Social determinants of maternal health: a scoping review of factors influencing maternal mortality and maternal health service use in India

• Published in: Public health reviews Vol. 41; no. 1; p. 13
• Main Authors: Hamal, Mukesh, Dieleman, Marjolein, De Brouwere, Vincent, de Cock Buning, Tjard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland BioMed Central 02.06.2020; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Attended births; Births; Caste; Childbirth & labor; Differential media; Economic status; Ethnicity; Fatalities; Health disparities; Health problems; Health services; Health services utilization; Health status; India; Intermediary factors; Mass media; Maternal & child health; Maternal characteristics; Maternal health; Maternal mortality; Mortality; Obstetrics; Population; Postpartum period; Prenatal care; Public health; Qualitative research; Religion; Reproductive health; Residence; Review; Reviews; Search engines; Social determinants; Social environment; Social factors; Socioeconomic factors; Structural factors; Women; United States > US; Maine; India; Structural factors; Social determinants; Maternal health; Intermediary factors; India

Maternal health remains a major public health problem in India, with large inter- and intra-state inequities in maternal health service use and maternal deaths. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health provides a framework to identify and factors of health inequities, including maternal healt...