Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.

<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the interconnectedness of maternal deaths and impacts on children, beyond infants, or the mechanisms through which this interconnectedness is established. A study was conducted in rural Tanzania to provide qualitative insight regarding how materna...

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Autores principales:	Alicia Ely Yamin, Vanessa M Boulanger, Kathryn L Falb, Jane Shuma, Jennifer Leaning
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c71ebf109a2a48e8bc8f746d14111a272021-11-18T08:58:53ZCosts of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0071674https://doaj.org/article/c71ebf109a2a48e8bc8f746d14111a272013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23990971/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the interconnectedness of maternal deaths and impacts on children, beyond infants, or the mechanisms through which this interconnectedness is established. A study was conducted in rural Tanzania to provide qualitative insight regarding how maternal mortality affects index as well as other living children and to identify shared structural and social factors that foster high levels of maternal mortality and child vulnerabilities.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Adult family members of women who died due to maternal causes (N = 45) and key stakeholders (N = 35) participated in in-depth interviews. Twelve focus group discussions were also conducted (N = 83) among community leaders in three rural regions of Tanzania. Findings highlight the widespread impact of a woman's death on her children's health, education, and economic status, and, by inference, the roles that women play within their families in rural Tanzanian communities.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The full costs of failing to address preventable maternal mortality include intergenerational impacts on the nutritional status, health, and education of children, as well as the economic capacity of families. When setting priorities in a resource-poor, high maternal mortality country, such as Tanzania, the far-reaching effects that reducing maternal deaths can have on families and communities, as well as women's own lives, should be considered.Alicia Ely YaminVanessa M BoulangerKathryn L FalbJane ShumaJennifer LeaningPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 8, p e71674 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Alicia Ely Yamin Vanessa M Boulanger Kathryn L Falb Jane Shuma Jennifer Leaning Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the interconnectedness of maternal deaths and impacts on children, beyond infants, or the mechanisms through which this interconnectedness is established. A study was conducted in rural Tanzania to provide qualitative insight regarding how maternal mortality affects index as well as other living children and to identify shared structural and social factors that foster high levels of maternal mortality and child vulnerabilities.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Adult family members of women who died due to maternal causes (N = 45) and key stakeholders (N = 35) participated in in-depth interviews. Twelve focus group discussions were also conducted (N = 83) among community leaders in three rural regions of Tanzania. Findings highlight the widespread impact of a woman's death on her children's health, education, and economic status, and, by inference, the roles that women play within their families in rural Tanzanian communities.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The full costs of failing to address preventable maternal mortality include intergenerational impacts on the nutritional status, health, and education of children, as well as the economic capacity of families. When setting priorities in a resource-poor, high maternal mortality country, such as Tanzania, the far-reaching effects that reducing maternal deaths can have on families and communities, as well as women's own lives, should be considered.
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title	Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
title_short	Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
title_full	Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
title_fullStr	Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
title_full_unstemmed	Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.
title_sort	costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in tanzania.
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Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania.

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