The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania
The AIDS epidemic is dramatically increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African countries, with potentially severe consequences for surviving family members. Until now, most of these impacts had not been quantified. The authors examine...
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okr-10986-222642021-04-23T14:04:07Z The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania Ainsworth, Martha Semali, Innocent ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTED CHILDREN AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS AIDS PREVENTION ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BABIES BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD LABOR CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLINICS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH DIARRHEA EARLY CHILDHOOD EXTENDED FAMILY FATHERS GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIV INFECTION IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS ORPHAN CHILDREN ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PARASITES PARENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY RISK OF MORBIDITY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL SUPPORT STUNTING VACCINATION VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WAGES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTING YOUNG CHILDREN The AIDS epidemic is dramatically increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African countries, with potentially severe consequences for surviving family members. Until now, most of these impacts had not been quantified. The authors examine the impact of adult mortality in Tanzania on three measures of health among children under five: morbidity, height for age, and weight for height. The children hit hardest by the death of a parent or other adult are those in the poorest households, those with uneducated parents, and those with the least access to health care. The authors also show how much three important health interventions--immunization against measles, and rehydration salts, and access to health care--can do to mitigate the impact of adult mortality. These programs disproportionately improve health outcomes among the poorest children and, within that group, among children affected by adult mortality. In Tanzania there is so much poverty, and child health indicators are so low that these interventions should be targeted as much as possible to the poorest households, where the children hit hardest by adult mortality are most likely to be found. (Conceivably, the targeting strategy for middle-income countries with severe AIDS epidemics, such as Thailand, or countries with less poverty and better child health indicators might be different.) 2015-07-21T14:43:17Z 2015-07-21T14:43:17Z 2000-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439016/impact-adult-deaths-childrens-health-northwestern-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22264 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2266 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Tanzania |
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ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTED CHILDREN AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS AIDS PREVENTION ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BABIES BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD LABOR CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLINICS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH DIARRHEA EARLY CHILDHOOD EXTENDED FAMILY FATHERS GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIV INFECTION IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS ORPHAN CHILDREN ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PARASITES PARENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY RISK OF MORBIDITY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL SUPPORT STUNTING VACCINATION VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WAGES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTING YOUNG CHILDREN |
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ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTED CHILDREN AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS AIDS PREVENTION ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BABIES BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD LABOR CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLINICS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH DIARRHEA EARLY CHILDHOOD EXTENDED FAMILY FATHERS GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIV INFECTION IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS ORPHAN CHILDREN ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PARASITES PARENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY RISK OF MORBIDITY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL SUPPORT STUNTING VACCINATION VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WAGES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTING YOUNG CHILDREN Ainsworth, Martha Semali, Innocent The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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The AIDS epidemic is dramatically
increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African
countries, with potentially severe consequences for
surviving family members. Until now, most of these impacts
had not been quantified. The authors examine the impact of
adult mortality in Tanzania on three measures of health
among children under five: morbidity, height for age, and
weight for height. The children hit hardest by the death of
a parent or other adult are those in the poorest households,
those with uneducated parents, and those with the least
access to health care. The authors also show how much three
important health interventions--immunization against measles,
and rehydration salts, and access to health care--can do to
mitigate the impact of adult mortality. These programs
disproportionately improve health outcomes among the poorest
children and, within that group, among children affected by
adult mortality. In Tanzania there is so much poverty, and
child health indicators are so low that these interventions
should be targeted as much as possible to the poorest
households, where the children hit hardest by adult
mortality are most likely to be found. (Conceivably, the
targeting strategy for middle-income countries with severe
AIDS epidemics, such as Thailand, or countries with less
poverty and better child health indicators might be different.) |
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Ainsworth, Martha Semali, Innocent |
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Ainsworth, Martha Semali, Innocent |
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Ainsworth, Martha |
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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania |
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impact of adult deaths on children's health in northwestern tanzania |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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