vaccine is highly relevant to understanding these reactions. Given lack of testing for the disease, medical authorities could not be sure whether there was a hidden
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Disentangling the link between social determinants of health and child survival in Nigeria during the Sustainable Development Goals era: a hierarchical path analysis of time-to-event outcome J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Daniel Adedayo Adeyinka, Nazeem Muhajarine
While social determinants of health have been perennially linked to child survival in resource-limited countries, the precise and tested pathways to effect are not clearly understood. The objective of this study was therefore to identify the critical pathways as posited a priori in a model through which social factors (at maternal, household, and community levels) determine neonatal, infant, and under-five
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Income or educational attainment: which is more effective in the fight against overweight? Evidence from Spain and Andalusia J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Almudena Guarnido-Rueda, Ignacio Amate-Fortes, Francisco J. Oliver-Márquez, Diego Martínez-Navarro
Considered the epidemic of the 21st century by the WHO, obesity is a global problem that is on the rise and will continue to increase in the coming years. Spain and Andalusia, in particular, are no exception to this pathology, which has tripled since the 1970s, representing a public health challenge. The aim of this study is to analyse the socioeconomic determinants of this pathology, with special
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Slim north, fat south: explaining regional differences in abnormal weights in Nigeria J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Tunde A. Alabi, Oluwaseun A. Badru
Weight abnormalities (underweight, overweight, and obesity) can cause life-threatening ailments. This study investigates disparities in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity between northern and southern Nigeria and their associated factors. Using the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), the study analysed a sample of 12,333 women with complete records of body mass index
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The biological standard of living of Korean men under Confucianism, colonialism, capitalism, and communism J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Daniel J Schwekendiek, Seongho Jun, James B Lewis, Heejin Park, Seong-Jin Choi
This study focuses on analysing the heights of 10,953 Korean men aged 20 to 40 years who were measured during the Joseon dynasty, the Japanese colonialisation period, and the contemporary period, the latter including both North and South Korea. This study thus provides rare long-term statistical evidence on how biological living standards have developed over several centuries, encompassing Confucianism
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Undernutrition among children and its determinants across the parliamentary constituencies of India: a geospatial analysis J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Apoorva Nambiar, Satish B. Agnihotri, Dharmalingam Arunachalam, Ashish Singh
In India, undernutrition among children has been extremely critical for the last few decades. Most analyses of undernutrition among Indian children have used the administrative boundaries of a state or a district level as a unit of analysis. This paper departs from such a practice and focuses instead on the political boundaries of a parliamentary constituency (PC) as the unit of analysis. The PC is
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Revisiting the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of unsafe abortion in India using the Heckman Probit model J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Margubur Rahaman, Avijit Roy, Pradip Chouhan, Kailash Chandra Das, Md Juel Rana
Unsafe abortion refers to induced abortions performed without trained medical assistance. While previous studies have investigated predictors of unsafe abortion in India, none have addressed these factors with accounting sample selection bias. This study aims to evaluate the contributors to unsafe abortion in India by using the latest National Family Health Survey data conducted during 2019–2021, incorporating
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Managing menstruation during natural disasters: menstruation hygiene management during “super floods” in Sindh province of Pakistan J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Salma Sadique, Inayat Ali, Shahbaz Ali
Menstruation is part of women’s normal life, which requires basic hygienic practices. Managing hygiene can be affected by several factors and situations such as natural disasters. Focusing on ‘super flooding’ in Pakistan’s Sindh Province, we pay attention to how this ‘natural disaster’ has affected hygienic practices of menstrual cycle of women. The study meticulously examines the dynamics of menstrual
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Who is chronically obese in Indonesia? The role of individual preferences J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Affandi Ismail, Chaikal Nuryakin
Numerous studies have confirmed the relationship between individual risk and time preference and obesity. Nevertheless, none has studied the effect of these attitudes on chronic (long-term) obesity. This study used Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) data from 16,366 individuals. It tracked their obesity status in 2007 and 2014 by calculating body mass index, the ratio between body weight and square
