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Facing unprecedented uncertainty and drastic trade-offs between public health and other forms of human well …, economics, and related fields (e.g., statistics, engineering, and health policy) to discuss approaches to modeling economy …
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communication approach. To investigate which type of ambassador - health cadres, influential individuals, and laypersons - is the …
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sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of … children and infants. A rationale for expansion of smoke-free laws implicitly presumes that potential public health gains from … bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …
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This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …
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. The negative effect at low levels of schooling may be due to lower average health among marginal surviving children or a … greater propensity to complete secondary school on the other hand may be due to improved health among children who are farther …
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-up and positive health effects for treated children over the life course. Beneficial health impacts are largest for … disadvantaged children and may even extend to their offspring. While initial trial cohorts experienced positive health and …
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. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to make difficult ethical choices, e.g., how to balance public health and …
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Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing the date...
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Although yet to be clearly identified as a clinical condition, there is immense concern at the health and wellbeing …
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