Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia

This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The paper exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municip...

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Main Author:	Rodriguez, Laura
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES VIOLENCE PREGNANCY BIRTHWEIGHT NEWBORN HEALTH VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/790461598980737686/Violence-and-Newborn-Health-Estimates-for-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34424

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spelling	okr-10986-344242022-09-20T00:11:55Z Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia Rodriguez, Laura CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES VIOLENCE PREGNANCY BIRTHWEIGHT NEWBORN HEALTH VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The paper exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municipalities. Exposure to violence in early pregnancy had a large negative impact on birthweight, primarily for boys, and the effect was mitigated by their mothers' education. Girls were affected mainly by shocks in later stages of gestation. Furthermore, their mothers were more likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviors during the pregnancy. This evidence exposes the importance of parental responses in shaping the effect of exposure to violence on newborn health. 2020-09-03T15:13:07Z 2020-09-03T15:13:07Z 2020-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/790461598980737686/Violence-and-Newborn-Health-Estimates-for-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34424 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9377 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 Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic	CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES VIOLENCE PREGNANCY BIRTHWEIGHT NEWBORN HEALTH VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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description	This paper examines the relationship between maternal exposure to violence during pregnancy and newborn birthweight. The paper exploits variation in the timing of exposure and in the geographic location of expectant mothers across Colombian municipalities. Exposure to violence in early pregnancy had a large negative impact on birthweight, primarily for boys, and the effect was mitigated by their mothers' education. Girls were affected mainly by shocks in later stages of gestation. Furthermore, their mothers were more likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviors during the pregnancy. This evidence exposes the importance of parental responses in shaping the effect of exposure to violence on newborn health.
format	Working Paper
author	Rodriguez, Laura
author_facet	Rodriguez, Laura
author_sort	Rodriguez, Laura
title	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_short	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_full	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_fullStr	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia
title_sort	violence and newborn health : estimates for colombia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/790461598980737686/Violence-and-Newborn-Health-Estimates-for-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34424
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Violence and Newborn Health : Estimates for Colombia

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