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The Role of HIV Detection on Reproductive Health : Outcomes in Cameroon
Tequame, Miron - 2017
for total number of lifetime children and desire for additional pregnancy is not statistically different from average … additional pregnancy and a 15% higher ideal number of lifetime children. They have also 53% lower probability of using any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970581
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Does universalization of health work? evidence from health systems restructuring and maternal and child health in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodigo R. - 2016
We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage. Using administrative data from multiple sources and an event study approach that exploits the staggered rollout of programmatic changes across municipalities, we find large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571857
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A simple recipe : the effect of a prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2016 - Revised version
treated children by 69.8 grams and reduced the probability of low birth weight by 3.6 percentage points. We also find that …, Infants and Children (WIC), the food basket is simpler and the gains on birth weight are larger. …We study the impact of a Canadian prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth. The objective of the "oeuf …
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Does universalization of healthwork? : evidence from health systems restructuring and expansion in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019
We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of births. Using rich administrative data, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974631
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Heterogeneous effects of medical interventions on the health of low-risk newborns
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2016
We investigate the impact of early-life medical interventions on low-risk newborn health. A policy rule in The Netherlands creates large discontinuities in medical treatments at gestational week 37. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find no health benefits from additional treatments...
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Sober mom, healthy baby? : effects of brief alcohol interventions in Swedish maternity care
Grönqvist, Erik; Norén, Anna; Sjögren, Anna; … - 2016
of children. The detrimental effects of alcohol exposure in utero are well documented, and therefore identifying … beyond the birth of the child. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598119
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Obese Policy : Tackling Child Obesity in Alberta
Ciechanowski, Peter - 2013
Obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions around the globe and especially Canada. Obesity carries the risk of obtaining many other chronic diseases, such as cancer and type 2 diabetes. As a result, obesity carries a great economic burden in Canada as well as its provinces such as Alberta....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154650
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Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan; Wüst, Miriam - 2023
coverage. Retrospective reminders are primarily effective for families with small children and when sent out close to the …. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499619
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A review of external assistance and aid effectiveness for maternal and child health : challenges and opportunities
Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed; Aleem, Samia - 2013
This paper primarily focuses on how global funding has supported interventions that have proven to be successful in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world. The growth rate of development assistance targeted towards these specific interventions has varied greatly over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190156
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Revisiting the Impact of a Reproductive Health Intervention on Children's Height-for-Age with Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Chaudhuri, Anoshua - 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of a reproductive health program on the nutritional status of children under the age of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050514