| Titre : | Women's health in urban Mali : Social predictors and health itineraries. (2012) |
| Auteurs : | BOVE (Riley-M) : USA. Harvard Medical School. Boston. MA. ; VALA-HAYNES (Emily) : USA. Population Studies Center. Philadelphia. PA. ; VALEGGIA (Claudia-R) : USA. Department of Anthropology. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. PA. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 75, n° 8, 2012) |
| Pagination : | 1392-1399 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Femme ; Homme ; Femme enceinte ; Milieu urbain ; Mali ; Mariage ; Grossesse ; Relation sociale ; Pouvoir ; Afrique |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS k8R0xolm. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Social and marital factors may influence women's health outcomes. This is of particular relevance in sub-Saharan Africa, where women's health indicators lag behind the rest of the world. Our study examines the impact of social mediators of women's health during key events (pregnancy and illness) in urban Mali. In this cross-sectional study, we interviewed 324 women aged 15-80, living in Bamako, the capital city, in 1999. We used mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain detailed histories of pregnancy and illness during specific time periods preceding the survey. We examined the role of marital factors (polygyny, widowhood), social factors (sources of support and scales derived for social network and social power), and household wealth on women's therapeutic itineraries. We compared the socio-demographic characteristics of our sample with those of the 2001 Mali Demographic and Health Survey and used their data on contraception to enrich analyses. We found that most pregnant women delivered in a health center and most women sought medical care during an illness event. Household wealth influenced illness reporting, and financial concerns were obstacles to medical care. Polygyny was associated with lower prevalence of contraceptive use, lower social power, as well as with less support received during pregnancy from women's husbands and in-laws. Widowhood appeared to increase susceptibility to illness, while decreasing resort to biomedical care. Our social composite scores highlighted differences in healthcare utilization in an urban setting with near-uniform access to biomedical care. We validate the utility of locally-derived composite scores, which may provide a deeper understanding into the social mediation of health outcomes for women. |
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