Mumtaz, Z, Salway, S, Bhatti, A et al. (4 more authors) (2014) Improving Maternal Health in Pakistan: Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Social Determinants of Poor Women’s Access to Maternal Health Services. American Journal of Public Health, 104 (S1). S17-S24. ISSN 0090-0036
Abstract
Evidence suggests national- and community-level interventions are not reaching women living at the economic and social margins of society in Pakistan. We conducted a 10-month qualitative study (May 2010–February 2011) in a village in Punjab, Pakistan. Data were collected using 94 in-depth interviews, 11 focus group discussions, 134 observational sessions, and 5 maternal death case studies. Despite awareness of birth complications and treatment options, poverty and dependence on richer, higher-caste people for cash transfers or loans prevented women from accessing required care. There is a need to end the invisibility of low-caste groups in Pakistani health care policy. Technical improvements in maternal health care services should be supported to counter social and economic marginalization so progress can be made toward Millennium Development Goal 5 in Pakistan.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2018 14:39 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2018 14:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Public Health Association |
Identification Number: | 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301377 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131045 |