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Widowhood status, morbidity, and mortality in India: evidence from a follow-up survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Babul Hossain, K. S. James
A known health effect of widowhood is an increased mortality risk among surviving spouses, with gender- and age-specific observations. While morbidity conditions with socio-economic factors may exacerbate the effect of widowhood on mortality, no research has attempted to predict mortality among the widowed over the married population with the presence of morbidity in India. Thus, the present study
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Prevalence and risk factors of physical violence against husbands: evidence from India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Aparajita Chattopadhyay, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Deepanjali Vishwakarma, Suresh Jungari
As the proportion of women being victims of spousal violence in India is higher than men, laws are usually framed to safeguard women. However, men who have experienced physical spousal violence are not unheard of. The study aims to provide the nationwide prevalence of physical violence against husbands and the risk factors for such violence, using large-scale nationally representative ‘National Family
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Variations in adult BMI among Indian men: a quantile regression analysis J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Archana Agnihotri, Brinda Viswanathan
India has not only maintained its top position among countries with the largest number of underweight adults but has also jumped to a higher position among countries with largest increase in the proportion of overweight people in the last three decades. More studies focus on double burden of malnutrition among women than on men. This study uses the quantile regression model to analyse the covariates
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The impact of welfare on maternal investment and sibling competition: evidence from Serbian Roma communities J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Jelena Čvorović
Siblings compete for limited parental resources, which can result in a trade-off between family size and child growth outcomes. Welfare incentives may improve parental circumstances in large families by compensating for the additional costs of an extra child and increasing the resources available to a family. The improvements in conditions may influence parents to increase their investment, expecting
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A study of the effect of number of children on depression among rural older women: empirical evidence from China J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Shuo Zhang, Hualei Yang, Zhiyun Li, Siqing Zhang, Yuanyang Wu
The association between early reproductive events and health status in later life has always been of interest across disciplines. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was an association between the number of children born in the early years of elderly women and their depression in later life based on a sample of older women aged 65 years and above with at least one child in rural
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Prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition and overnutrition among ever-married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: an analysis of national surveys from 2004 to 2017 J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Md. Golam Rasul, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md. Ashraful Alam, Subhasish Das, Ishita Mostafa, Mustafa Mahfuz, Tahmeed Ahmed
Nutritional impairment during adolescence may result in adverse physical and reproductive health outcomes. We investigated the prevalence and determined the factors associated with underweight and overweight/obesity among ever-married adolescent girls in Bangladesh. We used Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data conducted in 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2017. A total of 7040 ever-married adolescent
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Quantity and quality of physical activity during adolescence: Evidence from a mixed-method study in rural Telangana, India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Mondira Bhattacharya, Fiorella Picchioni, Giacomo Zanello, C.S. Srinivasan
Adolescence is a unique transitional stage of physical and psychological development. As preferences and behavioural choices adopted in adolescence influence lifelong physical activity habits and health outcomes in adulthood, rural transformation in low- and middle-income countries has the potential to significantly change traditional roles and shape the next generation. By using a mixed-method approach
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‘It’s always difficult for women’: an analysis of the life stories of sub-Saharan migrant women J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Ana Isabel Gutiérrez-García, Ismael Jiménez-Ruiz, José Siles-González, Juana Perpiñá-Galvañ, Carmen Solano-Ruíz
The aim of this study was to understand the perspectives of female residents of Spain from West Africa in terms of the factors that condition their lives. Pierre Bourdieu’s theory and the model of intersectionality formed the framework we used to qualitatively analyse the life stories of these women, which was complemented with life lines. The results showed us that traditional practices such as female
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A quasi-cohort trend analysis of adult obesity in Colombia J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Paula Andrea Castro-Prieto, Jeroen Spijker, Joaquín Recaño
