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The practice of polygyny on the utilisation of reproductive health services among married women in Ghana. 一夫多妻制对加纳已婚妇女利用生殖健康服务的影响。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-04 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932023000299

Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, John Ndebugri Alem, Florence Assibi Ziba, Agani Afaya, Paschal Awingura Apanga

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Ethnic affiliation and protective sexual behaviours among youth in Nigeria. 尼日利亚青年的种族归属和保护性行为。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000257

Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Funke Fayehun

{"title":"Ethnic affiliation and protective sexual behaviours among youth in Nigeria.","authors":"Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Funke Fayehun","doi":"10.1017/S0021932024000257","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932024000257","url":null,"abstract":"Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of young adults can directly and indirectly contribute to accelerated economic growth. Looking beyond individual determinants of sexual behaviours and focusing on cultural factors such as ethnic affiliation are crucial for interventions and programme planning, particularly in a context like Nigeria. Using a concurrent triangulation mixed-methods design, this article explores the associations between ethnic affiliations and protective sexual behaviours of young adults in Nigeria. The quantitative data was derived from a representative sample of 1,393 male and female youth aged 16-24 years in three states purposively selected from three regions in Nigeria, while qualitative data was based on 18 focus groups and 36 in-depth interviews. The quantitative data was analysed using frequency distributions and regressions, while content analysis was employed to analyse qualitative data. Descriptive results showed that abstinence was higher for Hausa (80%) young adults compared with Yoruba (72%) and Igbo (68%) young adults. Condom use was lowest for Hausa (56%) young adults compared with Igbo (80%) and Yoruba (81%) young adults. The effect of education on abstinence differed by ethnicity and living with two parents was associated with a higher likelihood of abstinence among youth in all ethnic groups. Fear of early fatherhood and unplanned pregnancy was a prominent reason for protective sexual behaviour among Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa young adults. The findings from this study show that young adults who engage in protective sexual behaviours may identify different rationales for this behaviour based on their ethnic background. Programme planners interested in promoting and encouraging protective sexual behaviours should recognize these multiple reasons across different ethnic affiliations to scale up and sustain existing interventions.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":"56 4","pages":"767-783"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Socioeconomic gradient in functional difficulties by domain among youth: evidence from Egypt. 按领域划分的青少年功能障碍的社会经济梯度：来自埃及的证据。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000191

Soha Metwally

{"title":"Socioeconomic gradient in functional difficulties by domain among youth: evidence from Egypt.","authors":"Soha Metwally","doi":"10.1017/S0021932024000191","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932024000191","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to measure inequalities in the distribution of functional difficulties and their different domains among youth aged 15-29 years in Egypt, according to selected socioeconomic characteristics (e.g. wealth quantiles and education level of the head of the household). The data come from the nationally representative survey, 'Household Observatory Survey', with 10,405 persons aged 15-29 years representing the study sample population. The survey identifies individuals with disabilities using the Washington Group Short questions. Inequalities in disability distribution have been measured by the concentration index (CI). The results indicate that functional difficulties have been concentrated among the poorest youth and households headed by illiterate persons. Rural areas have the highest concentration of disabilities among youth, with the lowest wealth and the lowest educational level of the head of the household. The CI suggests the existence of socioeconomic inequalities in all functional difficulties except for seeing difficulties. Understanding which factors more substantially contribute to inequalities is critical for advancing policies devoted to enhancing the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":" ","pages":"715-730"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of financial assistance on stunting: Syrian refugee children under 5 in Türkiye. 财政援助对发育迟缓的影响：土耳其 5 岁以下叙利亚难民儿童。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000038

