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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
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The constraints to good child care practices in Accra [PDF]
Life in urban areas presents special challenges for maternal child care practices. Data from a representative survey of households with children less than 3 years of age in Accra were used to test a number of hypothesized constraints to child care ...
Armar-Klemesu, Margaret +4 more
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Conceptual controversies: comparing the quality of work and welfare for men and women across societies [PDF]
, 2007 This paper critically examines a range of typologies used in comparative employment and welfare state research. The approaches examined include the societal effect, varieties of capitalism, welfare state regimes and benchmarking approaches, and their ...
O'Reilly, Jacqueline
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Delivering at Home or in a Health Facility? Health-Seeking Behaviour of Women and the Role of Traditional birth attendants in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Traditional birth attendants retain an important role in reproductive and maternal health in Tanzania. The Tanzanian Government promotes TBAs in order to provide maternal and neonatal health counselling and initiating timely referral, however, their role
A Byrne +28 more
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Welfare Reform and Children's Short-Run Attainments [PDF]
Using PIAT Math test score as a measure of attainment, we find that both single mothers' work and welfare use in the first five years of their children's lives have a positive effect on children's outcomes, but this effect declines with initial ability ...
Chyi, Hau, Ozturk, Orgul
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge +3 more
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Problematisation and regulation: bodies, risk, and recovery within the context of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome [PDF]
, 2018 Background Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is an anticipated effect of maternal drug use during pregnancy. Yet it remains a contested area of policy and practice.
Chandler, Amy +5 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract We explored community‐based doulas' perspectives on the acceptability of using formal screening tools to address low rates of mental health screening, diagnosis, and treatment for perinatal anxiety and depression among Black women. Using thematic analysis, we analyzed interview data from 30 community‐based doulas who support Black families ...
Tamara Nelson +5 more
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Makara Journal of Health Research, 2010 This article will describe one of the Official Development Assisstance (ODA) programme which had been introduced by the Japan International Cooperation Agency to increase the health condition of mother and children in such areas in Indonesia.
Isbandi Rukminto Adi
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