The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau
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Data de Publicação: | 2020 |
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Resumo: | We analyse the impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition, using data from a baseline household survey conducted in rural Guinea-Bissau. We employ children’s anthropometric measures to estimate malnutrition indicators, and then apply a Logistic Regression approach to determine the impacts of hospital delivery and the number of prenatal appointments on these indicators. Bearing in mind the potential endogeneity issues in our approach, we make use of an Instrumental Variable. Our results show that children who are born in a hospital are less likely to be malnourished years later. These results bear important policy implications for the context of rural Guinea-Bissau, advocating for policies which incentivize deliveries in health facilities. |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-BissauDevelopment economicsMalnutritionChildbirthPrenatal careGuinea-BissauDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoWe analyse the impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition, using data from a baseline household survey conducted in rural Guinea-Bissau. We employ children’s anthropometric measures to estimate malnutrition indicators, and then apply a Logistic Regression approach to determine the impacts of hospital delivery and the number of prenatal appointments on these indicators. Bearing in mind the potential endogeneity issues in our approach, we make use of an Instrumental Variable. Our results show that children who are born in a hospital are less likely to be malnourished years later. These results bear important policy implications for the context of rural Guinea-Bissau, advocating for policies which incentivize deliveries in health facilities.Vicente, PedroRUNMoreira, Rita Maria Colaço2021-02-01T14:18:57Z2020-06-052020-05-222020-06-05T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/111054TID:202523969enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:54:51Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/111054Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:41:46.806838Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau Moreira, Rita Maria Colaço Development economics Malnutrition Childbirth Prenatal care Guinea-Bissau Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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The impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition: evidence from Guinea-Bissau |
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Moreira, Rita Maria Colaço |
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Moreira, Rita Maria Colaço |
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Vicente, Pedro RUN |
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Moreira, Rita Maria Colaço |
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Development economics Malnutrition Childbirth Prenatal care Guinea-Bissau Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Development economics Malnutrition Childbirth Prenatal care Guinea-Bissau Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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We analyse the impact of prenatal care on child malnutrition, using data from a baseline household survey conducted in rural Guinea-Bissau. We employ children’s anthropometric measures to estimate malnutrition indicators, and then apply a Logistic Regression approach to determine the impacts of hospital delivery and the number of prenatal appointments on these indicators. Bearing in mind the potential endogeneity issues in our approach, we make use of an Instrumental Variable. Our results show that children who are born in a hospital are less likely to be malnourished years later. These results bear important policy implications for the context of rural Guinea-Bissau, advocating for policies which incentivize deliveries in health facilities. |
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2020-06-05 2020-05-22 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z 2021-02-01T14:18:57Z |
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