Essays about: "neonatal health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words neonatal health.

  1. 1. Getting Wealthier and Healthier? Evidence From the Spanish Christmas Lottery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Rundström; [2023]
    Keywords : Health; Birth weight; Wealth; Lottery; Difference-in-Difference; Causal; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper uses the Spanish Christmas Lottery to provide new evidence about the relationship between wealth and health for adults and infants. Using a difference-in-difference design across provinces and time, I explore how overall health status, hospitalization rates, neonatal health, and alcohol consumption are affected by lottery outcomes. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effects of large-scale nutrition Interventions on Early Childhood and Neonatal Outcomes: evidence from Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Rego Monteiro; [2023]
    Keywords : nutrition; food insecurity; early childhood development; neonatal health; impact evaluation; Brazil; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study exploits the introduction of a new prioritization criteria for food security interventions to estimate the marginal impact of such programs. Findings indicate that, in municipalities assigned to receive nutrition policies more intensely, the number of children receiving micronutrient supplements was higher. READ MORE

  4. 3. Estimating Brain Maturation in Very Preterm Neonates : An Explainable Machine Learning Approach

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Patrik Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Preterm Neonates; