Download or read book The Relationship and Pathways Between Maternal Education and Child Nutritional Status written by Kunchok Gyaltsen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maternal Education and Child Health in India written by Anusha Ghosh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in the past have found a strong positive association between maternal education and child health. What remains contentious is the nature of this relationship. Firstly, how much of the association is due to maternal education serving as a proxy for socioeconomic status and regional factors? Secondly, how does a higher level of maternal education translate into improved child health outcomes? This paper aims to examine these questions by analysing the relationship between mother's level of education and child height-for-age, or stunting in India. Using a nationwide family and household survey (NFHS-3, 2005-06), I estimate multivariate regressions to examine how the impact of education varies across model specifications. In particular, I examine the role of three pathways in serving as potential mechanisms through which maternal education has a positive impact on child outcomes. These are (1) Information Processing Effects (2) Maternal Autonomy (3) Use of Community Services. I also use fixed effects estimations to account for village level heterogeneity. The results show that a significant portion of the effect of maternal education can in fact be attributed to socioeconomic variables and community level factors. The analysis gives us insightful findings regarding the differential impacts on child health across various categories of maternal education, the role of the pathways, and how these effects change across specifications. The results have relevant policy implications in the context of improving child health status in India.
Download or read book Untangling the Effect of Maternal Schooling on Child Morbidity and Malnutrition in Peru written by Juan Leon Jara Almonte and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increase in educational opportunities in developing nations, there is a reduction of educational disparities in terms of gender. Rising levels of schooling for females has potentially important societal consequences for the next generation of children in terms of their health and wellbeing. Concerning this relationship, most studies explore it in a reduced form, as few studies explore the possible indirect effects of maternal education using different variables affected by maternal education (e.g., health knowledge), which could be a target for public policies. Using secondary data analysis, this dissertation explored the mediating effect of maternal education using variables related to the mothers health knowledge, the mothers health behaviors, the womans autonomy, violence against the woman, and an index of socioeconomic resources. We tested the different pathways hypothesized using Structural Equation Models. Our results showed that maternal education affects child nutritional status through three out of the five pathways tested: the mothers health knowledge, the mothers health practices, and the index of economic resources, even after different individual and family variables that are associated with child nutritional status according to the literature are held constant (e.g., birth order). Among the pathways, the biggest indirect effect of maternal education was through the index of economic resources (0.10 SD), followed by the mothers health knowledge (0.07 SD), and the mothers health practices (0.06 SD), with the total effect of maternal education being 0.23 SD. Meanwhile, no pathway was statistically significant for diarrheal episodes and acute respiratory infections. Finally, our results indicate that there is an intergenerational effect of maternal education; it not only improves the living standards of the family but also improves the health knowledge and health practices that mothers use with their children.
Download or read book Maternal Education and Child Survival written by Leela Visaria and published by Vikas Publishing House Private. This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a workshop held in Ahmedabad during January 1990.
Download or read book Maternal Schooling Child Care Practices and Child Nutrition in Rural Bangladesh written by Purnima Menon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality written by Paul R. Amato and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and increasing odds of repeating the experiences of their parents. Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality probes the complex relations between social inequality and child development and examines possibilities for disrupting these ongoing patterns. Experts across the social sciences track trends in marriage, divorce, employment, and family structure across socioeconomic strata in the U.S. and other developed countries. These family data give readers a deeper understanding of how social class shapes children's paths to adulthood and how those paths continue to diverge over time and into future generations. In addition, contributors critique current policies and programs that have been created to reduce disparities and offer suggestions for more effective alternatives. Among the topics covered: Inequality begins at home: the role of parenting in the diverging destinies of rich and poor children. Inequality begins outside the home: putting parental educational investments into context. How class and family structure impact the transition to adulthood. Dealing with the consequences of changes in family composition. Dynamic models of poverty-related adversity and child outcomes. The diverging destinies of children and what it means for children's lives. As new initiatives are sought to improve the lives of families and children in the short and long term, Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality is a key resource for researchers and practitioners in family studies, social work, health, education, sociology, demography, and psychology.
Download or read book Maternal Group Participation and Child Nutritional Status in Peru written by Marta Favara and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 group participation is positively associated with child height-for-age when children were 1 year old, for those children whose mothers had had no formal education. This same association fades at 5 years of age. Maternal group participation may affect child nutrition through a number of mechanisms. This paper provides suggestive evidence on the positive role that this participation might play in promoting better breastfeeding practice and a more secure mother-child bond and in easing mothers' access to additional resources and support.
Download or read book Sociology of Education written by James Ainsworth and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sociology of education is a rich interdisciplinary field that studies schools as their own social world as well as their place within the larger society. The field draws contributions from education, sociology, human development, family studies, economics, politics and public policy. Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide introduces students to the social constructions of our educational systems and their many players, including students and their peers, teachers, parents, the broader community, politicians and policy makers. The roles of schools, the social processes governing schooling, and impacts on society are all critically explored. Despite an abundance of textbooks and specialized monographs, there are few up-to-date reference works in this area. Features & Benefits: 335 signed entries fill 2 volumes in print and electronic formats, providing the most comprehensive reference resource available on this topic. Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Reading guide readers to additional resources. A thematic "Reader's Guide" groups related articles by broad topic areas as one handy search feature on the e-Reference platform, which also includes a comprehensive index of search terms, facilitating ease of use by both on-campus students and distance learners. A Chronology provides students with historical perspective on the sociology of education.
Download or read book Care and Nutrition written by Patrice L. Engle and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of tables; Education of caregiver; Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of caregiver; Physical health and nutritional status of caregiver; Mental health, self-confidence, and lack of stress of caregiver; Autonomy and control of resources in the household by caregiver; Workload and time availability of caregiver; Social support for caregiver; Estimates of time spent on child care from observation and recall; Feeding practices: caregiver-child interactions; Feeding practices: child variables; Psychosocial care: child and caregiver interactions; Psychosocial care: child variables; Illustrations; The unicef conceptual model; The extended model of care; The transactional model of care; Pathways of interaction of education with caregiving; Possible pathways of interaction of maternal health and caregiving; Summary; Introduction; Developments in conceptualizing care; Resources for care; Care practices.
Download or read book The Effects of Maternal Education on Child Nutritional Status in Bolivia written by Michelle Bellessa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Maternal Education on Preschool Nutritional Status in the Philippines written by Janet Elaine Lauderdale and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Influence of Maternal Depression and IQ on Child Nutritional Status written by Megan Mcgill and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between a mother and child represents one of the most complex and unique connections that exists between humans. The mother plays a critical role as the primary caregiver for the child's emotional, physical, and cognitive health and development. For this reason, the health of the mother presents a significance influence to her ability to care for the child, and thus influences the child's health and development in turn. Specifically, the current study addressed the role that maternal depression in the context of low IQ has on child nutritional status, specifically child iron status, as measured through hemoglobin status. Overall, 211 mother-child pairs from Montevideo, Uruguay were included in this study. Blood samples were performed on the children and sent to the Pennsylvania State University for analysis. Child iron status was assessed through blood samples evaluating CRP-adjusted serum ferritin concentration, hemoglobin status, and presence of anemia. Maternal IQ was evaluated through the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS III, TEA Ediciones, S.A., Madrid, Spain). Maternal Depression was assessed using the Argentine adaptation of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II, Ediciones Paidós, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Trained psychologists from the Catholic University of Uruguay Research Institute conducted these assessments. All statistical analyses were carried out using STATA 12.0 (STATA Corp, College Station, TX). The statistical analyses were set up with several outcome and two main predictor variables (maternal depression and IQ). Four different models were run to test associations between the different variables. The models were covariate-adjusted for child sex, the presence of crowding in the house, number of household possessions, maternal age, maternal education, and the area of Montevideo where the child lived, the number of hours children spent watching television, playing video games, and using the computer, to account for sedentary activity, the factor score representing support for children's autonomy and the HOME score representing cognitive support. For the participating mothers who were assessed, overall intelligence quotient was low, indicating an average of 83.3 ± 14.2 points, and 36.4% scoring below 80 points (Table 1). 15.6% of mothers reported experiencing moderate depression, as indicated by a score of more than 19 points for depressive symptoms (Table 1). Approximately 63% of children were iron-deficient and approximately 8% had anemia (Table 2). Children consumed a mean of 4.62 mg iron per 1000 kcal (Table 2). There was no significant interaction score between maternal IQ and depressive symptoms and child iron status. Overall, this study concludes that maternal depression in the context of low IQ did not influence child iron status. However, a large body of existing literature supports the influence of maternal psychosocial and emotional health on child health and potentially nutritional status, thus, further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to clarify the results.
