Download or read book Infant Mortality and Health in Latin America written by Mark Farren and published by IDRC (International Development Research Centre). This book was released on 1984 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Development Infant Mortality and Their Dynamics in Latin America written by Tadashi Yamada and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main issue of this paper is to study infant mortality in Latin America in recent decades. In so doing, two questions must be answered: First, how large is the economic loss in terms of net national product due to child mortality under the age of 15 and what are the major causes of death? Second, has the decline of infant mortality been principally a product of economic development in Latin American countries?Surprisingly enough, there is significant variation of economic losses across Latin American countries, such as from 0.99% of the net national product in Uruguay to 18.93% in Haiti. Eleven among the nineteen countries in Latin America show their economic losses to be more than 3% of the net national product in recent years in marked contrast to those values found by Kuznets (1980) for Egypt (2.68%) and the Netherlands (0.17%) in 1937. As the major causes of death in Latin America, these diseases -- influenzaand pneumonia, enteritis and other diarrheal diseases, and other infective and parasitic diseases -- account for one-third or more of total deaths for many Latin American countries. Being provided with the fact that the proportion of infant mortality only is roughly about 20 - 30%of total deaths across the countries, we speculate that these above diseases will be exclusively responsible for the high mortality in childhood in Latin America. The Cranger-Sims dynamic system shows that economic development in Latin America does not have strong explanatory power in accounting for the behavior of infant mortality rate in recent decades. Therefore, the empirical results seem to support the view that medical and health technological development is the major cause of the reduction in infant mortality rates in Latin American countries in recent decades. However, when economic development Granger-causes infant mortalityas observed for only two countries, the former becomes the main source of variation of the latter over long horizons.
Download or read book Infant Mortality and Health in Latin America written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Levels and Care in Latin America written by Alberto Palloni and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Protection in Health Schemes for Mother Newborn and Child Populations written by Pan American Health Organization and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the product of a joint initiative between PAHO/WHO, USAID, SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) and AECI, initiated in 2004/05 to identify options for extending social protection in health to mothers, newborns, and children in Latin American Countries. It relies strongly on concepts and methodologies developed since 2000 by PAHO and SIDA and on the conceptual developments of the ILO (International Labour Organization) - PAHO Joint Initiative on Extension of Social Protection in Health.
Download or read book Adult Mortality in Latin America written by Ian Timaeus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Premature death in adulthood is an increasingly important public health issue in Latin America. This book examines the demographic and epidemiological trends underlying this development. It discusses the impact on adults of several major infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases, the reproductive health of women, and deaths from accidents and violence.
Download or read book Fertility and Health written by Abdel R. Omran and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En el presente informe se han utilizado datos obtenidos en la region de las Americas. Esta informacion presenta evidencia cientifica que sirve de apoyo a los Paises Miembros para que se decidan a incluir, fortalecer y mejorar las actividades de regulacion de la fecundidad en los programas nacionales de atencion primaria de salud. Tambien podra servir como mecanismo para promover la planificacion familiar como una accion necesaria e importante para lograr y mantener la salud, permitiendo al mismo tiempo disminuir la mortalidad y morbilidad maternoinfantil, y mejorar la calidad de vida de la familia en el hemisferio occidental, especialmente en los paises de America Latina y el Caribe. Con objeto de describir las causas de riesgos para la salud relacionadas con los tres factores mencionados anteriormente, se presentan en las diversas secciones de este trabajo varias proposiciones basadas en la experiencia mundial. Estas proposiciones, que fueron formuladas por el autor (Omran 1981), describen un panorama mas amplio de las relaciones entre salud y la formacion de la familia que lo que normalmente se espera de las publicaciones latinoamericanas.
