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Postpartum Breastfeeding Support: Promoting Infant Health
breastfeeding postpartum support
2014/10/22
Health experts agree that breastfeeding provides essential nutrients to infants for optimal health. But despite the known benefits, breastfeeding rates remain low in the United States. Several strateg...
Something in the water: contaminated drinking water and infant health
Something in the water contaminated drinking water infant health
2014/3/18
This paper provides estimates of the effects of in utero exposure to contaminated drinking water on fetal health. To do this, we examine the universe of birth records and drinking water testing result...
We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a site. We study singleton births to mothers residing within 5km of a Superfund site...
Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from E-ZPass
Traffic Congestion Infant Health Evidence E-ZPass
2014/3/18
We exploit the introduction of electronic toll collection, (E-ZPass), which greatly reduced both traffic congestion and vehicle emissions near highway toll plazas. We show that the introduction of E-Z...
Breast-feeding, Infant Health and Child Survival in the Asia-Pacific Context
Breast-feeding Infant Health Child Survival Asia-Pacific
2009/4/22
This article considers the role of breast-feeding in infant health and child survival, with a special reference to the available information from countries in the Asian and Pacific region. A simplifie...
Air pollution and infant health: Lessons from New Jersey
Air pollution Infant health Carbon monoxide Birth weight Infant mortality
2014/3/18
We examine the impact of three “criteria” air pollutants on infant health in New Jersey in the 1990s by combining information about mother’s residential location from birth certificates with informati...
Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Consequences of Poor Infant Health: An Analysis Using Siblings and Twins
Short Medium Long-Term Consequences Poor Infant Health Analysis Using Siblings Twins
2016/3/7
We use administrative data on a sample of births between 1978 and 1985 to investigate the short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of poor infant health. Our findings offer several advances to the ...
Fetal Exposures to Toxic Releases and Infant Health
Fetal Exposures Toxic Releases Infant Health
2014/3/18
Every year, millions of pounds of toxic chemicals thought to be linked to developmental problems in fetuses are released into the air. Yet, wehave only limited information about the health effects of ...
Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California’s Recent Experience?
Air Pollution Infant Health California’s Recent Experience
2014/3/18
We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels...
MEDICAID EXPANSIONS AND WELFARE CONTRACTIONS: OFFSETTING EFFECTS ON PRENATAL CARE AND INFANT HEALTH?
MEDICAID EXPANSIONS WELFARE CONTRACTIONS OFFSETTING EFFECTS ON PRENATAL CARE INFANT HEALTH
2014/3/18
Evaluations of changes to the Medicaid program have focused on increases in the generosity of income cutoffs for Medicaid eligibility. Previous research shows that despite dramatic increases in the nu...