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Impact of food availability on child mortality: a cross country comparative analysis
Africa, African dummy, economic growth, food crisis
2017/6/22
The study examined the impact of food security on child mortality (infant mortality and under-five mortality), using a dynamic panel data analysis for 114 countries for the period 1995–2009 by conside...
Using growth velocity to predict child mortality
anthropometry, longitudinal growth, mortality, prediction, WHO growth velocity standards
2018/11/28
Background: Growth assessment based on the WHO child growth velocity standards can potentially be used to predict adverse health outcomes. Nevertheless, there are very few studies on growth velocity t...
Comparative study of infant and child mortality:The case of Kenya and South Africa
infant and child mortality Kenya South Africa
2015/7/22
Comparisons of infant and child mortality between populations, both within and between countries, are important because they highlight causative factors of mortality, which can be addressed by health ...
Using WinBUGS to Study Family Frailty in Child Mortality, with an Application to Child Survival in Ivory Coast
Child Mortality Ivory Coast
2015/7/21
This article analyzes the effects of unobserved family heterogeneity in children survival times through a Bayesian approach. We rely on survey data from Ivory Coast and use a proportional hazard model...
Breastfeeding and infant and child mortality,in Amagoro Division of Busia District,Kenya
Breastfeeding and infant child mortality Busia District Kenya
2015/7/20
This study examined the impact of breastfeeding duration and age at supplementation on infant and child mortality. Data was collected for both open and closed intervals from women aged 15-49 years and...
The Impact of Access to Health Services on Infant and Child Mortality in Rural Uganda
Health Services Infant and Child Mortality Rural Uganda
2015/7/20
This paper examines the impact of access to health facilities on infant and child mortality in Uganda. Using the proportional hazard model, the paper shows that access to health centersaffects childho...
SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY LEVELS IN SIERRA LEONE
CHILD MORTALITY LEVELS SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN INFANT
2015/7/7
The general research objectives of this project were to calculate and map levels of infant, child and adult mortality in the administrative districts of Sierra Leone using 1974 census data, followed b...
Effects of Parental Union Dissolution on Child Mortality and Child Schooling in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso child mortality divorce education West Africa widowhood
2014/11/25
Background: Family structure and union dissolution has been one of the most thoroughly studied determinants of children’s wellbeing worldwide. To date, however, few of these studies have examined sub-...
Estimating spatial inequalities of urban child mortality
child mortality Ghana spatial analysis
2014/11/24
Background: Recent studies indicate that the traditional rural-urban dichotomy pointing to cities as places of better health in the developing world can be complicated by poverty differentials. Knowle...
Bozzoli and Quintana-Domeque are associated with the Economics Department, and with
the Research Program in Development Studies and the Industrial Relations Section,
respectively. Deaton is associ...
Gender Patterns in Vietnam's Child Mortality
child mortality gender differences hazard rate frailty model
2012/10/30
We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urb...
Determinants of infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Results of multivariate hazard analysis
Cox proportional hazards models Demographic and Health Survey infant and child mortality under-five mortality Zimbabwe
2009/10/30
This study addresses important issues in infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe. The objective of the paper is to determine the impact of maternal, socioeconomic and sanitation variables on infant and...
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project
community nurses health volunteers child mortality The Navrongo Community Family Planning Project
2009/9/14
This report presents the child mortality impact of a trial of primary health-care service-delivery strategies in rural Ghana. After adjustment for sociodemographic factors, under-five mortality in are...
The Effect of HIV on the Estimation of Child Mortality Using the Children Surviving/Children Ever Born Technique
Child Mortality Born Technique
2009/9/14
The children surviving/children ever born technique is an important method of
estimating child mortality levels in many developing countries. The HIV epidemic
threatens the validity of the technique...
Levels and Patterns of Infant and Child Mortality in Mongolia
Infant Mongolia Child Mortality
2009/4/8
Various aspects of mortality in Mongolia are considered in this article, which analyses data from a large-scale demographic survey conducted in late 1994. Because of health improvements introduced int...