In Colombia, the prevalence of obesity has been increasing in recent years due to changes in dietary and nutritional patterns. While previous studies have focussed on describing obesity and its associated factors, they have mainly used a cross-sectional methodology. Accordingly, this study aims to conduct a descriptive quasi-cohort analysis to capture age-specific cohort trends in body mass index (BMI)
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Can adult children’s education prevent parental health decline in the short term and long term? Evidence from rural China J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Yiru Wang
This paper presents the first evidence of the causal relationship between adult children’s schooling and changes in parental health in the short and long term. By using supply-side variation in schooling as an instrument for adult children’s education and a representative dataset for rural China, we find that adult children’ education has a positive influence on the long-term changes in parental health
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Determinants of unmet need for family planning: Evidence from the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Zeynep Güldem Ökem, Didem Pekkurnaz
Unmet need for family planning is a valuable concept to indicate the discrepancy between women’s fertility preferences and contraceptive use. Unmet need may lead to unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions. These may result in health deterioration and reduced employment opportunities for women. The 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey report indicated that the estimated unmet need for family
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Life-course socio-economic status and its impact on functional health of Portuguese older adults J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 A. Henriques, L. Ruano, S. Fraga, S. Soares, H. Barros, M. Talih
Functional health is arguably one of the most important health indicators for older adults, because it assesses physical, cognitive and social functions in combination. However, life-course circumstances may impact this multidimensional construct. The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between life-course socio-economic status (SES) and different dimensions of functional health
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Lean legacy, heavy heritage: family history of diabetes and its association with young adult body mass index J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Cathleen Zick, Barbara Brown, David Curtis, Huong Meeks, Ken Smith
Substantial intergenerational transmission of diabetes mellitus (DM) risk exists. However, less is known regarding whether parental DM and DM among extended family members relate to adult offspring’s body mass index (BMI), and whether any of these associations vary by sex. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 cohort (NLSY97), we assess the sex-specific relationship between
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Intimate partner violence as a determinant of pregnancy termination among women in unions: evidence from the 2016–2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Williams Agyemang-Duah, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Collins Adu, Amma Kyewaa Agyekum, Prince Peprah
There is a demonstrated link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and pregnancy termination, and this association has received much attention in developed settings. Despite the high prevalence of IPV in Papua New Guinea (PNG), little is known about the association between these experiences and pregnancy termination. This study examined the association between IPV and pregnancy termination in PNG
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Why do women abort their pregnancies? Evidence from the National Family Health Survey (2019–21) of India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Daisy Saikia, Manas Ranjan Pradhan
Induced abortion is closely associated with maternal morbidity, mortality, and reproductive rights of women and thus continues to draw research interest. This study assesses the reasons for abortion and their predictors using India’s National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–21) data. The sample of women aged 15–49 who had terminated their last pregnancy by induced abortion in the five years preceding
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COVID-19 mortality among Jews in 2020: a global overview and lessons taught about the Jewish longevity advantage J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 L. Daniel Staetsky
An extensive body of demographic literature has described Jews as ‘long-lifers’. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, this pattern affected all age groups and was particularly well expressed among Jewish males but was also present among Jewish females. It held good independently of the Jews’ socio-economic position. This became known as ‘Jewish pattern of mortality’. This paper has two aims. The
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The Association between Early Menarche and Small for Gestational Age Birth J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Abigail Post, Shelby Veri, Danielle Moore, Morgan Poole, Hannah Kreider, Larissa Brunner Huber
In the U.S., approximately 11% of infants are born small for gestational age (SGA). While there are many known behavioral risk factors for SGA births, there are still many factors yet to be explored. The purpose of this study was to investigate the maternal early menarche (< 12 years old)- SGA birth association. Data were retrieved from the 2011-2017 National Survey of Family Growth, and multivariate
