Publications by authors named "Foziya Mohammed Hussein"
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- Institutional delivery rates for maternal and child health show significant discrepancies between rural and urban women in East Africa, with Ethiopia having the lowest rate at 21% and Uganda the highest at 74.64%.
- The study utilized Demographic and Health Survey data to analyze these disparities using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, revealing that differences in healthcare access and socio-economic factors primarily drive the urban-rural gap.
- The research highlights that antenatal care frequency, wealth, and parity inequality are crucial factors contributing to the institutional delivery gap, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to reduce these disparities and improve health outcomes.
Background: Both household food insecurity and household dietary diversity have been found reliable in describing the dietary intake of a population. However, it had not been proven as reliable instrument for assessing nutritional status of individuals in a clinical context. There has been a need for evidence on the validity of using proxy and easy dietary indicators for nutritional status.
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