Download or read book Economic and Other Determinants of Infant and Child Mortality in Small Developing Countries written by D. E. Hojman and published by University of Liverpool Institute of Latin American Studies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of Social Urban Environment on Infant Mortality in Cities of Latin America written by Ana F. Ortigoza and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heterogenous urbanization process experienced by Latin America (LA) may have varying implications for infant mortality (IM). We quantified variability in IM rates (IMR) and in the proportion of post-neonatal deaths (PPND) across LA cities, and examined how city socioeconomic (SE), women's empowerment (WE), and demographic (population size (PS) and growth (PG)) characteristics are related to this variability. We estimated IMR and PPND for years 2014-2016 for 286 cities of 100,000 residents or more in 8 countries. We combined census-derived SE indicators into factors reflecting living conditions (LC), service provision (SP), and educational attainment in the total population (EA). WE indicators included women's labor force participation (WLFP) and women's educational attainment. We used Poisson multi-level models to estimate relative differences in IMR and PPND associated with SE and WE scores and PS and PG after accounting for healthcare access. Of the 286 cities, 200 had 500,000 inhabitants and 5 had 5 million. Overall IMR and PPND were 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births and 31%, respectively. Of the total IMR and PNND variability across cities, 57% and 67% were among cities within a country, respectively. A 1 standard deviation (SD) higher LC, SP, PG and WLFP score was associated with 14.7%, 12.1%, 5.0%, and 6.1% lower IMR, respectively. A 1SD higher PS and EA score was associated with 1.4% and 14.6% higher PPND, respectively. A 1SD higher LC score was associated with 6.6% lower PPND. Addressing city social environments may help promote infant health in cities. Key words: infant mortality, post-neonatal deaths, Latin America, urban health
Download or read book Measurement of Infant Mortality in Less Developed Countries written by Larry Heligman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latin America Health Care System Profiles Handbook Strategic Information Developments Regulations written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America Health Care System Profiles Handbook - Strategic Information, Developments, Regulations
Download or read book Children of Immigrants written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-12 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant children and youth are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. Children of Immigrants represents some of the very best and most extensive research efforts to date on the circumstances, health, and development of children in immigrant families and the delivery of health and social services to these children and their families. This book presents new, detailed analyses of more than a dozen existing datasets that constitute a large share of the national system for monitoring the health and well-being of the U.S. population. Prior to these new analyses, few of these datasets had been used to assess the circumstances of children in immigrant families. The analyses enormously expand the available knowledge about the physical and mental health status and risk behaviors, educational experiences and outcomes, and socioeconomic and demographic circumstances of first- and second-generation immigrant children, compared with children with U.S.-born parents.
Download or read book Health Organisation written by League of Nations and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction.--I. Conference of health experts on infant welfare, held at Lima on July 13th, 14th and 15th, 1930.--II. Examination on the spot of the main practical findings of the enquiry in the Argentine republic, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
Download or read book Healthcare in Latin America written by David S. Dalton and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrating the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, Healthcare in Latin America is the first volume to gather research by many of the foremost scholars working on the topic and region in fields such as history, sociology, women’s studies, political science, and cultural studies. Through this unique eclectic approach, contributors explore the development and representation of public health in countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the United States. They examine how national governments, whether reactionary or revolutionary, have approached healthcare as a means to political legitimacy and popular support. Several essays contrast modern biomedicine-based treatment with Indigenous healing practices. Other topics include universal health coverage, childbirth, maternal care, forced sterilization, trans and disabled individuals’ access to care, intersexuality, and healthcare disparities, many of which are discussed through depictions in films and literature. As economic and political conditions have shifted amid modernization efforts, independence movements, migrations, and continued inequities, so have the policies and practices of healthcare also developed and changed. This book offers a rich overview of how the stories of healthcare in Latin America are intertwined with the region’s political, historical, and cultural identities. Contributors: Benny J. Andrés, Jr. | Javier Barroso | Katherine E. Bliss | Eric D. Carter | David S. Dalton | Carlos S. Dimas | Sophie Esch | Renata Forste | David L. García León | Javier E. García León | Jethro Hernández Berrones | Katherine Hirschfeld | Emily J. Kirk | Gabriela León-Pérez | Manuel F. Medina | Christopher D. Mellinger | Alicia Z. Miklos | Nicole L. Pacino | Douglas J. Weatherford Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Download or read book Health Statistics for the Americas written by Haeduck Lee and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical Paper No. 262.The data provided in this report expand and update Appendix a of World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health (WDR). The report presents the data by subject (Part A) and by country (Part B). Part C contains technical notes concerning methods and data sources. This volume adds the large number of Latin American and Caribbean countries with populations of less than 3 million that were excluded from the WDR because of space constraints. It also adds data from Canada and the United States for completeness and comparison.Updates are presented for eight statistics: gross national product (GNP), GNP per capita, population, population growth rate, total fertility, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate, and maternal mortality rate. Newly revised figures for items related to health expenditure have made possible an extensive update of earlier statistics and the addition of more countries to one of the country tables.
Download or read book Wealth Health and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America written by James W. McGuire and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has reduced mortality rapidly even in tough economic circumstances, and that political democracy has contributed to the provision and utilization of such social services, in a wider range of ways than is sometimes recognized. These conclusions are based on case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as on cross-national comparisons involving these cases and others.
Download or read book Child health and infant mortality in Brazil written by Denisard Alves and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
