Women's Empowerment and Infant and Child Health Status in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although many studies have examined the relationship between women's empowerment and a wide range of health outcomes, the extent to which the different dimensions of empowerment influence children's health, and through which mechanisms and in what contexts, is limited in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this review is to systematically assess and examine studies that investigated the association between women's empowerment and children's health status in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

A systematic review of the published literature is searched through PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus databases focusing on different measures of women's empowerment and children's health outcomes. Inclusion criteria in the review are studies that are publi

SUBMITTER: Abreha SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature