Mean obesity level of the 2 - 8-year-old children in the region was 14.4%, 14.1% were overweight, 2.7% were underweight …-diabetes. Sixty-one percent of the children were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 20% were of more than one race. Food … overnutrition, are expected to play a key role in the future health of residents of these jurisdictions. …

registry data, we examine the probability of live birth, indicators of health at birth, and the probability of death in the … first year of life. We perform a difference-in-differences estimation and show that the smoking ban has improved health at … that the ban was more beneficial for newborns of parents with low educational attainment and with lower fetal health …

Background: The term “reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)” describes an integrated continuum of … health states which is central to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. While the burden of mortality and morbidity … databases checked were Medline (Pubmed), Embase and ECONbase, EconLit, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL …