Mother's education, learning by doing, and child health care in rural India

The authors emphasize that an important benefit of basic education, particularly for girls, is the subsequent spillover to the health of their children. To confirm this they provide examples to show how different forms of education and participation in health programmes influence health behaviour of...

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Published in:Comparative education review 2005-11, Vol.49 (4), p.534-551
Main Authors: Lee, Sang-Hyop, Mason, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allgemeinbildung
Childbirth
Children
Datenanalyse
Daughters
Empirische Untersuchung
Entwicklungsland
Formal education
Forschungsstand
Frauenbildung
Gesundheitserziehung
Grundbildung
Handlungskompetenz
Handlungsorientierung
Immunization
Indien
Kinderfürsorge
Lernen
Ländlicher Raum
Mothers
Mädchenbildung
Postnatal care
Prenatal care
Pränataler Einfluss
Prüfverfahren
Schwangerschaft
Sons
Statistik
Vaccination
Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft
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Summary:The authors emphasize that an important benefit of basic education, particularly for girls, is the subsequent spillover to the health of their children. To confirm this they provide examples to show how different forms of education and participation in health programmes influence health behaviour of mothers. This article focuses on "learning by doing", which is extremely important because health systems are complex and provide a service that is not easily evaluated by the consumer. The health seeking behaviour discussed by the authors in this contribution is the demand for prenatal and postnatal care. More specifically, they investigate the effect of prenatal care on the subsequent demand for immunization services. It is widely known that women who seek prenatal care are much more likely to immunize their children after their birth in later years. The analysis of the researchers shows that a variety of factors - education, media exposure, income, wealth, access to care, family composition, religion, caste - influence both the use of prenatal care and immunization services. (DIPF/Orig./Ba.).
ISSN:0010-4086
1545-701X
DOI:10.1086/454372