Optimal antenatal care (ANC) services are the main strategy to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Understanding the geographic variation of ANC service utilisation is essential for regional- and l...
This was a spatial and survey regression analysis....
The secondary analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2019 was performed to investigate the spatial variation and determinants of optimal ANC service utilisation among women who were p...
Of 3979 pregnant women, 1656 (41.62%) had optimal ANC visits in Ethiopia. Optimal ANC utilisation was shown more prevalent in Northern, Eastern, Central and Northwestern regions of Ethiopia. The resul...
Optimal ANC service utilisation showed significant spatial dependency in Ethiopia, with spatial clustering in the Northern and Northwestern regions of the country. In addition, the results from this s...
It is theoretical and practical to investigate the causes and effects of energy efficiency. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to examine the potential underlying drivers of energy eff...
To evaluate, using spatial analysis, the occurrence of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) and analyze its association with the municipal human development index (MHDI) and deforestation in the sta...
This ecological study, carried out from January 2016 to December 2020, included the 62 municipalities of the state of Amazonas. The incidence rate of ACL was determined in space and time. Using Multip...
A total of 7,499 cases of ACL were registered in all 62 municipalities in the state. Most cases were in male (n=5,924; 79.24%), with the greatest frequency in the population aged from 20 to 39 years (...
The occurrence of ACL was evident in a variety of patterns in the state of Amazonas; the high incidence rates and persistence of this disease in this state were linked to deforestation. The temporal d...
Cooking and heating using solid fuels, such as dung, wood, agricultural residues, grass, straw, charcoal, and coal, is a main source of household air pollution. This indoor combustion encompasses a di...
The ability of fair investments in local general higher education to drive sustainable regional economic growth is explored. Based on spatial theory, the exploratory spatial data analysis method is us...
Syphilis remains a growing and resurging infectious disease in China. However, exploring the influence of environmental factors on the spatiotemporal distribution of syphilis remains under explore. Th...
The umbilical cord (UC) serves as the main pathway for bacteria to reach the neonate's body, potentially causing local and severe infections, sepsis, and even death. Consequently, neonatal mortality r...
A secondary data analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS 2016) was conducted using a weighted sample of 7,168 live births. ArcGIS version 10.7.1 software was utilized to visualize th...
Overall, the prevalence of harmful UCS care in Ethiopia was 15.09% (95% CI: 13.9-16.3), with significant spatial heterogeneity across geographical areas. The hotspot areas of harmful US care were obse...
In Ethiopia, the distribution of harmful UCS care practices is non-random and highly clustered in the SNNPR, Somalia, Tigray, and Amhara regions. Both individual and community-level factors were signi...
Low birth weight (LBW) is an important indicator of newborn health and can have long-term implications for a child's development. Spatial exploratory analysis provides a toolkit to gain insight into i...
We used data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey and conducted individual-level and cluster-level analyses of LBW with place and zone of residence in both bivariate and multivariate analyses. B...
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A total of 4127 women aged between 15 and 49 years were included in the individual-level analysis and 864 clusters corresponding to birth weight....
Individual and cluster-level distribution for LBW using spatial components for common determinants....
In the individual-level analysis, place and zone of residence were significantly associated with LBW in the bivariate model but not in a multivariate model. Hotspot analysis indicated the presence of ...
Our findings from choropleth hotspot maps suggest LBW clusters in Ghana's northern and middle zones. Disparities between the rural and urban continuum require specific attention to bridge the healthca...
As Indonesia aims for malaria elimination by 2030, provisional malaria epidemiology and risk factors evaluation are important in pursue of this national goal. Therefore, this study aimed to understand...
Malaria cases from 2019 to 2020 were obtained from the Indonesian Ministry of Health Electronic Database. Climatic variables were provided by the Center for Meteorology and Geophysics Medan branch off...
A total of 2208 (indigenous: 76.0% [1679] and imported: 17.8% [392]) were reported during the study period. Risk factors of imported malaria were: ages 19-30 (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.31; 95% con...
Both indigenous and imported malaria is limited to a few regencies and cities in Northern Sumatera. The control measures should focus on these risk factors to achieve elimination in Indonesia....
Exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) shows that there is a significant spatial autocorrelation of tourism development in China, which is manifested by the aggregation of spatial distribution. The ...
