Publicaciones de Salud y nutrición
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Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities
Ethiopia’s productive safety net is the second largest Social Protection Program in sub-Saharan Africa and has been rolled out to almost 10 million beneficiaries since 2005; its effects are therefore of general interest. We provide the first estimates of its impact on children’s cognitive abilities. To identify impacts of this program, we exploit four rounds […]
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¿Qué hemos aprendido del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio? Síntesis de hallazgos
El presente documento, redactado después de que se realizaran cinco rondas de encuestas dirigidas a los niños, niñas y sus familias —en los años 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013 y 2016—, es una síntesis de los hallazgos de Niños del Milenio en el Perú. Estos hallazgos proporcionan una amplia reseña de algunos indicadores de pobreza infantil, […]
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Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru
Using data from the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives study, this paper investigates the association between maternal group participation and child nutritional status at the ages of 1 and 5 years. This study finds that the relationship between child nutrition and maternal group participation depends on the level of maternal education. In fact, maternal […]
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Does Visual Acuity Have an Effect on Children’s Educational Achievement?
Inequity is an important issue for many international initiatives, including the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One aspect of inequity that has received little attention is the impact of disability on education. This working paper explores whether mild or moderate levels of visual impairment are associated with educational performance for 7 and 8-year-old children in […]
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Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements v. micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants
The objective of this article is to determine the effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) on children’s Hb, linear growth and development, compared with supplementation with micronutrient powder (MNP). Regarding its design, the study was a two-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial, where participants received either LNS or MNP for daily consumption during 6 months. Supplements […]
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Is education a risk factor or social vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The effect of schooling across public health periods
Early in the 30-year HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological studies identified formal education attainment as a risk factor: educated Sub-Saharan Africans had a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than their less educated peers. Later demographic research reported that by the mid-1990s the education effect had reversed, and education began to function as a social […]
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The population education transition curve: education gradients across population exposure to new health risks
The salutary effect of formal education on health-risk behaviors and mortality is extensively documented: ceteris paribus, greater educational attainment leads to healthier lives and longevity. Even though the epidemiological evidence has strongly indicated formal education as a leading “social vaccine,” there is intermittent reporting of counter-education gradients for health-risk behavior and associated outcomes for certain […]
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El derecho a la alimentación en grupos en condición de vulnerabilidad
Es estudio analiza las políticas nacionales para garantizar el derecho a la alimentación de colectivos vulnerables del Perú. Ello con base en las Directrices Voluntarias en apoyo de la realización progresiva del derecho a una alimentación adecuada, en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria nacional (en adelante “Directrices Voluntarias”), y estándares interamericanos en materia de […]
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El programa “Qali Warma” desde un enfoque de derechos humanos
La presente investigación busca hacer una aproximación al diseño institucional del programa Qali Warma bajo un enfoque basado en derechos humanos, identificando sus elementos constitutivos a efectos de poder proyectarlos en futuras políticas públicas alimentarias. Además, se señalarán los vacíos o tareas pendientes para la plena asunción del enfoque. Para ello, la investigación se ha […]
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The structural relationship between early nutrition, cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills in four developing countries
The author provides evidence about how skills are acquired during childhood. Early height is found to have an effect on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The effect of early height on cognitive skills more than doubles that for non-cognitive skills. The impact of early height on non-cognitive skills is indirect.
