Objectives Research increasingly indicates the importance of the nutritional programming that occurs in the first 2– 3 years of life. Quality nutrition during this brief window has been shown to have large and significant effects on health and …
Over the past decade, China has implemented reforms designed to expand access to health care in rural areas. Little objective evidence exists, however, on the quality of that care. This study reports results from a standardized patient study designed …
The goals of this study were to assess the prevalence of anemia in China and identify individual, household and community-based factors associated with anemia. We used data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), including the …
Abstract Although access to quality education in rural China has expanded dramatically over the past 3 decades, significant disparities persist between ethnic minorities and the Han majority. This article compares the academic achievement and …
Anemia is one of the most prevalent public health problems among infants and iron deficiency anemia has been related to many adverse consequences. The overall goal of this study is to examine the prevalence of anemia among infants in poor rural …
This study uses a randomized controlled trial of a school-based anemia reduction program in rural China to examine how increased school emphasis on health promotion affects academic performance. Although education and health promotion are …
Objectives To test the impact of provider performance pay for anaemia reduction in rural China. , Design A cluster randomised trial of information, subsidies, and incentives for school principals to reduce anaemia among their students. Enumerators …