maternal smoking during pregnancy on infant birth weight across different the mother's age. By imposing a parametric … quantile treatment effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on her baby's birth weight across different age groups of … mothers. The results show strongly that the quantile effects of maternal smoking on low infant birth weight are negative and …

cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …

Obesity, as a health and social problem with rising prevalence and soaring economic cost, is increasingly drawing … obesity, empirical evidence on this causal relationship is fragile. Using the health capital development theory, this study …

decades has led to an improvement in children's health. The implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the health programs …, focusing on the contribution of preventive health care in improving children's survival rates in Burkina Faso. The data used …. This study investigated factors that have contributed to the recent improvement in the survival of children under five …

, often realized through transfers of funds to the health system, does not affect children's health (0.22; p-value=0.88). The …Background Previous studies have argued that the relationship between health expenditures and health outcomes is more … significant among the poor than the non-poor. However, public spending alone does not improve health status. Quality of governance …

mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …

gestation. Furthermore, their mothers were more likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviors during the pregnancy. This …This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight …. The paper exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across …

outcomes in children. Emerging literature describes the negative effects of poor sanitation on child growth. However, limited … water contaminated with E. coli could affect the nutritional status of children through various possible biological pathways … uptake and absorption. This study explores the relationship between contaminated water and stunting prevalence among children …

age. To protect the health, development, and wellbeing of young children, decision-makers must identify and reduce …This report complements Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development by looking at environmental health issues … that affect child health broadly, while also exploring the links through malnutrition. This report argues that …