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Relationship between health insurance enrolment and unintended pregnancy in Ghana J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Kola’ Oyediran, Nikki Davis
Context: The effect of health insurance coverage on sexual and reproductive health, especially unintended pregnancy, has scantly been researched. Using the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, the study examined the links between women’s health insurance enrolment on unintended pregnancy in Ghana.Method: The sample consisted of 9,396 women aged 15-49 years, but the analysis was limited to the
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Biological Differences between Late 19th and Early 20th Century Urban and Rural Residence J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Scott Alan Carson
Communities urbanize when the net benefits to urbanization exceed rural areas. Body mass, height, and weight are biological welfare measures that reflect the net difference between calories consumed and calories required for work and to withstand the physical environment. Individuals of African-decent had greater BMIs, heavier weights, and shorter statures. Urban farmers had lower BMIs, shorter statures
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Social determinants of blood pressure control in a middle-income country in Latin America J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Matias G. Zanuzzi, Maria E. Garzon, Maria Teresita Cornavaca, Francisco Bernabeu, Ricardo A. Albertini, Gustavo Ellena, Cesar A. Romero
Blood pressure (BP) control is a key intervention to decrease cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the main cause of death in low and middle-income countries (MIC). Scarce data on the determinants of BP control in Latin America are available. Our objective is to explore the role of gender, age, education, and income as social determinants of BP control in Argentina, a MIC with a universal health care system
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Pharmaceuticalised livelihoods: antibiotics and the rise of ‘Quick Farming’ in peri-urban Uganda J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-02-10 Miriam Kayendeke, Laurie Denyer-Willis, Susan Nayiga, Christine Nabirye, Nicolas Fortané, Sarah G Staedke, Clare IR Chandler
The ‘livestock revolution’ has seen the lives and livelihoods of peri-urban peoples increasingly intertwine with pigs and poultry across Africa in response to a rising demand for meat protein. This ‘revolution’ heralds the potential to address both poverty and nutritional needs. However, the intensification of farming has sparked concern, including for antibiotic misuse and its consequences for antimicrobial
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Status and correlates of non-communicable diseases among children and adolescents in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Harihar Sahoo, Preeti Dhillon, Enu Anand, Anjula Srivastava, Mohd Usman, Praween K. Agrawal, Robert Johnston, Sayeed Unisa
The emergence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in childhood poses a serious risk to a healthy adult life. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCDs among children and adolescents in slums and non-slums areas of four metropolitan cities of India, and in rural areas of the respective states The study further, investigated the effect of the place residence as slum vs. non-slum and
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Do maternal obstetric morbidity and its concomitants differ between sedente and migrant groups? The case of the Oraon populations of Eastern India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Joyeeta Thakur, Monali Goswami, Subho Roy
The state of pregnancy and child birth is a stretch of intense vulnerability and incurs reproductive cost, which is governed within a specific socio-ecological context. We asked in our research whether the obstetric morbidities at three stages: antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum, and their concomitants differed significantly between sedente and migrant populations. 403 Oraon indigenous women [203
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Does healthcare decision-making capacity affect women’s justification of sexual violence? The situation of sub-Saharan Africa J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Linus Baatiema, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Elijah Yendaw, Aliu Moomin
Sexual violence against women is commonly justified in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite international commitments to halt it. This study investigated the association between healthcare decision-making capacity and the justification of sexual violence among women in SSA. We used current datasets of 30 sub-Saharan African countries published between January 2010 and December 2018. The sample included
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Factor Associated with HIV/AIDS knowledge among males: Findings from 2017-18 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Jamal Abdul Nasir, Muhammad Danish Khan, Syed Arif Ahmed Zaidi
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (UNAIDS) has risen as the serious public health problem across the world. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is the cornerstone for prevention and treatment. Research is needed to explore the attitude and the effect of different demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic and media exposure factors on males knowledge about HIV in Pakistan. In this study, latest secondary data
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Factors influencing the sex ratio at birth in the United States from a historical perspective J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Jesús J. Sánchez-Barricarte
