Child Health in Peru: Importance of Regional Variation and Community Effects on Children's Height and Weight

Shin, Heeju

doi:10.1177/002214650704800406

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“…7 Reichman et al 5 also found that prenatal care has no effects on a more direct measure of infant health—whether the child had any serious abnormal infant health condition, such as fetal alcohol syndrome, that was unlikely to be a random shock. Although studies indicate that prenatal care may improve birth outcomes in lesser-developed countries, 8–10 the evidence that early or adequate prenatal care improves aggregate birth outcomes in the developed world is less than compelling.…”

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Effects of Prenatal Care on Child Health at Age 5

Noonan

Corman

Schwartz-Soicher

et al. 2012

Matern Child Health J

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Objectives The broad goal of contemporary prenatal care is to promote the health of the mother, child, and family through the pregnancy, delivery, and the child’s development. Although the vast majority of mothers giving birth in developed countries receive prenatal care, past research has not found compelling evidence that early or adequate prenatal care has favorable effects on birth outcomes. It is possible that prenatal care confers health benefits to the child that do not become apparent until after the perinatal period. Methods Using data from a national urban birth cohort study in the U.S., we estimate the effects of prenatal care on four markers of child health at age 5—maternal-reported health status, asthma diagnosis, overweight, and height. We implement a number of different strategies to address the issue of potential omitted variables bias as well as a large number of specification checks to validate the findings. Results and Conclusions Prenatal care, defined a number of different ways, does not appear to have any effect on the outcomes examined. The findings are robust and suggest that routine health care encounters during the prenatal period could potentially be used more effectively to enhance children’s health trajectories. However, future research is needed to explore the effects of prenatal care on additional child health and developmental outcomes as well as the effects of preconceptional and maternal lifetime helathcare on child health.

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Effects of Prenatal Care on Child Health at Age 5

Noonan

Corman

Schwartz-Soicher

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Matern Child Health J

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“…Geographical variation in anthropometric traits has been described in many countries: Canada (Reeder et al, 1997;Shields & Tjepkema, 2006), Finland (Jokela et al, 2009), India (Dey & Debray, 2003, Peru (Shin, 2007), Poland (Hulanicka et al, 1999), Sweden (Rasmussen et al, 1999), Turkey (Iseri & Arslan, 2009), United States (Rona & Altman, 1977;Rosenbaum et al, 1985;Scarborough & Allender, 2008).…”

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Geographical Variation and Migration Analysis of Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British Cohort Study

Krzyzanowska

Mascie-Taylor

2011

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Using a sample of 2090 father and son pairs, the regional variation in height, weight and body mass index (BMI) with intra- and inter-generational migration within Britain was examined. Highly significant regional differences in means were found only for fathers. The overall mean height difference between regions ranged from about 2.7 cm to 3.1 cm, with the tallest fathers being found in the East & South-East region and the shortest in Wales. The variation in mean weight between regions was less significant, with the difference between the heaviest region (West Midlands) and lightest (South-West) being about 3.5 kg. For BMI the highest mean was in the North and Wales and the lowest in the South-West (difference of about 1 kg m-2). Intra-generational migrants were, on average, significantly taller than non-migrants for both fathers (+1.4 cm) and sons (+2 cm), but BMI was only significant in fathers, with migrant fathers, on average, having a lower BMI. There were no significant differences in weight between geographically mobile groups for either fathers or sons. Differentiating between regional in- and out-migration revealed that in the fathers' generation in-migrants were taller, on average, in six of the nine regions. The tallest in-migrants among fathers came into the North region; the tallest out-migrants were from Yorkshire & Humberside and the shortest were from Scotland. The largest positive gain on fathers' height was in the West Midlands region and Scotland, while negative effects were found in the Yorkshire & Humberside, East Midlands and East & South-East regions. For sons in-migrants were taller in all regions except Wales, with the largest differences between in-migrants and non-migrants being in the South-East and South-West. For out-migrants, the tallest sons came from Wales, while the shortest came from the East Midlands region. The North, East Midlands, East & South-East and West Midlands regions were net gainers, while Wales and Scotland were net losers. For BMI among fathers, in-migrants were of lower BMI than non-migrants. For out-migrant fathers, the North-West and South-West regions were the only two regions showing positive values, with the largest negative values being found in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside. The net effect of migration indicated that the largest gains were in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside regions and the largest losses were in Scotland and Wales. The inter-generational migration for BMI showed that in-migrating sons into the North-West and Wales had higher BMI than sedentes, while in-migrants into Yorkshire & Humberside were lower in BMI. In all regions out-migrants had lower BMI than non-migrants. The net effect of migration revealed that six of the nine regions were net gainers, while the Yorkshire & Humberside region was a net loser.

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“…Based on an examination of the empirical literature and data availability in the 2008 GDHS, the exposure variables analyzed in this study included culture, defined by ethnicity (Bondy et al. ) and geography, defined by region of residence (Shin ).…”

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“…Scholarly research shows that a large number of factors are associated with underweight prevalence among children under age five years. Based on an examination of the empirical literature and data availability in the 2008 GDHS, the exposure variables analyzed in this study included culture, defined by ethnicity (Bondy et al 2009) and geography, defined by region of residence (Shin 2007).…”

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Cultural and Geographical Influences on Underweight Prevalence among Preschoolers in Ghana

Nikoi

2018

Geographical Review

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Underweight prevalence among preschool children in Africa has been studied, but the effects of culture and geography remain unclear. This study used the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data for 2244 children aged 0‐59 months and generalized linear mixed models to analyze these data. The results showed that culture and geography remained significantly associated with preschool underweight prevalence after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children, mothers, and households. Additionally, the gender of a child, size at birth, fever status, mother's BMI, insurance coverage and number of children <5 years in the household were significantly associated with underweight prevalence in Ghana. The study concluded that in addition to specific characteristics of children, mothers, and households, culturally motivated childhood dietary restrictions among the Ga/Dangme and Ewe could be reduced through appropriately targeted nutritional messages. Additionally, decreasing North‐South disparities in socioeconomic development, and improving nutritional outcomes among disadvantaged households in southern Ghana should be the focus of policies and strategies directed at reducing preschool underweight prevalence in Ghana.

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Child Health in Peru: Importance of Regional Variation and Community Effects on Children's Height and Weight

Cited by 23 publications

References 38 publications

Effects of Prenatal Care on Child Health at Age 5

Effects of Prenatal Care on Child Health at Age 5

Geographical Variation and Migration Analysis of Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British Cohort Study

Cultural and Geographical Influences on Underweight Prevalence among Preschoolers in Ghana

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