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dc.contributor.supervisorMignone, Javier (Family Social Sciences)en_US
dc.contributor.authorKosowan, Leanne
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-31T14:35:19Z
dc.date.available2015-08-31T14:35:19Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/30689
dc.description.abstractInfant health is an important comprehensive measure of the health in a society. Experiences during infancy can create durable and heritable patterns of social deprivation and illness ultimately producing health disparities in a population. This thesis sought to determine the relationship between maternal circumstances and infant mortality, morbidity and congenital anomaly rates in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Using logistic regression models the study explored provincial program screening data and administrative data held. The study found higher rates of congenital anomalies within two parent families and male infants. There was a relationship between hospital readmission rates and social and economic factors. Newborn hospital readmissions were associated with social support factors, while post-neonatal hospital readmissions were associated with contextual factors. Understanding the odds of infant mortality, morbidity and congenital anomaly in relation to different maternal socioeconomic factors may contribute to future health planning and the development of interventions that can improve health equity.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSocial Determinants of Healthen_US
dc.subjectInfant mortalityen_US
dc.subjectCongenital anomalyen_US
dc.subjectHospital readmissionen_US
dc.titleDisparities in infant health in Winnipeg, Manitoba: an ecological approach to maternal circumstances affecting infant healthen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFamily Social Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteePiotrowski, Caroline (Family Social Sciences) Chartier, Mariette (Community Health Sciences)en_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2015en_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US


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