Determinants of maternity care services utilization among married adolescents in rural India

PK Singh, RK Rai, M Alagarajan, L Singh - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Coupled with the largest number of maternal deaths, adolescent pregnancy in
India has received paramount importance due to early age at marriage and low …

Associations between early marriage and young women's marital and reproductive health outcomes: evidence from India

KG Santhya, U Ram, R Acharya, SJ Jejeebhoy… - … perspectives on sexual …, 2010 - JSTOR
METHODS: Data from 8,314 married women aged20-24 living in five Indian states, obtained
from a subnationally representative study of transitions experienced by youth, were used to …

Utilization of maternal health care services among married adolescent women: insights from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2008

RK Rai, PK Singh, L Singh - Women's Health Issues, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: An ongoing social catastrophe of very poor performance in maternal health
coupled with an unacceptably high number of maternal deaths is evident in Nigeria …

Inequalities in the utilisation of maternal health care in rural India: Evidences from National Family Health Survey III & IV

B Ali, S Chauhan - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Since the implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005,
Maternal Mortality Ratio has significantly declined in India through a noticeable …

The effect of early marriages and early childbearing on women's nutritional status in India

S Goli, A Rammohan, D Singh - Maternal and child health journal, 2015 - Springer
The consequences of early childbearing on the growth and nutritional status of women in
India has not been quantified in previous studies. Our study aimed to fill this gap by …

Assessing the utilization of maternal and child health care among married adolescent women: evidence from India

L Singh, RK Rai, PK Singh - Journal of biosocial science, 2012 - cambridge.org
This study explores the prevalence and factors associated with the utilization of maternal
and child health care services among married adolescent women in India using the third …

[PDF][PDF] Adolescent marriage and childbearing in India: Current situation and recent trends

AM Moore, S Singh, U Ram, L Remez… - New York: Guttmacher …, 2009 - Citeseer
Reflecting the country's diversity, few women (12%) marry before age 18 in Goa and
Himachal Pradesh, while nearly three-fifths (57–61%) do so in Rajasthan, Jharkhand and …

Factors associated with maternal healthcare services utilization in nine high focus states in India: a multilevel analysis based on 14 385 communities in 292 districts

PK Singh, C Kumar, RK Rai… - Health policy and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Studies have often ignored examining the role of community-and district-level
factors in the utilization of maternity healthcare services, particularly in Indian contexts. The …

Levels, trends & predictors of infant & child mortality among Scheduled Tribes in rural India

D Sahu, S Nair, L Singh, BK Gulati… - Indian Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Data from the three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) of India
from 1992 to 2006 were analysed to assess the levels and trends of infant and child …

Demand for contraception to delay first pregnancy among young married women in India

SJ Jejeebhoy, KG Santhya… - Studies in family …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In India, evidence is sparse regarding the demand for contraception to delay first pregnancy
among married young people. Using data drawn from a study conducted in six Indian states …