Population mental health matters child health disparity: a national level analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between social distress and child health is important and attracts research interest. This study aims to examine the trend of inequality in the mortality rate for children under five (U5MR) over time and decompose the population mental health (PMH)-gradient in U5MR into different drivers at the national level.

Methods

Data from 1990 to 2019 on the U5MR, PMH, and potential risk factors, such as socioeconomic status, environmental exposures at the national level, health behavior, basic water and sanitation services, urbanization, healthcare level, and HIV prevalence, were collected from online databases. We described the trend of U5MR and broke down U5MR based on the countries' risk factor status and PMH. We constructed regression models and decompos

SUBMITTER: Yao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9759864 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature