The Determinants of Child Health and Nutrition : A Meta-analysis

The reduction of infant and child death is one of the eight millennium development goals (MDGs). In addition, one of the goal one indicators is child malnutrition. A central question for the development community is to understand the factors underl...

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Main Authors:	Charmarbagwala, Rubiana, Ranger, Martin, Waddington, Hugh, White, Howard
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ADOLESCENT AGE OF MARRIAGE AGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTE-NATAL CARE ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BIRTH COHORT BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTH-WEIGHT BODY WEIGHT BREAST FEEDING BREAST-FEEDING BREASTFEEDING CARE FOR CHILDREN CENTER FOR HEALTH CHANCE OF SURVIVAL CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION OUTCOMES CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDREARING PRACTICES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLINICS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE DEATH RATE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIO DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DRINKING WATER DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED MOTHERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS FAMILY INCOME FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY SIZE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LITERACY FERTILITY FERTILITY SURVEY FIRST BIRTH FIRST BIRTHS FOOD INTAKE GENDER GIRLS GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION HIV HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANTS INTERVENTION LACK OF FOOD LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND OWNERSHIP LEARNING LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONGER BIRTH INTERVALS LOWER FERTILITY MALE LABOR FORCE MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL AGE MCH MEASLES MEDICAL CARE METAANALYSIS MICRO-NUTRIENTS MICRONUTRIENTS MIDWIFE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTH MULTIPLE BIRTHS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD CHILDREN OLDER CHILDREN OLDER MOTHERS ORT PARENTAL EDUCATION PEDIATRIC SERVICES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION STUDIES POPULATION SUBGROUP PREGNANCY PREGNANCY INTERVALS PREMATURE BIRTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PSYCHOLOGY PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE MATURITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RISK FACTORS RISK OF DEATH RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOLS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE STUNTING TETANUS URBAN AREAS USE OF HEALTH SERVICES USE PER CAPITA VACCINATION VITAMIN A WASTING WOMAN WORKING MOTHERS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNGER MOTHERS YOUNGER SIBLINGS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/19881248/determinants-child-health-nutrition-meta-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20224

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Summary:	The reduction of infant and child death is one of the eight millennium development goals (MDGs). In addition, one of the goal one indicators is child malnutrition. A central question for the development community is to understand the factors underlying child health and nutritional status. What are the determinants of these indicators, which of these determinants are amenable to policy intervention, and which are the most effective channels for influencing health and nutrition outcomes? Potentially more insightful is analysis using data collected from household surveys which can include such variables. This paper summarizes the conclusions from these statistical studies of the determinants of child health (infant and child mortality) and nutritional status. The results from the various studies are combined using meta-analysis, which calculates the statistical significance of a variable included in more than one study by combining the results of those studies. In this context, the report is structured as follows: part one gives introduction. Part two briefs review of theory to introduce the relevant variables and their classification. Part three discusses data and variable definition and econometric issues, including the use of meta-analysis. The results are presented in part four and part five concludes. Annexes provide more details of the studies reviewed in this paper.

The Determinants of Child Health and Nutrition : A Meta-analysis

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