TY - JOUR
T1 - Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries
AU - Forero-Ramirez, Nohora
AU - Gamboa, Luis F.
AU - Bedi, Arjun
AU - Sparrow, Robert
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countriesBolivia, Colombia, and Peruwhere expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood.
METHODS: An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration curves, and decompositions of a concentration index.
RESULTS: The analysis shows that the use of PNC in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru is only weakly associated with a reduction in the level of child malnutrition.
CONCLUSIONS: Further expansion of PNC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countriesBolivia, Colombia, and Peruwhere expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood.
METHODS: An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration curves, and decompositions of a concentration index.
RESULTS: The analysis shows that the use of PNC in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru is only weakly associated with a reduction in the level of child malnutrition.
CONCLUSIONS: Further expansion of PNC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition.
M3 - Article
VL - 35
SP - 163
EP - 171
JO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
JF - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
SN - 1020-4989
IS - 3
ER -