Community-Based Health Financing and Child Stunting in Rural Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We analyzed the likelihood of rural children (aged 6-24 months) being stunted according to whether they were enrolled in Mutuelles, a community-based health-financing program providing health insurance to rural populations and granting them access to health care, including nutrition services.

Methods

We retrieved health facility data from the District Health System Strengthening Tool and calculated the percentage of rural health centers that provided nutrition-related services required by Mutuelles' minimum service package. We used data from the 2010 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey and performed multilevel logistic analysis to control for clustering effects and sociodemographic characteristics. The final sample was 1061 children.

Results

Among 384 rura

SUBMITTER: Lu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4743535 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature