Child health in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of disease, nutrition and economic environment, socioeconomic status, and intergenerational transmission of health
(2014) EKHM52 20141Department of Economic History
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Diseases and hunger is a cause of high infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsh environments in early life have been shown to leave the survivors permanently affected causing worse adult health and lower human capital. This environmental impact on health determined in early life can stretch over generations, e.g. through lower parental capabilities and socioeconomic status. In this paper the effects of environmental conditions, concerning diseases and nutrition on child health will be studied. The importance of household factors in sheltering children from harsh disease environment will be estimated and the possibility of intergenerational transmission of health from mother to child explored, with a main focus on health... (More)
- Diseases and hunger is a cause of high infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsh environments in early life have been shown to leave the survivors permanently affected causing worse adult health and lower human capital. This environmental impact on health determined in early life can stretch over generations, e.g. through lower parental capabilities and socioeconomic status. In this paper the effects of environmental conditions, concerning diseases and nutrition on child health will be studied. The importance of household factors in sheltering children from harsh disease environment will be estimated and the possibility of intergenerational transmission of health from mother to child explored, with a main focus on health determined in early life. The main findings were that unfavorable disease environment has a negative effect on the survivors. Mother’s education plays an important role in sheltering children from negative disease environment although community level education also plays an important role. There are indications of intergenerational transmission of early life determined health of mother, which runs partially through parental education and household living standards. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Omar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHM52 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Height-for-age, child mortality, nutrition, disease environment, infant mortality, sub-Saharan Africa, intergenerational transmission of health
- language
- English
- id
- 4499531
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- 2014-06-26 10:37:22
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- 2018-07-26 06:41:59
@misc{4499531, abstract = {{Diseases and hunger is a cause of high infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsh environments in early life have been shown to leave the survivors permanently affected causing worse adult health and lower human capital. This environmental impact on health determined in early life can stretch over generations, e.g. through lower parental capabilities and socioeconomic status. In this paper the effects of environmental conditions, concerning diseases and nutrition on child health will be studied. The importance of household factors in sheltering children from harsh disease environment will be estimated and the possibility of intergenerational transmission of health from mother to child explored, with a main focus on health determined in early life. The main findings were that unfavorable disease environment has a negative effect on the survivors. Mother’s education plays an important role in sheltering children from negative disease environment although community level education also plays an important role. There are indications of intergenerational transmission of early life determined health of mother, which runs partially through parental education and household living standards.}}, author = {{Karlsson, Omar}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Child health in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of disease, nutrition and economic environment, socioeconomic status, and intergenerational transmission of health}}, year = {{2014}}, }