emphasizes the importance of focusing on pregnancy health education, particularly for low-income women, as a potential way to …

worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health … interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests that both types of interventions may benefit not only child health …

We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …

Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We … study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-sections. In contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …

This article examines the impact of theWorld Bank’s Safe Motherhood Project (SMP) on health outcomes for Indonesia … fertility rate, teenage pregnancy, unmet contraceptive need or percentage of deliveries overseen by trained health personnel …

We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal … driving mechanisms. We find sharp increases in coverage of primary health facilities with GPs and outreach workers and, in … line with this, increases in outpatient procedures, prenatal care visits, health-education activities and home visits by …

of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early … referrals) recommended for lead-poisoned children. Using linked administrative data from Charlotte, NC, we compare outcomes for … children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test …

We use administrative data from South Australia to study the impact of an unconditional cash transfer on child health … suggest that households spent the windfall income on electricity and private health insurance. There is no robust evidence …

We estimate the impact on child health of the unanticipated introduction of the Australian Baby Bonus, a $3,000 one …

health care. Services typically sought by travelers include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries …-class medical treatment and India is becoming a "global health destination". This policy however does not develops into better …