The influence of economic factors on the location of birth among Palestinian women in Bethlehem during the second Palestinian uprising

Author:

Fujiya Rika1,Jimba Masamine1,Giacaman Rita2,Nakahara Shinji1,Ichikawa Masao1,Wakai Sususmu1

Affiliation:

1. Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;

2. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine

Abstract

We investigated the impact of the Palestinians' economic support programmes and the influence of Israeli army invasions on the place of birth during the second Palestinian uprising. We collected data on the number of births by place from the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Holy Family Hospital (HFH) in Bethlehem and on Israeli army's invasions into Bethlehem. We then analysed these factors. We see the percentage of births in government hospitals increased after a new health insurance scheme was introduced in 2001. The number of births in HFH decreased during this period. Israeli army invasions also contributed to the decrease of births in HFH during April 2002. However, reducing the charge for delivery at HFH in December 2002 greatly increased the number of births there. We concluded that, in urban Bethlehem, although movement restrictions contributed to the change in the place of birth, economic support programmes have also contributed to offsetting the movement restriction effects.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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