Child malnutrition and prenatal care: evidence from three Latin American countries
Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica, Mar 1, 2014
To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in t... more To examine the effect of prenatal care (PNC) on the level and distribution of child stunting in three Andean countries-Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru-where expanding access to such care has been an explicit policy intervention to tackle child malnutrition in utero and during early childhood. An econometric analysis of cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data was conducted. The analysis included ordinary least-squares (OLS) regressions, estimates of concentration curves, and decompositions of a concentration index. The analysis shows that the use of PNC in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru is only weakly associated with a reduction in the level of child malnutrition. Further expansion of PNC programs is unlikely to play a large role in reducing inequalities in malnutrition.
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