CHILD HEALTH IN RURAL COLOMBIA: DETERMINANTS AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS potx

... age and weight for age. We cannot identify if this is because of increase of bargaining power within the household or because increase in efficiency when combining health promoting inputs. Independently ... (0.028)** 1 Child Health in Rural Colombia: Determinants and Policy Interventions 1 Orazio Attanasio 2,3 Luis Carlos Gomez 4 Ana Gomez 5 Marcos Vera-Her...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... At ages 3 and 5, the child s primary caregiver (typically the child s mother) participated in an additional in- depth interview and assessments focusing on parenting, child health and development. ... step in the analysis is to examine nativity differences in maternal health inputs before birth, at birth, and into early childhood. In analyses of breastfeeding, pren...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... and Genetic Disease in Newborns and Children in 2005 endorsed a report by the American College of Medical Genetics, recommending screening all newborns for 29 specific conditions, including ... n One in five infant deaths is due to birth defects, making them the leading cause of infant mortality n Birth defects rank second in leading causes of death among 1- to 4-year olds...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 03:20

... during their childbearing years including sexual and reproductive health, prenatal, labor and delivery care, post-partum and healthy parenting, as well as the health needs of all infants and ... of the health status in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis commun ities, but also about promising practices that are improving health and well-being and addressing inequities...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20

... after childhood illness. Treatment includes a low- protein diet. Propionic acidemia (>1 in 75,000). Defect in processing four amino acids leading to ill- ness in newborns, including brain damage, ... amino acid leucine. Can cause coma, brain damage, or death in infancy, or emerge later in childhood after infectious ill- ness. Early diagnosis and treatment with low- protein...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... shock (living in conflict regions) and an idiosyncratic shock (living in victimized households). In line with other studies of child health in sub-Saharan African countries, we did not find any ... (2006) document the decline in the state of the health infrastructure during the conflict, complementing our findings on the direct impact the conflict on child health an...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... value of three and more indicating higher inequality in the state of health care. All other states had a value between two and three indicating the degree of inequality in maternal health care. ... tetanus and poliomyelitis. These vaccines have been integrated into the public health program of many developing countries including India. Usually, the date and type of vaccin...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... government healthcare reaches most mothers and children in and around cities, rural communities, ethnic minorities, and urban migrants are still missing out. In China, World Vision administers ... over 30 health projects in areas of need, with a focus on global health indicators such as maternal and child health, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, and n...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... Planning/Reproductive Health Service Protocols and Policy guidelines and Standards of Practice – IMCI health facility and community guidelines and protocols in 2011 – Kangaroo training guidelines ... and new thinking on fast tracking comprehensive actions to change the course of maternal and child health • proposes a new way of thinking, resourcing and putting t...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 15:20