Meryem Ay Kesgin, Melike Saraç, Nils Grede, Alanur Çavlin Bircan, İsmet Koç

{"title":"Impact of financial assistance on stunting: Syrian refugee children under 5 in Türkiye.","authors":"Meryem Ay Kesgin, Melike Saraç, Nils Grede, Alanur Çavlin Bircan, İsmet Koç","doi":"10.1017/S0021932024000038","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932024000038","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the global decrease over the last two decades, stunting, also called 'chronic malnutrition', remains a public health issue affecting almost 150 million children under the age of 5 years globally. Defined by height-for-age, stunting is the consequence of poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Programmes and policies target undernutrition globally, and humanitarian and development actors invest great efforts to prevent stunting. This study uses multivariate analysis to examine the impact of financial assistance on the reduction of stunting in a refugee context, focusing on Syrian refugee children under the age of 5 years in Türkiye. Using a unique dataset, the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey Syrian Migrant Sample (2018 TDHS-SR), the findings indicate that financial assistance significantly reduces the incidence of stunting among refugee children under the control of economic, mother and children, environmental, health-related and nutritional and breastfeeding characteristics. However, having household members generate income is found to be another stronger predictor to reduce stunting. The paper also argues that the nutritional well-being of refugee children might improve if forced migration occurs towards a stable host country/region. In addition, adaptation over time also seems to have a positive influence.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":" ","pages":"639-665"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Consanguineous marriage and associated diseases among their children and grandchildren in India: evidence from large-scale data. 印度的近亲结婚及其子孙中的相关疾病：来自大规模数据的证据。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000178

Sampurna Kundu, Arup Jana

{"title":"Consanguineous marriage and associated diseases among their children and grandchildren in India: evidence from large-scale data.","authors":"Sampurna Kundu, Arup Jana","doi":"10.1017/S0021932024000178","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932024000178","url":null,"abstract":"Worldwide, more than 130 million infants are born each year and a considerable number of 13.5 million of these children have inbred parents. The present study aimed to investigate the association between parents' consanguinity and chronic illness among their children and grandchildren in India. The nationally representative data, Longitudinal Aging Study in India, 2017-2018, Wave 1 was used for the present study. Bivariate analysis, a probit model, and propensity score estimation were employed to conduct the study. The study observed the highest prevalence of consanguinity marriage in the state of Andhra Pradesh (28%) and the lowest in Kerala (5%) among the south Indian States. People who lived in rural areas, belonged to the richer wealth quintile and Hindu religion were the significant predictors of consanguinity marriage in India. For individuals who were in consanguineous marriages, there was 0.85%, 0.84%, 1.57% 0.43%, 0.34%, and 0.14% chances of their children and grandchildren developing psychotic disorders, heart disease, hypertension stroke, cancer, and diabetes, respectively. Moreover, around 4.55% of the individuals have a history of birth defects or congenital disorders. To address the risk of complicated illnesses due to the consanguinity of marriage, medical, genetic, and social counselling services are required.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":" ","pages":"796-808"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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High non-use of contraception among tribal and non-tribal women in North-Eastern India: alarming but neglected. 印度东北部部落和非部落妇女不使用避孕药具的比例很高：令人震惊却被忽视。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000269

Mithun Mog, Debasis Neogi, Shobhit Srivastava

{"title":"High non-use of contraception among tribal and non-tribal women in North-Eastern India: alarming but neglected.","authors":"Mithun Mog, Debasis Neogi, Shobhit Srivastava","doi":"10.1017/S0021932024000269","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932024000269","url":null,"abstract":"Limited evidence exists about the contraception uptake in indigenous tribal groups of the north-eastern region of India. This study based on the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV (2015-2016) reports aimed to describe the pattern and factors associated with contraceptive non-use in the tribal women of the north-eastern part of India. The study was a cross-sectional analytical study based on secondary analysis of NFHS-IV data. All women in the age group of 15-49 years from the north-eastern part of India were included. Data were extracted and analysed using modified STATA-14 software. The association of socio-demographic and economic characteristics with contraceptive non-use was assessed using logistic regression. The inter-group differences of population characteristics for non-use contraceptives were assessed by modified Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique using 'Fairlie decomposition'. A total of 65,941 women were included, of whom 34,936 (52.9%) were tribal women. The proportion of contraceptive non-use was higher in tribal women. Tribal women with age at marriage above 30 years, Christian community, and women from Assam and Manipur state had higher odds of contraceptive non-use. The decomposition analysis showed that geographical variations, parity, and Christian religion contributed the most to contraceptive use disparity in the population. A huge gap was observed in contraceptive non-use among tribal and non-tribal women in the north-eastern part of India. The healthcare system must involve community representatives in designing context-specific community-based initiatives to increase the uptake of contraceptive use in these remote vulnerable communities.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":"56 4","pages":"754-766"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Height growth of Mexican boys by geographic region: an evaluation based on nationally representative data of ENSANUT 2012 and 2018 - ERRATUM. 按地理区域划分的墨西哥男童身高增长情况：基于 ENSANUT 2012 年和 2018 年全国代表性数据的评估 - ERRATUM。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932024000233

