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Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries

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Date
2014
Author
Forero-Ramirez, Nohora
Gamboa, Luis F.
Bedi, Arjun
Sparrow, Robert
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries-Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru-where expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood. METHODS: An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration curves, and decompositions of a concentration index. RESULTS: The analysis shows that the use of PNC in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru is only weakly associated with a reduction in the level of child malnutrition. CONCLUSIONS: Further expansion of PNC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition.(AU)
 
OBJETIVO: Analizar el efecto de la atención prenatal sobre el nivel y la distribución del retraso del crecimiento infantil en tres países andinos (Bolivia, Colombia y Perú) donde la ampliación del acceso a este tipo de atención ha constituido una intervención política explícita con objeto de afrontar la desnutrición intrauterina y durante la primera infancia. MÉTODOS: Se llevó a cabo un análisis econométrico de la Encuesta de Demografía y Salud, de carácter transversal. Este análisis incluyó regresiones ordinarias de mínimos cuadrados, cálculos de curvas de concentración y descomposiciones de un índice de concentración. RESULTADOS: El análisis demuestra que la atención prenatal en Bolivia, Colombia y Perú se asocia solo débilmente con una reducción del nivel de desnutrición infantil. CONCLUSIONES: Es poco probable que una mayor extensión de los programas de atención prenatal tenga un amplio efecto en la reducción de las desigualdades en materia de desnutrición.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;35(3),mar. 2014
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Child Nutrition Disorders; Prenatal Care; Health Inequalities; Stature by Age; Latin America; Trastornos de la Nutrición del Niño; Atención Prenatal; Desigualdades en la Salud; Estatura por Edad; América Latina
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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892014000300001
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8354
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Forero-Ramirez, Nohora,Gamboa, Luis F.,Bedi, Arjun,Sparrow, Robert (2014) Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries. Rev Panam Salud Publica;35(3) 163-171,mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892014000300001
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