Publicaciones de Salud y nutrición
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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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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.
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Promoting prenatal health care in poor rural areas through conditional cash transfers: evidence from JUNTOS in Peru
Se evaluaron los efectos de JUNTOS, un programa de transferencias monetarias condicionadas dirigido a los hogares rurales pobres del Perú, en el uso de atención de salud prenatal por parte de mujeres expuestas al programa durante su embarazo más reciente. Se implementó la técnica de estimación de diferencias en diferencias para estimar los efectos de […]
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Algunas reflexiones sobre los programas alimentarios y nutricionales: cambios y retos durante la última década
Este texto analiza la situación de los programas sociales alimentarios y nutricionales a la luz de lo observado y aprendido durante la última década en el país, e identifica los principales retos que aún se enfrentan. Se retoma el estudio ¿Por qué no funcionan los programas alimentarios y nutricionales en el Perú? (Alcázar 2007) para […]
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Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances
Este libro recoge los once balances de investigación presentados en la conferencia Avances Recientes en la Investigación y Políticas para el Desarrollo, organizada en el marco del 35 aniversario del Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE). Los textos de esta publicación buscan continuar satisfaciendo la demanda de conocimiento dirigida a sostener un debate más […]
