From: Causes and determinants of inequity in maternal and child health in Vietnam
Ethnicity (minorities) | Gender (women) | Education (low education) | Economic status and Occupation (poor) | |
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Material Circumstances | ▄ No studies found | ▄ Childhood nutrition [53] | ▄ Childhood nutrition [54] | |
▄ Need to take off work [51] | ||||
Behaviors and Biological Factors | ▄ Early childbearing [30] | ▄ Women not allowed travelling by themselves [39] | ▄ Limited knowledge about contraceptives [31] | ▄ Inadequate antibiotics regime due to lack of money [51] |
▄ Cultural taboos towards contraceptives and abortion [30, 31] | ▄ Women lacking decision making power due to Confucian norms [36, 47, 48, 54] | ▄ Less care seeking [51] | ▄ No work-cessation before delivery [55] | |
▄ Less medication use [51] | ▄ Time constraints [31] | |||
▄ Maintenance of traditional health beliefs and rituals [37, 38] | ▄ Less antenatal care [55] | ▄ Self-medication [60] | ||
▄ Less likely to treat diarrhea with ORS [40] | ||||
Psychosocial Factors | ▄ Assimilation policies [41] | ▄ No studies found | ▄ No studies found | |
▄ Son preference [48] | ||||
Health System Factors | ▄ Only male staff at CHCs [35] | ▄ No studies found | ||
▄ Low level of cultural competence among health staff [43] | ▄ Lack of privacy [50] | ▄ No health insurance [62] | ||
▄ Less covered by health insurance [44] | ||||
▄ Less contacts within the health system [38] |