scholarly journals Maternal education and infant health gradient: New answers to old questions

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 100894
Author(s):  
Vinish Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Education ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Health Gradient

Enhancing the Cognitive Outcomes of Low Birth Weight, Premature Infants: For Whom Is the Intervention Most Effective?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 1209-1215
Author(s):  
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn ◽  
Ruth T. Gross ◽  
Helena C. Kraemer ◽  
Donna Spiker ◽  
Sam Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Preterm Children ◽  
Developmental Problems

The Infant Health and Development Program is a national collaborative study to test the efficacy of combining early child development and family support services with pediatric follow-up to reduce the incidence of health and developmental problems among low birth weight, preterm infants in eight medical school sites. Its efficacy in enhancing intellectual outcomes at age 3 in more and less environmentally vulnerable, low birth weight, preterm children, as defined by maternal education (high school completion or less vs some college) and race (black vs white/other), is explored. Children whose mothers had a high school education or less benefited from the intervention. This was true for both the black and white samples. Children whose mothers had attended college did not exhibit significant enhancement in IQ scores at 3 years. Birth weight affected the response to treatment for one of the four subgroups: Among white mothers with some college, the lighter (less than 2000 g) low birth weight, preterm children were less influenced by the intervention than were the corresponding heavier children. Implications for targeting certain subgroups of low birth weight, preterm children for services are considered.

scholarly journals Hubungan Karakteristik Ibu dan Jarak Pelayanan Kesehatan Dengan Kelengkapan Imunisasi Dasar di Puskesmas Dulukapa

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 08
Author(s):  
Elvi Libunelo ◽  
Yeni Paramata ◽  
Rahmawati Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chisquare Test ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Every year more than 1.4 million children in the world die from variousdiseases that can be prevented by immunization. The purpose of thisresearch was to know the relationship of mother characteristic anddistance of health service to the completeness of basic immunization ininfant in Dulukapa.The type of the study was an analytic survey usingcross sectional study design, sampling technique ie exhautive samplingwhich was a sampling scheme where the researcher token all thesubjects from the population as the samples as many as 150 babies.The analysis was used univariate and bivariate analysis with chisquare test. The proportion of infants who received completeimmunization 92 (61.3%) infants and immunizations did not complete asmany as 58 (38.7%) babies. Using the chi square statistical test showedthat there was significant associated between maternal education (pvalue = 0.002), maternal occupation (p value = 0,000), maternalknowledge (p value = 0,000), health service distance (р value = 0,002)with completeness of immunization base on the baby. To improve thecompleteness of basic immunization in infants, the mother should payattention to infant health and always bring the baby to the immunizationand to the health center and health personnel to further improve healtheducation routinely, especially in the provision of basic immunization.

Maternal Education Gradients in Infant Health in Four South American Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 2122-2131 ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Wehby ◽  
Jorge S. López-Camelo
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Education ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
South American

Access to Care, Provider Choice, and the Infant Health Gradient

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Aizer ◽  
Adriana Lleras-Muney ◽  
Mark Stabile
Keyword(s):  
Access To Care ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Provider Choice ◽  
Health Gradient

scholarly journals Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7248
Author(s):  
Magdalena Bendini ◽  
Lelys Dinarte
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Instrumental Variables Approach ◽  
Young Lives

This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru, where rates of depression are around 50%. By using an instrumental variables approach, this study exploits variation in the exogeneity of the exposure to shocks during early life to instrument for maternal depression. The empirical strategy exploits a novel longitudinal data—the Young Lives survey—that includes information on cognitive outcomes of children and variation in their mothers’ mental health status between rounds of data collection. Results suggest that maternal depression is detrimental to a child’s vocabulary at age 5, but effects fade out by age 8. Effects do not vary by maternal education but are significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. Estimations indicate that the presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal depression on vocabulary development, results that are driven mainly by households with heavy-drinking partners. Our findings make a strong case for recognizing maternal mental health problems as disorders of public health significance and guide maternal and infant health policies in Peru.

Improving Child Health With Maternal Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
GHULAM MUSTAFA
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal Education

Influence of Maternal Education on Food Consumption and Energy and Nutrient Intake in a Group of Pre-School Children from Madrid

2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 439-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navia ◽  
Ortega ◽  
Requejo ◽  
Perea ◽  
López-Sobaler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
School Children ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Dietary Adequacy ◽  
Consumption Energy ◽  
Maternal Educational Level ◽  
Energy And Nutrient Intake

A study was conducted on the influence of maternal education level on food consumption, energy and nutrient intake, and dietary adequacy in 110 pre-school children from Madrid, Spain. With increasing maternal education, children consumed more sugar (p < 0.05), fruit (p < 0.05), and fish (p < 0.05). Snacking was more frequent with decreasing maternal education (p < 0.05). Though statistical significance was not reached, the consumption of pre-cooked foods was greater among children of mothers educated to a higher level, a phenomenon probably related to the work situation of these women. With respect to dietary composition, no significant differences were found between groups for macronutrient, fiber and energy intakes, except for energy supplied by polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which was greater in the children of less educated women (p < 0.01). This is probably due to their greater consumption of sunflower seed oil. The diets of children belonging to well-educated mothers came closer to meeting the recommended intakes for folate, vitamin C, and iodine. It would seem that maternal educational level influences the food habits of children. Mothers with less education may require special advice in this area.

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