Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Disentangling Selection and Causality in Assessing the Effects of Health Inputs on Child Survival: Evidence from East Africa....Pages 11-28
Modeling Spatial Effects on Childhood Mortality Via Geo-additive Bayesian Discrete-Time Survival Model: A Case Study from Nigeria....Pages 29-48
Bayesian Geoadditive Mixed Latent Variable Models with Applications to Child Health Problems in Egypt and Nigeria....Pages 49-81
Mapping Socio-economic Inequalities in Health Status Among Malawian Children: A Mixed Model Approach....Pages 83-106
Analysis of Grouped Survival Data: A Synthesis of Various Traditions and Application to Modeling Childhood Mortality in Eritrea....Pages 107-122
Modelling Immunization Coverage in Nigeria Using Bayesian Structured Additive Regression....Pages 123-145
Macro Determinants of Geographical Variation in Childhood Survival in South Africa Using Flexible Spatial Mixture Models....Pages 147-168
Socio-Demographic Determinants of Anaemia in Children in Uganda: A Multilevel Analysis....Pages 169-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
A Family of Flexible Parametric Duration Functions and Their Applications to Modeling Child-Spacing in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 185-209
Spatial Variation of Predictors of Prevalent Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of South-Africa....Pages 211-237
A Semiparametric Stratified Survival Model for Timing of First Birth in South Africa....Pages 239-252
Stepwise Geoadditive Regression Modelling of Levels and Trends of Fertility in Nigeria: Guiding Tools Towards Attaining MDGs....Pages 253-277
A Spatial Analysis of Age at Sexual Initiation Among Nigerian Youth as a Tool for HIV Prevention: A Bayesian Approach....Pages 279-302
Assessing Geographic Co-morbidity Associated with Vascular Diseases in South Africa: A Joint Bayesian Modeling Approach....Pages 303-320
Advances in Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa: What Have We Learned and What Is Next?....Pages 321-325
Back Matter....Pages 327-330