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SOCIO ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL MORTALITY IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).01      10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).01      Published : Mar 2020

Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan

Abstract

    The current study analyzed socio-economic and cultural determinants of maternal and neonatal mortality in Pakistan. This research was conducted at PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan. In the first phase of research, we used a survey method to collect data from 56 respondents (36 female doctors and 20 female nurses) and their perceptions were enumerated about the socioeconomic and cultural determinants of maternal mortality. In the second phase of the research, 200 mothers (who had a baby under 1-year) currently admitted at PIMS were sampled for in-depth interviews and they were asked about the multiple determinants of neonatal mortality. In both phases, we employed a purposive sampling technique with a special inclusion criterion. The study highlighted multiple reasons influencing mortality of mothers and neonates such as lack of awareness, lack of transportation facilities, illiteracy, poverty, lack of antenatal care services and deliveries handled by unskilled birth attendants at homes.

    Determinants, Islamabad, Maternal and Neonatal Mortality, Pakistan, PIMS.

    (1) Sarfraz Khan
    Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Imran Haider
    Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Rahim Bakhsh
    PhD Scholar,Department of Anthropology,Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khan, S., Haider, S. I., & Bakhsh, R. (2020). Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V(I), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).01

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khan, Sarfraz, Syed Imran Haider, and Rahim Bakhsh. 2020. "Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V (I): 1-7 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).01

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHAN, S., HAIDER, S. I. & BAKHSH, R. 2020. Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V, 1-7.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khan, Sarfraz, Syed Imran Haider, and Rahim Bakhsh. 2020. "Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V: 1-7

MLA

    MLA : Khan, Sarfraz, Syed Imran Haider, and Rahim Bakhsh. "Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V.I (2020): 1-7 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khan, Sarfraz, Haider, Syed Imran, and Bakhsh, Rahim (2020), "Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan", Global Regional Review, V (I), 1-7

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khan, Sarfraz, Syed Imran Haider, and Rahim Bakhsh. "Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Pakistan." Global Regional Review V, no. I (2020): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).01