Contrasting children and women's health and the determinants of health in a small-sized city

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dc.contributor.authorEser E.
dc.contributor.authorDinç G.
dc.contributor.authorOral A.M.
dc.contributor.authorÖzcan C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:23:38Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractContrasts that exist in urban infrastructure and accessibility of public health and social services between suburban and urban districts of mega-cities have been well defined. There has been less research in small-sized cities (population under 500,000). This cross-sectional study was done on 1,728 ever-married reproductive-aged women living in Manisa, Turkey, in the year 2000. The probability proportion to size cluster sampling approach was used in the sample selection. Data were collected for women and 7,016 inhabitants of the interviewed households. The data were collected from the women by face to face interviews. Suburban areas (illegally occupied public land called "Gecekondu" dwellings) in Manisa differ from other urban regions (legal settlements of the city) on socioeconomic factors including household occupancy, adult literacy, social class, rates of religious marriages, unemployment, health insurance coverage, migration, cultural segregation, and social status of women. Some traditional practices were also highly prevalent in gecekondu families, where poverty is more common. Although gross fertility rate (GFR), total fertility rate (TFR), and percent decrease of the TFR were higher for gecekondu women than urban women, total wanted fertility rate (TWFR) was lower. In urban neighborhoods, prevalence of contraceptive use was higher, and the infant and child mortality rates were lower; however, when rates were adjusted for mother's age, education and number of births, the differences turned out to be nonsignificant. Women living in urban areas receive better antenatal care, child immunization services, and professional health delivery assistance and services in a health facility; these services are very scarce in gecekondu districts. Health status of gecekondu populations can be improved by social and economic support and by making health services more available and accessible, especially maternity and child health services. © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the New York Academy of Medicine. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1093/jurban/jti118
dc.identifier.issn14682869
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/19621
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild Welfare
dc.subjectChild, Preschool
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subjectHealth Surveys
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectInfant, Newborn
dc.subjectInterviews
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subjectSuburban Population
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.subjectcontraceptive agent
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbirth rate
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectchild health care
dc.subjectchildhood mortality
dc.subjectcity
dc.subjectcluster analysis
dc.subjectcultural factor
dc.subjecteconomic aspect
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectfamily
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfemale fertility
dc.subjecthealth care delivery
dc.subjecthealth care facility
dc.subjecthealth insurance
dc.subjecthealth practitioner
dc.subjecthealth service
dc.subjecthealth status
dc.subjecthousehold
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectimmunization
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectinfant mortality
dc.subjectinterview
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmarriage
dc.subjectmaternal age
dc.subjectmaternal care
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectprenatal care
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectprobability
dc.subjectreading
dc.subjectreligion
dc.subjectreproduction
dc.subjectsample size
dc.subjectsocial class
dc.subjectsocial status
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectsocioeconomics
dc.subjectturkey (bird)
dc.subjectunemployment
dc.subjecturban area
dc.titleContrasting children and women's health and the determinants of health in a small-sized city
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