Despite progress in air pollution control, concerns remain over the health impact of poor air quality. Governments … estimates of the health effects of air pollutants. But avoidance behaviour imposes a cost on individuals and therefore may not … relationship between children's daily hospital emergency admissions for respiratory diseases and common air pollutants, while …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …

health. The objective is to develop a parsimonious method for identifying behavioral heterogeneity caused by life …

-life health and the longterm effects of shocks due to disease, famine, malnutrition, pollution, and war. …A growing literature documents the links between long-term outcomes and health in the fetal period, infancy, and early … of data and identification to study the long reach of childhood health in developing countries. Health in early life may …

As Bhutan has progressed financially, its health indicators have also progressed. It has achieved significant gains in … elevated: stunting of children younger than 5, and anemia in women and children. Some factors can be interpreted as direct or … female anemia rates. Beyond factors that directly impact on the nutrition of women and children are other issues specific to …

Among a recent birth cohort in U.S. cities, children were far more likely to be diagnosed with asthma and to experience … underlying the relationship between family structure and children’s asthma. I find that demographic and socioeconomic correlates … of marriage explain asthma differences between children of married and cohabiting parents. However, children whose …

issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are … an important health challenge in the Pacific. First, (NCDs) can impose large but often preventable health, financial, and … bulk of health services. Second, risk factors in the Pacific are feeding a pipeline of potentially expensive-to-treat NCDs …

child health have changed over time. In fact, for certain illnesses such as asthma, black–white disparities grew … significantly larger over time. In general, black children had the highest reported prevalence across the health indicators and …In the United States, race and ethnicity are considered key social determinants of health because of their enduring …