Geodetector analysis of individual and joint impacts of natural and human factors on maternal and child health at the provincial scale.

ABSTRACT: This ecological study examined the individual and joint impacts of natural-human factors on the spatial patterns of maternal and child health status in China at the provincial scale in 2020. We considered natural factors (forest coverage, average temperature, and total sulfur dioxide and particulate matter emissions) and human factors (economic development, urbanization, healthcare access, and education level). We combined maternal, infant, and under-five mortality rates into a composite maternal and child health index using the entropy method. The spatial autocorrelation analysis of this index highlighted distinct health patterns across provinces, whereas the geodetector method assessed the effects of natural-human factors on the patterns. A notable east-central-west stepwise decline in h

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10796915 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature