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      Creation of the gender-equitable school index for secondary schools using principal components analysis

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          Background

          Higher schooling attainment for girls is associated with improved maternal and child health outcomes. In low- and middle-income countries, girls drop out of school at higher rates than boys beginning in early adolescence due to factors such as son preference and lack of access to menstrual supplies.

          Methods

          Using principal components analysis, we created a gender-equitable school (GES) index with data from 159 secondary schools in Nepal to measure school-level factors that may influence girls' secondary school pass rates.

          Results

          A component describing girls’ safety and hygiene was positively associated with school-wide pass rates for girls, and to a lesser degree for boys.

          Conclusions

          The GES index has diagnostic and programmatic utility in programs aimed at supporting girls’ education and health.

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          The global effect of maternal education on complete childhood vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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          Background There is an established correlation between maternal education and reduction in childhood mortality. One proposed link is that an increase in maternal education will lead to an increase in health care access and vaccine uptake. Vaccinations are a central preventative child health tool, therefore demonstrating the importance of understanding factors that can improve coverage. This review aims to establish if there is a correlation between increasing maternal education and vaccine uptake and if this varies between continents, setting and time. Methods An electronic database search was conducted using Medline Ovid, Embase and The Cochrane Library using a combination of keywords and appropriate MeSH terms for maternal education and child vaccination. Bibliographies were also hand searched. Data was extracted and entered onto a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and analysed using STATA 13.0 software. The primary outcome of effect size of maternal education on completion of childhood vaccinations was analysed at different levels. Secondary outcomes were explored using subgroup analyses of differences between continents, rural or urban settings, and dates. Results The online search yielded 3430 papers, 37 were included in this study. The analysis showed increasing child vaccination uptake with increasing maternal education. Overall, analysis showed that the odds of full childhood vaccination were 2.3 times greater in children whose mother received secondary or higher education when compared to children whose mother had no education. There was large variability in the effect size between the studies included. Conclusions Improving maternal education is important for increasing childhood vaccination uptake and coverage. Further research is needed in higher income countries. Trial registration PROSPERO Registration No: CRD42016042409.
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                Contributors
                Irina Bergenfeld:
                ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-2854
                Emma C Jackson
                Kathryn M Yount
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Int Health
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int Health
                Journal ID (publisher-id): inthealth
                Title: International Health
                Publisher: Oxford University Press
                ISSN (Print): 1876-3413
                ISSN (Electronic): 1876-3405
                Publication date Collection: March 2021
                Publication date (Electronic): 25 June 2020
                Publication date PMC-release: 25 June 2020
                Volume: 13
                Issue: 2
                Pages: 205-207
                Affiliations
                Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
                Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
                Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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                Corresponding author: Tel: +1 404 7278511; E-mail: kyount@ 123456emory.edu
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-2854
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                Publisher ID: ihaa032
                DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa032
                PMC ID: 7902683
                PubMed ID: 32584982
                SO-VID: 6d0acdb9-48e8-4bf4-bab9-af0dc9987569
                Copyright © © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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                History
                Date received : 28 January 2020
                Date revision received : 21 March 2020
                Date accepted : 08 June 2020
                Page count
                Pages: 3
                Funding
                Funded by: Emory University, DOI 10.13039/100006939;
                Funded by: Overseas Development Institute, DOI 10.13039/501100000669;
                Funded by: Global Evidence consortium;
                Categories
                Subject: Short Communication
                Subject: AcademicSubjects/MED00390

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine
                Keywords: education,girls’ education,hygiene,principal components analysis,nepal,sexual and reproductive health
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                Keywords: education, girls’ education, hygiene, principal components analysis, nepal, sexual and reproductive health

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