Luis Alberto Flores, Luz Dinorah González-Castell, Sudip Datta Banik

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Comparing social responses to Ebola and Covid-19 in Sierra Leone: an institutional analysis. 比较塞拉利昂社会对埃博拉病毒和 Covid-19 的反应：制度分析。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1017/S002193202400021X

Paul Richards, Foday Kamara, Esther Mokuwa, Marion Nyakoi

{"title":"Comparing social responses to Ebola and Covid-19 in Sierra Leone: an institutional analysis.","authors":"Paul Richards, Foday Kamara, Esther Mokuwa, Marion Nyakoi","doi":"10.1017/S002193202400021X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S002193202400021X","url":null,"abstract":"This paper compares community responses to Ebola and Covid-19 in two regions of southern and eastern Sierra Leone with reference to the theory of institutional dynamics proposed by the anthropologist Mary Douglas. Institutions, Douglas argued, are conveyed by styles of thought, shaped by the ways human communities, through everyday practices, reinforce systems of classification and denotation. Pandemic advice to 'follow the science' proved problematic, since there is no single institution of science, and institutions never stand alone but are bundled with other institutions, reflecting the manifold and intertwined practices of human social life. The paper explores some of the ways a traumatic epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone shaped a distinctive local response to this deadly infectious disease in the absence of an effective vaccine. This local approach emphasised social rules based on ideas about sequestration and testing. Communities then proposed to continue this rules-based approach to the pandemic of Covid-19 and showed little initial enthusiasm for vaccination. With Ebola, the adoption of rules resulted in dramatic drops in infection rates. But Covid-19 spreads in different ways, and good results from the application of social rules were much less apparent. The paper shows how communities began to grapple with this new situation. In some cases, vaccine hesitation was overcome by treating the requirement for vaccination as a new form of social discipline. More generally, it is concluded that epidemiologists need to pay specific attention to institutions and institutional dynamics in order to better understand and anticipate public reactions to new disease threats.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7616509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140946233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact of welfare on maternal investment and sibling competition: evidence from Serbian Roma communities. 福利对产妇投资和兄弟姐妹竞争的影响：来自塞尔维亚罗姆人社区的证据。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932023000184

Jelena Čvorović

{"title":"The impact of welfare on maternal investment and sibling competition: evidence from Serbian Roma communities.","authors":"Jelena Čvorović","doi":"10.1017/S0021932023000184","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0021932023000184","url":null,"abstract":"Siblings compete for limited parental resources, which can result in a trade-off between family size and child growth outcomes. Welfare incentives may improve parental circumstances in large families by compensating for the additional costs of an extra child and increasing the resources available to a family. The improvements in conditions may influence parents to increase their investment, expecting greater returns from the investment in child survival and development, while in turn increase sibling competition for the investment. This study assessed whether welfare benefits have influenced parental investment trade-offs and competition between siblings among Serbian Roma, a population largely dependent on welfare. Using data from the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 6, this study assessed the associations between maternal investment, child cash benefits, sibship size, and child anthropometry, as an indicator of health, among 1096 Serbian Roma children aged 0 to 59 months. Living in a small family benefited Roma children, while the incentives increased competition between siblings. Maternal investment was negatively associated with incentives, as the improvements brought about were insufficient to influence a change in maternal perceptions about the local setting uncertainty and thus promote an increase in investment.","PeriodicalId":47742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biosocial Science","volume":" ","pages":"560-573"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41134727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing menstruation during natural disasters: menstruation hygiene management during "super floods" in Sindh province of Pakistan. 自然灾害期间的月经管理:巴基斯坦信德省“超级洪水”期间的月经卫生管理。

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Journal of Biosocial Science Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932023000159

Salma Sadique, Inayat Ali, Shahbaz Ali

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