title: Impact of maternal education and health services on child mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India.
abstract: "This article, which examines the effect of maternal education on child mortality [in India], shows that education has direct as well as indirect effects through antenatal care and family formation patterns on neonatal mortality. Maternal education also has a substantial effect on later childhood mortality. While improving maternal education is a means of reducing childhood mortality, an immediate reduction in childhood mortality is feasible even under existing social conditions by enhancing accessibility to maternal and child health services and safe drinking water."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004777:Environment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007194:India; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009026:Mortality; D009035:Mothers; D010290:Parents; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014881:Water Supply
keywords: Asia; Child Mortality--determinants; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Environment; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Health; Health Services; India; Infant Mortality; Maternal-child Health Services; Mortality; Mothers; Natural Resources; Neonatal Mortality; Parents; Population; Population Dynamics; Primary Health Care; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Water Supply