Assessment of Inequalities in Coverage of Essential Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Interventions in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous work has underscored subnational inequalities that could impede additional health gains in Kenya.

Objective

To provide a comprehensive assessment of the burden, distribution, and change in inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) interventions in Kenya from 2003 to 2014.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cross-sectional study used data from the 2003, 2008, and 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. The study included women of reproductive age (ages 15-49 years) and children younger than years, with national, regional, county, and subcounty level representation. Data analysis was conducted from April 2018 to November 2018.

Exposures

Socioeconomic position that was derived

SUBMITTER: Keats EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature