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Long-Term Impacts of Growth and Development Monitoring: Evidence from Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood
Liang, Yinhe; Peng, Xiaobo; Sun, Meiping Aggie - 2024
monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents. …
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Incentives and children's dietary choices : a field experiment in primary schools
Belot, Michèle; James, Jonathan G.; Nolen, Patrick - 2015
We conduct a field experiment in 31 primary schools in England to test the effectiveness of different temporary incentive schemes, an individual based incentive scheme and a competitive scheme, on increasing the choice and consumption of fruit and vegetables at lunchtime. The individual scheme...
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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 4, pp. 743-755
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the amount of time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However, little is known about the effect of PE on child...
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The benefits of intervention : birth weights in Basle 1912-1920
Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar; Woitek, Ulrich - 2016
To assess the impact of interventions on well-being during war time, we analyze data from the birth records at the university maternity hospital of Basle in the period 1912-1920. Birth weight of children from medium SEP families decreased during the crisis years 1918 and 1919, but not for low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554028
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Promoting Maternal Health in Rural and Underserved Areas
Bryan, Darcy - 2020
Maternal and newborn health in rural America suffers from a lack of obstetrical care, which is currently at crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838566
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The Benefits of Intervention : Birth Weights in Basle 1912-1920
Floris, Joël - 2016
To assess the impact of interventions on well-being during war time, we analyze data from the birth records at the university maternity hospital of Basle in the period 1912-1920. Birth weight of children from medium SEP families decreased during the crisis years 1918 and 1919, but not for low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980567
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Access to health infrastracture and child health development : evidence from post-apartheid South Africa
Tanaka, Shinsuke - 2010
A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929941
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Access to Health Infrastructure and Child Health Development : Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa
Tanaka, Shinsuke - 2010
A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198329
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The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on the health system in Turkey and infant, child, and elderly mortality among natives
Aygün, Aysun; Kirdar, Murat G.; Tuncay, Berna - 2020
As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health …, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover …, they have much higher fertility rates than natives (5.3 to 2.3). We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267912
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The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on the health system in Turkey and infant, child, and elderly mortality among natives
Aygün, Aysun; Kirdar, Murat G.; Tuncay, Berna - 2020
As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health …, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover …, they have much higher fertility rates than natives (5.3 to 2.3). We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271501