Lori Andersen Spruance, Leann Myers, Keelia O'Malley, Donald Rose, Carolyn C Johnson
Individual- and School-Level Factors Related to School-Based Salad Bar Use Among Children and Adolescents
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senegal certainly made significant efforts adult literacy fight maternal infant mortality however large proportion female population illiterate countrys maternal infant mortality rates still higher recommendations article examined effect womens literacy maternal child health senegal data extracted last senegal demographic health surveys dhs collected 2019 binary logistic model performed assess effect womens literacy ten outcomes maternal child health indicators results indicate womens literacy positive significant effect nine key indicators outcomes instance womens literacy increases odds contraceptive use 129 95 confidence interval ci 113148 p 001 compliance number prenatal visits 157 95 ci 135183 p 001 consultation first trimester pregnancy 152 95 ci 131178 p 001 literacy associated increased odds breastfeeding six months odds ratio 117 95 ci 097142 p 01 healthy birth interval 118 95 ci 097144 p 01 rural areas women literacy reduces risk stunting 081 95 ci 068096 p 005 risk underweight 072 95 ci 059087 p 001 among children five years mothers ability read write favors compliance increase odds dpt vaccination record children especially rural areas 169 95 ci 105274 p 005 moreover serval factors influencing positively maternal child health like health insurance access media exposure clean water improved sanitation facilities access study emphasizes need strengthen adult literacy programs especially women rural areas indeed could help generalize health insurance incomesensitive premiums exemptions poor well increased awareness campaigns promote reproductive maternal health benefits via radio television furthermore improving access clean water supply improved sanitation facilities would greatly ameliorate maternal child health