Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries
Forero-Ramirez, Nohora; Gamboa, Luis F.; Bedi, Arjun; Sparrow, Robert
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Objective. To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries-Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru-where expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood. Methods. An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Forero-Ramirez, Nohora | |
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dc.contributor.author | Gamboa, Luis F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bedi, Arjun | |
dc.contributor.author | Sparrow, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:27:42Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1020-4989 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22015 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective. To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries-Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru-where expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood. Methods. An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration curves, and decompositions of a concentration index. Results. The analysis shows that the use of PNC in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru is only weakly associated with a reduction in the level of child malnutrition. Conclusions. Further expansion of PNC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition. | |
dc.publisher | Pan American Health Organization/Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud | |
dc.source | Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Child nutrition disorders; Health inequalities; Latin America; Prenatal care; Stature by age | |
dc.title | Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 35 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111704 - Community Child Health | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u5651450xPUB19 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Forero-Ramirez, Nohora, Universidad del Rosario | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gamboa, Luis F., Universidad del Rosario | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bedi, Arjun, Erasmus University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Sparrow, Robert, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 163 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 171 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920501 - Child Health | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-15T07:27:44Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84902177557 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000336968700001 | |
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