The Effect of Empowerment and Self-Determination on Health Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Garces-Ozanne, Arlene; Kalu, Edna Ikechi; Audas, Richard
Titel	The Effect of Empowerment and Self-Determination on Health Outcomes
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 43 (2016) 6, S.623-631 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198116667665
Schlagwörter	Self Determination; Health Conditions; Empowerment; Civil Rights; Economic Factors; Economic Impact; Secondary Schools; Enrollment Rate; Public Health; Social Indicators; Socioeconomic Background; National Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Health Promotion; Foreign Countries; Infant Mortality; Mortality Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstbestimmung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ökonomische Determinanten; Sekundarschule; Gesundheitswesen; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Sozioökonomische Lage; Statistische Analyse; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Ausland; Kindersterblichkeit; Mortalitätsrate
Abstract	There remains a persistent gap in health outcomes between wealthy and poor countries. Basic measures such as life expectancy and infant and under-five mortality remain divergent, with preventable deaths being unacceptably high, despite significant efforts to reduce these disparities. We examine the impact of empowerment, measured by Freedom House's ratings of country's political rights and civil liberties, while controlling for per capita gross domestic product, secondary school enrollment, and income inequality, on national health outcomes. Using data from 1970 to 2013 across 149 countries, our results suggest, quite strongly, that higher levels of empowerment have a significant positive association with life expectancy, particularly for females, and lower rates of infant and under-five mortality. Our results point to the need for efforts to stimulate economic growth be accompanied with reforms to increase the levels empowerment through increasing political rights and civil liberties. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01