2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Index associated with child health service utilization in Lao PDR and Viet Nam

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21790573
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Public health/Health science
Research Institution	Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Principal Investigator	KIZUKI Masashi Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助教 (80431964)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	MORITA Ayako 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 大学院生 SERTH Keoprasith Bounserth 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 大学院生 HONG Pham Luu 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 大学院生
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	保健医療サービス / 保健医療の施設 / 小児 / 国際保健
Research Abstract	Child mortality is preventable by the promotion of health service utilization in developing countries. We showed an education program promotes health service utilization in rural areas in Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. We also demonstrated an index associated with child health service utilization, which represents the interactions among characteristics of health services and those of population, is significantly related with the child routine vaccination coverage, using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Lao PDR and the Demographic and Health Survey in Viet Nam.