Publications (47)
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Violences faites aux enfants au Burkina Faso : rôle des attitudes personnelles et des normes communautaires perçues liées à la punition verbale et corporelle
YENTEMA ONADJA
Les études portant sur les violences faites aux enfants sont nécessaires pour accélérer les progrès vers la prévention de cette pratique néfaste. Cette étude examine l’influence des attitudes personnelles des enfants et des normes communautaires perçues concernant la punition verbale et corporelle sur les violences subies par les enfants au Bu(...)
Violences faites aux enfants, violence émotionnelle, violence physique, violence sexuelle, attitudes personnelles, normes communautaires perçues, punition verbale, punition corporelle, Burkina Faso
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Facteurs associés au dépistage des cancers du col de l’utérus et du sein chez les femmes de 15-49 ans au Burkina Faso
Hervé Bassinga
Contexte : Lorsque l’on considère les maladies non transmissibles (MNT), les cancers du col de l’utérus et du sein figurent parmi les principales causes de morbidité et de mortalité féminine au Burkina Faso. Bien que le dépistage précoce constitue une stratégie efficace pour améliorer la survie et la qualité de vie des femmes, les t(...)
dépistage, cancers du col de l’utérus, cancer du sein, facteurs, Burkina Faso
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Perspectives of religious beliefs and family planning by religious leaders and young women: results from a qualitative study of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso
Amelia Maytan-Joneydi, Kindo Boukary, Fiacre Bazié, Fatimata M. Traoré, Yentema Onadja, Georges Guiella and Ilene S. Speizer
Background Burkina Faso is religiously diverse compared to its neighbors. Religion and religious leaders are often perceived as being against family planning (FP) use. That said, the literature on different religions and religious leaders’ position on FP does not demonstrate a uniform stance and there is a dearth of perspectives related to use(...)
Family planning, Adolescents, Youth, Religion, Religious leaders, Burkina faso
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The migration experience and mental health in the context of insecurity: evidence from Burkina Faso
Hervé Bassinga, Alexandra Tebkieta Tapsoba, Bruno Yempabou Lankoandé, Nabié Douba, Mamadou Soura, Roch Modeste Millogo, Yacouba Compaoré, Soumaïla Ouedraogo & Daniel Mwanga
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Since 2015, recurrent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso have caused large-scale displacement, impacting the psychological health of affected populations. This study explores the effects of migration forced or voluntary on depression and anxiety among adolescents and young people aged 15–24, in line with SDG 3, which aims to “ensure(...)
Mental health, depression, anxiety, insecurity, forced migration, adolescents and youth, Burkina Faso
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Breaking with traditions: Who are the women with attitudes, norms and behaviors that support ending female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso?
Ilene S. Speizer, Elizabeth Gummerson, Fiacre Bazie, Meagan E. Byrne, Yentema Onadja, Phil Anglewicz, Georges Guiella
Studies examining norms and behaviors around female genital mutilation (FGM) are needed to accelerate progress towards the elimination of this harmful practice. This study uses nationally representative data from a pilot FGM module among women ages 15–49 from Burkina Faso collected in 2023/2024. Three main outcomes related to attitudes, norms(...)
Attitudes, norms, behaviors, female genital mutilation, Burkina Faso
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Current prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in union in sub-Saharan Africa
Matè Alonyenyo Labité, Hervé Bassinga, Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura
This study analyzes the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in union in sub-Saharan Africa. Using secondary data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys, statistical tests revealed an overall prevalence of 20.7% of unmet need for contraception (13.9% for birth spacing and 6.8% for(...)
Associated factors, Unmet needs, Spacing, Limiting, Sub-Saharan Africa, Associated factors, Unmet needs, Unemet need, Spacing, Limiting, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Measuring adult mortality from mobile phone surveys in Burkina Faso, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kassoum Dianou, Bruno Masquelier, Shammi Luhar, Bruno Lankoandé , Ashira Menashe-Oren , Abdramane Soura, Hervé Bassinga, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Boniface Dulani, Pierre Z Akilimali, Georges Reniers
In many low and middle-income countries, adult mortality estimates are derived from surveys and censuses conducted through face-to-face interviews. These interviews can be time-intensive and are often impractical during health crises or humanitarian emergencies. The expansion in cellphone ownership and network coverage has created new opportun(...)
age-specific mortality patterns, data quality, Demographic Health Surveys, direct estimation, health and security crises, low-and-middle-income countries, mobile phones, mortality, sample selection, surveys, under-five mortality
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Neonatal Mortality in Burkina Faso: An Exploratory Analysis of Determinants and Geospatial Inequalities
Hervé Bassinga
Objectives: This article analyzes the factors associated with neonatal mortality in Burkina Faso, as well as the communal inequalities in this mortality.Methods: The analysis is based on data from the 2021 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). It draws on a representative sample of 7,225 children. The determinants of mortality were examined usi(...)