Download or read book The Importance of Women s Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries written by Lisa C. Smith and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently the role of women's social status in determining their children's nutritional health went largely unnoticed. That is, until researchers began to ponder the Asian Enigma- the question of why malnutrition is much more prevalent among children in South Asia than in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though South Asia surpasses Sub-Saharan Africa in most of the principal determinants of child nutrition. This report uses data from 36 countries in three developing regions to establish empirically that women's status, defined as women's power relative to men's, is an important determinant of children's nutritional status. It finds that the pathways through which status influences child nutrition and the strength of that influence differ considerably from one region to another. Where women's status is low, this research proves unequivocally that policies to eradicate gender discrimination not only benefit women but also their children.
Download or read book Women s Education Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour written by Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research survey looks at the measurable effects of women's education on fertility and female autonomy. Women's access to education is a fundamental right, empowering women and affecting their demographic behavior. However, there is little consensus on the exact nature of the relationship between education, fertility, and autonomy. This study reviews the evidence from the developing world that has emerged over the last twenty years.
Download or read book Maternal Education Knowledge of Child Nutrition and Disease and Child Nutritional Status in the District of Ouidah Benin written by Cyrille Niameogo and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children s Health the Nation s Wealth written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and accidental causes, improved access to health care, and reduction in the effects of environmental contaminants such as lead. Yet major questions still remain about how to assess the status of children's health, what factors should be monitored, and the appropriate measurement tools that should be used. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health provides a detailed examination of the information about children's health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to improve children's health-and, thus, the health of future generations-it is critical to have data that can be used to assess both current conditions and possible future threats to children's health. This compelling book describes what is known about the health of children and what is needed to expand the knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come.
Download or read book Education Social Status and Health written by John Mirowsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education forms a unique dimension of social status, with qualities that make it especially important to health. It influences health in ways that are varied, present at all stages of adult life, cumulative, self-amplifying, and uniformly positive. Educational attainment marks social status at the beginning of adulthood, functioning as the main bridge between the status of one generation and the next, and also as the main avenue of upward mobility. It precedes the other acquired social statuses and substantially influences them, including occupational status, earnings, and personal and household income and wealth. Education creates desirable outcomes because it trains individuals to acquire, evaluate, and use information. It teaches individuals to tap the power of knowledge. Education develops the learned effectiveness that enables self-direction toward any and all values sought, including health. For decades American health sciences has acted as if social status had little bearing on health. The ascendance of clinical medicine within a culture of individualism probably accounts for that omission. But research on chronic diseases over the last half of the twentieth century forced science to think differently about the causes of disease. Despite the institutional and cultural forces focusing medical research on distinctive proximate causes of specific diseases, researchers were forced to look over their shoulders, back toward more distant causes of many diseases. Some fully turned their orientation toward the social status of health, looking for the origins of that cascade of disease and disability flowing daily through clinics. Why is it that people with higher socioeconomic status have better health than lower status individuals? The authors, who are well recognized for their strength in survey research on a broad national scale, draw on findings and ideas from many sciences, including demography, economics, social psychology, and the health sciences. People who are well educated feel in control of their lives, which encourages and enables a healthy lifestyle. In addition, learned effectiveness, a practical end of that education, enables them to find work that is autonomous and creative, thereby promoting good health.
