Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria
Gender equity, particularly in healthcare, has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. The goal is to ensure that everyone has equal access to quality healthcare services irrespective of age, gender, or socio-economic status. However, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to meet...
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| author | Chika Yinka-Banjo Mary Akinyemi Olasupo Ajayi David Tresner-Kirsch |
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| description | Gender equity, particularly in healthcare, has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. The goal is to ensure that everyone has equal access to quality healthcare services irrespective of age, gender, or socio-economic status. However, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to meet this goal, due to several challenges, including poverty, poor infrastructure, and gender-bias. Using Nigeria as a case-study, it is common knowledge that gender inequality and discrimination is predominant in the northern region of the country. This work sought to gather data to assess the level of healthcare accessibility from a gender-based perspective in northern Nigeria. Data were sourced anonymously from residents in about 500 locations across the northern region of Nigeria, using WhatsApp-based questionnaires, in two phases and two languages - English and Hausa. About 4700 participants took part in the survey and each had to answer 43 questions, split into demographic, socio-economic, wellness check, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in health care services obtained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0065601e8de6435a85d8d025fab959a92024-02-11T05:10:49ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092024-02-0152109979Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern NigeriaChika Yinka-Banjo0Mary Akinyemi1Olasupo Ajayi2David Tresner-Kirsch3Department of Computer Science, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria; AiRoL Lab, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria; Corresponding authors.Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Austin Peay State University, TN 37040, USAAiRoL Lab, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria; Corresponding authors.Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453, USA; Nivi Inc., 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776, USAGender equity, particularly in healthcare, has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. The goal is to ensure that everyone has equal access to quality healthcare services irrespective of age, gender, or socio-economic status. However, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to meet this goal, due to several challenges, including poverty, poor infrastructure, and gender-bias. Using Nigeria as a case-study, it is common knowledge that gender inequality and discrimination is predominant in the northern region of the country. This work sought to gather data to assess the level of healthcare accessibility from a gender-based perspective in northern Nigeria. Data were sourced anonymously from residents in about 500 locations across the northern region of Nigeria, using WhatsApp-based questionnaires, in two phases and two languages - English and Hausa. About 4700 participants took part in the survey and each had to answer 43 questions, split into demographic, socio-economic, wellness check, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in health care services obtained.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340923010107HealthcareGender-equityRegional datasetNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Chika Yinka-Banjo Mary Akinyemi Olasupo Ajayi David Tresner-Kirsch Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria Data in Brief Healthcare Gender-equity Regional dataset Nigeria |
| title | Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria |
| title_full | Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria |
| title_short | Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria |
| title_sort | data on gender equitable healthcare accessibility in northern nigeria |
| topic | Healthcare Gender-equity Regional dataset Nigeria |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340923010107 |
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