Individual-, household- and community-level determinants of infant mortality in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People living in the same area share similar determinants of infant mortality, such as access to healthcare. The community's prevailing norms and attitudes about health behaviours could also influence the health care decisions made by individuals. In diversified communities like Ethiopia, differences in child health outcomes might not be due to variation in individual and family characteristics alone, but also due to differences in the socioeconomic characteristics of the community where the child lives. While individual level characteristics have been examined to some extent, almost all studies into infant mortality conducted in Ethiopia have failed to consider the impact of community-level characteristics. Therefore, this study aims to identify individual and communi

SUBMITTER: Kiross GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954351 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature