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Pre-existing diabetes, maternal glycated haemoglobin, and the risks of fetal and infant death: A population-based study [PDF]

, 2014
Aims/hypothesis: Pre-existing diabetes is associated with an increased risk of stillbirth, but few studies have excluded the effect of congenital anomalies.
Bell, R, Bilous, RW, Glinianaia, SV, Rankin, J, Tennant, PWG   +4 more
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Neonatal transport practices and effectiveness of the use of low‐cost interventions on outcomes of transported neonates in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2024.
Abstract Background and Aims Neonatal deaths contribute significantly to under‐5 mortality worldwide with Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) alone accounting for 43% of global newborn deaths. Significant challenges in the region's health systems evidenced by huge disparities in health facility deliveries and poor planning for preterm births are major ...
Emmanuel Okai, Frankie Fair, Hora Soltani   +2 more
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Neonatal severe bacterial infection impairment estimates in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America for 2010. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Survivors of neonatal infections are at risk of neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI), a burden not previously systematically quantified and yet important for program priority setting.
A Narang, A Vaidya, AC Seale, AC Seale, AK Deorari, AK Zaidi, AK Zaidi, AL Gordon, AM Aiken, Anita Zaidi, Anna C. Seale, AT Bang, Barbara J. Stoll, BJ Stoll, BJ Stoll, C Chiesa, CD Mathers, Charles R. Newton, CJ Murray, CJ Murray, Cyril Engmann, DA Kaufman, E Mazzi, F Schwab, GL Darmstadt, GL Darmstadt, H Blencowe, H Nair, Hammad Ganatra, Hannah Blencowe, HC Glass, HC Glass, HK Herbert, J Schulman, JA Berkley, JE Lawn, JE Lawn, JK Gona, JK Grether, JL Barlow, Joy E. Lawn, K Edmond, K Yeboah-Antwi, KM Edmond, L Downie, L Liu, LJ Schlapbach, M Cohen-Wolkowiez, M van der Ree, ME Rafael, MH Roper, MK Mwaniki, ML Wilson, N Marlow, N Marlow, P Manzoni, P Manzoni, PM Jeena, R Bennet, R Horton, R Libster, R Lozano, R Salimpour, S Cousens, S Crede, S Montgomery-Taylor, S Soofi, Sana Syed, SE Arifeen, Simon N. Cousens, Stefania Vergnano, T Cherian, T Vos, Young Infants Clinical Signs Study Group.   +73 more
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The effects of minimum wages on (almost) everything? A review of recent evidence on health and related behaviors

LABOUR, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 1-65, March 2024.
Abstract I review and assess the evidence on minimum wage effects on health outcomes and health‐related behaviors. The evidence on physical health points in conflicting directions, leaning toward adverse effects. Research on effects on diet and obesity sometimes points to beneficial effects, whereas other evidence indicates that higher minimum wages ...
David Neumark
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan [PDF]

This paper exploits a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of parental education on child health in Taiwan. In 1968, the Taiwanese government extended compulsory education from six to nine years.
Jin-Tan Liu, Michael Grossman, Shin-Yi Chou, Theodore J. Joyce   +3 more
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Women academics experiences of maternity leave in the neoliberal university: Unmasking governmentality

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 92-114, January 2024.
Abstract Addressing a paucity of large‐scale studies about women academics maternity experiences of leave in academia and under‐theorizing the influence of neoliberalism on this phenomenon, this research provides one of the largest studies of women's experiences of maternity leave in the academic sector.
Karen Jones, Alan Floyd
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Public Health Policy: The Case of Community Health Centers [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of the Community Health Center (CHC) on health levels in the U.S. Using infant mortality as the underlying health indicator, a time series of large counties as the data set, and multivariate regression ...
Fred Goldman, Michael Grossman
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Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970 [PDF]

This paper examines the racial gap in infant mortality rates from 1920 to 1970. Using state-level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita, we can account for a large portion of the racial gap in ...
Melissa A. Thomasson, William J. Collins
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Differences in Disability among Older Women and Men in Egypt and Tunisia [PDF]

, 2005
[Excerpt] Research on child survival and health has indicated disparities between boys and girls in selected Middle Eastern countries. Health disparities in later life are understudied in this region.
Agree, Emily M, Yount, Kathryn M
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Neonatal mortality in the developing world [PDF]

This paper examines age patterns and trends of early and late neonatal mortality in developing countries, using birth history data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Data quality was assessed both by examination of internal consistency and by
Kenneth Hill, Yoonjoung Choi
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