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Migration, pauvreté et santé des enfants en contexte urbain : perspective longitudinale et multi-niveaux à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Maïga, Abdoulaye |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Research on urban health in developing countries is becoming an increasingly research issue, as in some Sub-Saharan Africa settings we had to observe a few cases of urban health penalties. In addition, research results are sometimes marked by contradictions or uncertainties in relation to health advantage for people living in cities, in particular for children. With a view of contributing to the scientific debate on urban health issues and the influencing factors, the main purpose of this study is to analyze the role and mechanisms through which migration, poverty and the living environment contribute to heterogeneity of health status and to lead to more urban health inequalities among children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Based on prospective longitudinal data, we used events history analysis, Heckman selection models and multilevel modelling to identify not only the overall health prevailing in the city, but health situations that would reflect the plurality or intra-urban disparities in health according to socioeconomic characteristics and demographic factors or dynamics in the city. The study is based on the premise that socioeconomic disparities related to poverty and poor living conditions among migrants in Ouagadougou contribute to produce urban health inequalities in terms of birth weight, vaccination coverage and under-five child mortality; out of favour of children in poor living conditions, migrant children or children born to migrants. Through an empirical testing of this theoretical proposition, the aim of this study is to increase political awareness about urban health plurality and inequities among children in order to develop appropriate and adapted health programs tackling both the increase and diversity of child health needs from an equity perspective. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
