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Advanced techniques for modelling maternal and child health in Africa / Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis ; 34.
- The Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis, 1389-6784 ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Health and hygiene--Africa--Statistical methods.
- Children.
- Maternal health services--Africa--Statistical methods.
- Maternal health services.
- Child Welfare--Africa.
- Statistics as Topic--Africa.
- Child Mortality--Africa.
- Maternal Welfare--Africa.
- Child Welfare.
- Statistics as Topic.
- Child Mortality.
- Maternal Welfare.
- Africa.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Welfare--Africa.
- Statistics as Topic--Africa.
- Child Mortality--Africa.
- Maternal Welfare--Africa.
- Child Welfare.
- Statistics as Topic.
- Child Mortality.
- Maternal Welfare.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1. Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa / Samuel OM Manda, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala and Gebrenegus Ghilagaber
- PART I. CHILD HEALTH AND SURVIVAL. 2. Disentangling Selection and Causality in Assessing the Effects of Health Inputs on Child Survival. Case Studies from Egypt, Eritrea, and Uganda / Gebrenegus Ghilagaber
- 3. Modelling Spatial Effects on Childhood Mortality via Geo-Additive Bayesian Discrete-time Survival Model: A Case Study from Nigeria / G Ghilagaber, D Antai and N-B Kandala
- 4. Bayesian Geo-additive Mixed Latent Variable Models with Applications on the Child's Health problems in some African Countries / K Khatab
- 5. Mapping socio-economic inequalities in health status in Malawian children: a Bayesian approach / L Kazembe
- 6. Analysis of Grouped Survival Data: A Synthesis of Various Traditions and Application to Modeling Childhood Mortality in Eritrea / G Ghilagaber
- 7. Modelling Immunisation Coverage in Nigeria using Bayesian Structured Additive Regression / SB Adebayo and WB Yahya
- 8. Macro Determinants of Geographical Variation in Childhood Survival in South Africa using Flexible Spatial Mixture Models / S Manda
- 9. Socio-demographic determinants of Anaemia in children in Uganda: A multilevel analysis / SN Kandala
- PART II. MATERNAL HEALTH. 10. A Family of Flexible Parametric Duration Functions with Applications to Modelling Transition to Parenthood in Eritrea, Ghana, and Kenya / G Ghilagaber, W Elisa, and S O Gyimah
- 11. Spatial variation of predictors of prevalent hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of South-Africa / N-B Kandala
- 12. A Semiparametric Stratified Survival Model for Timing of First Birth in South Africa / S Manda, R Meyer and B Cai
- 13. Stepwise Geoadditive Regression modelling of levels and trends of fertility in Nigeria: Guiding tools towards attaining MDGs / SB Adebayo and E Gayawan
- 14. A Spatial Analysis of Age at Sexual Initiation among Nigerian Youth as a Tool for HIV Prevention: A Bayesian Approach / AA Abiodun et al
- 15. Assessing Geographic Co-morbidity Associated with Vascular Diseases in South Africa: A joint Bayesian Modeling Approach / NB Kandala, SOM Manda, W Tigbe
- 16. Advances in Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa: What Have We Learned and What is Next? / Gebrenegus Ghilagaber.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Advanced techniques for modelling maternal and child health in Africa.
- ISBN:
- 9789400767782
- 9400767781
- Publisher Number:
- 90102000306
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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