neonatal mortality, determinants, inequalities, communal, SGDs
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Anemia in Children Aged 6–59 Months: Inequalities Across the 45 Provinces and 342 Communes of Burkina Faso
Hervé Bassinga, Mady Ouedraogo, Karim Ouattara, Matè Alonyenyo Labité & Moussa Coulibaly
Burkina Faso is said to have the highest prevalence of childhood anemia in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, approximately seven out of ten children aged 6–59 months (72%) suffered from anemia, with 29% in the mild form, 40% in the moderate form, and 2% in the severe form. Knowing the administrative units at extremely fine levels most affected by t(...)
Small area estimates, Communes, Anemia, Spatial analysis, Burkina Faso
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Profil sociodémographique des personnes déplacées internes de Kaya et de Kongoussi (Burkina Faso)
SAWADOGO P. Maurice, SIA Drissa, ONADJA Yentéma, TIENDREBEOGO W.-T. C. Donald, NGUEMELEU É. Tchouaket
Au Burkina Faso, des attaques terroristes ont contraint une partie de la population à se déplacer vers des endroits plus sécurisés du pays, devenant ainsi des personnes déplacées internes (PDI). Toutefois, le profil sociodémographique de ces PDI n’est pas suffisamment décrit limitant ainsi la prise de décision les concernant. Avec les données(...)
Personnes déplacées internes, profil sociodémographique, Kaya, Kongoussi
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Sharp drop in under-five mortality and associated factors in Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2021: is it a composition or performance effect?
Hervé Bassinga; Sibiri Clément Ouedraogo; Aristide Romaric Bado; Herman Bazié; Kadidia Kouadima Diallo
Background: Long maintained above 100 ‰ since the 1960s, under-five mortality rates in Burkina Faso have experienced a significant decline, although the specific sources of change remain difficult to identify. Notably, under-five mortality increased from 187 ‰ in 1993 to 219 ‰ in 1998. Subsequently, a steady decrease was observed, with rates f(...)
under-five mortality, drop, performance effect, composition effect, Burkina Faso
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Twin Births in 42 Sub-Saharan African Countries from 1986 to 2016: Frequency, Trends and Factors of Variation
Adama Ouedraogo, Gilles, Sophie le Coeur and Abdramane B. Soura
Since the 1970s, twin birth rates have increased sharply in developed countries. In Africa, where the rate is the highest globally, its evolution
and variation are poorly understood. This article aims to estimate the twinning rate in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries throughout
1986–2016 and analyze its spatial, temporal, and ethnic variat(...)
Twins; Twin births; Twinning rate; Associated factors; Ethnicity; Projections; Sub-Saharan Africa
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Les facteurs explicatifs des blessures graves des accidents de la circulation routière dans la ville de Ouagadougou
Moussa Bougma, Jacques Sampo, Sidbewende Théodore Kaboré, Jean-François Kobiané
L’insécurité routière apparait de plus en plus comme un grand défi à relever pour les pays en voie de développement, en raison des difficultés économiques et surtout de la très forte croissance démographique et spatiale qui concernent en premier lieu les villes. Si dans la littérature, plusieurs travaux scientifiques se sont intéressés aux acc(...)
Accident de la circulation, dommage corporel grave, blessures graves, victime, accidenté, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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DU BRASSAGE DES LANGUES AU BRASSAGE DES COEURS : DYNAMIQUE DE L'EXOGAMIE LINGUISTIQUE A OUAGADOUGOU
Ali SAWADOGO, Moussa BOUGMA & Zomenassir Armand BATIONO
Ouagadougou, la capitale du Burkina Faso est une ville carrefour, peuplée
de divers groupes ethniques venant de l’intérieur du pays que de l’extérieur. Il en
résulte un brassage ethnique et culturel aboutissant parfois à des « brassages de
coeurs » et à la formation d’unions exogamiques. La présente étude utilise des données
issues de l’en(...)
exogamie linguistique, langue maternelle, Burkina Faso
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NIVEAUX ET FACTEURS EXPLICATIFS DU CAPITAL SOCIAL DES FEMMES A OUAGADOUGOU
KABORÉ Sidbewendé Théodore, BOUGMA Moussa
Cette étude évalue le niveau du capital social produit par les réseaux familiaux et personnels des femmes à Ouagadougou ainsi que les facteurs qui l’expliquent. Elle utilise des données assez originales sur les réseaux sociaux des femmes et des analyses de régression linéaire multiple pour estimer les effets du type de configuration familiale(...)
Réseau familial, réseau personnel, configuration familiale, capital social, Ouagadougou