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Child health in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of disease, nutrition and economic environment, socioeconomic status, and intergenerational transmission of health

Karlsson, Omar LU (2014) EKHM52 20141
Department 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
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
date added to LUP
2014-06-26 10:37:22
date last changed
2018-07-26 06:41:59
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  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}},
}