Many of the studies on the sex ratio at birth (SRB) are based on a small number of cases over a short period of time. Taking a multivariate approach to a dataset consisting of nearly 199 million birth records in the United States from 1968 to 2019, we present a detailed analysis of several possible factors that might affect the sex ratio at birth (SRB) and its patterns of variation. We found that race/ethnicity
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy postponement – evidence from Japan J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Midori Matsushima, Hiroyuki Yamada, Naoki Kondo, Yuki Arakawa, Takahiro Tabuchi
Japan has faced a decline in fertility since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the rate of pregnancy postponement and its contributing factors, with a particular focus on economic- and COVID-19 infection-related indicators. This study used data from 768 observations of married women aged 18 to 50 years with pregnancy intentions. The data were obtained
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Burden of Anaemia, Hypertension and Diabetes among pregnant women in India J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Bal Govind Chauhan, Praveen K. Chokhandre, Baldev Singh Kulaste, Vini Sivanandan
Non-communicable Diseases such as anaemia, hypertension and diabetes and their treatment may upsurge the risk of childbirth-related complications for both women and their babies. The present study is an attempt to assess the level and determinants of Anaemia, Hypertension and Diabetes among pregnant women using the fourth round of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) data. Bivariate and logistic
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Birth preparedness and complication readiness: Evaluating the “know-do” gap among women receiving antenatal care in Benin City, Nigeria J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Victor Ohenhen, Samson Aiwobeuke Oshomoh, Ejovi Akpojaro, Egbe Enobakhare, Christopher Ovenseri, Ejemai Eboreime
Across several African countries, birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPACR) among pregnant women is poor. The practice of BPACR, though improving in recent years, is not commensurate with the knowledge available to pregnant women. Maternal health indices remain sub-optimal. This study evaluates the determinants of this “know-do’ gap among women receiving antenatal care at a secondary health
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Parental background and daughters’ and sons’ educational outcomes – application of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Janne Salminen, Hannu Lehti
This study uses Trivers-Willard hypothesis to explain the differences in daughters’ and sons’ educational outcomes by parental background. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis (TWH), parental support and investments for sons and daughters display an asymmetrical relationship according to parental status because of the different reproductive advantage of the sexes. It predicts that high-status
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Regional variations in the acceptance and experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria: Revisiting cosmopolitan-success and conservative-failure hypothesis J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Tunde A. Alabi, Mark J. Ramsden
This study investigates regional variations in the factors associated with acceptance and actual experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) among married women in northern and southern Nigeria - two regions with distinct socio-cultural and economic differences. Data from the 2018 demographic and health survey are analysed to compare these two regions. The sample comprised married/living-with-partner
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Family orientation, working years and childbearing age: evidence from the China Family Panel Study 2014 J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Xingxin Yang, Yi Shen, Yang Bai
This article reports the results of a study investigating the impact of family orientation, the number of years spent working, and their interaction on childbearing age among women who have recently completed their childbearing. We find that a traditional family orientation and a higher number of working years contribute to delaying the childbearing age. People with a traditional family orientation
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Height, wealth, and schooling outcomes in young women from lower- and middle-income countries J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Jason Murasko
This study evaluates a large (N > 366,000) sample of young women (15-18 years) from 64 lower- and middle-income countries for associations between height, household wealth, and schooling outcomes, with a focus on secondary school attendance. A pooled sample and regional samples (Latin America, South/Southeast Asia, East Africa, and West Africa) are evaluated. A dual purpose is to evaluate both associations
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Black-White differences in perceived lifetime discrimination by education and income in the MIDUS Study in the U.S. J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Javier M. Rodriguez, Chungeun Koo, Giacomo Di Pasquale, Shervin Assari
There is growing evidence on the negative effects of perceived discrimination on health outcomes and their interactions with indicators of socioeconomic status. However, less has been studied on whether income and education lead individuals of a different race to encounter different discriminatory experiences in their lifetime. Using data from the national survey of the Midlife Development in the United
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Female sterilisation in India: Examining the role of women’s own decision making and information given to client J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Arjun Jana, Chander Shekhar
India has a very high prevalence of female sterilisation compared to other countries in the world, with a prevailing situation of very low level of information about contraceptive options given to women. It is well established in demographic research that, there exists a strong association between knowledge of contraceptive methods and type of contraception chosen. Present study uses data from 3 consecutive
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Gender differences in social environmental factors of psychological distress among Indonesian adolescents: Findings from the 2015 Global School-based Student Health Survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 I Gusti Ngurah Edi Putra, Putu Erma Pradnyani, Gede Wirabuana Putra, Ni Luh Eka Purni Astiti, Ni Wayan Derayanti, Ni Nyoman Astri Artini, Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, Tashi Dendup, Zubair Ahmed Ratan
Background: This study aimed to investigate gender differences in social environmental factors of psychological distress among Indonesian adolescents.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using the data from the 2015 Indonesia Global School-based Student Health Survey. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the influences of main independent variables – social environmental factors (i.e
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Age-incidence and prevalence of HIV among intact and circumcised men: an analysis of PHIA surveys in Southern Africa J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Michel Garenne
The study investigates the statistical relationship between male circumcision and HIV prevalence in Africa, in the context of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) campaigns in place since 2008. Data from the Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) surveys conducted in African countries in 2017-2018 were utilized. Six countries with high HIV prevalence, low traditional circumcision and
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The suggestive nature of words. Media coverage of homeopathy, acupuncture, reiki and Bach flower remedies in Spanish press 2011-2016 J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-24 Sergi Cortiñas-Rovira, Bertran Salvador-Mata
The maxim of proponents of pseudoscience is to spread ignorance through false perceptions of its scientific status. One of its most attractive — and simultaneously harmful — manifestations is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Despite the scientific evidence against them, CAM has taken hold in today’s society as a therapeutic model for a growing segment of the population. We analysed 379
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Studying the seasonality of conceptions among five distinct population subgroups in mainland Greece: a story of similarities and variability J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 K. N. Zafeiris, C. Tsimbos, G. Verropoulou, K. Hatzisavva
The paper studies seasonality of conceptions among five distinct population subgroups of mainland Greece for the period 1951-2002. The populations explored include those residing in Metsovo, Dion, Organi, Kehros, as well as a “General” Sample consisting of persons located in various areas of continental Greece. The populations under investigation present diverse characteristics regarding religion,
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Factors influencing menstrual regulation and its socioeconomic inequalities among ever-married women in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional survey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Satyajit Kundu
Despite a significant drop in maternal mortality in Bangladesh, unsafe abortion remains a critical maternal health issue that could be reduced by promoting menstrual regulation (MR). This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and determinants of MR use among ever-married women as well as to identify the socioeconomic inequalities in MR use in Bangladesh. The latest Bangladesh Demographic and Health
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Caesarean delivery in Uganda: Do non-clinical factors explain the trend? J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Flavia Gladys Nakinobe, Charles Lwanga, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti, Kudzaishe Mangombe
The aim of this paper was to assess the association between non-clinical factors and Caesarean delivery in Uganda. Self-reported data from the individual recode file were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sub sample of 9929 women aged 15-49 with a recent birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey. Chi-square tests and multivariate comlementary log-log regression
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The effect of different socio-economic and working conditions on body size and proportions: A case study on adults from Samsun, Turkey J. Biosoc. Sci. (IF 2.148) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Gamze Sönmez, Yılmaz Selim Erdal
Conditions in the early stages of life shape body size and proportions. This study includes individuals who came from different socio-economic conditions and worked in physically demanding jobs in childhood. By determining the body sizes of these individuals and evaluating the proportional relationships between several groups, the goal was to understand the effect levels of socio-economic levels and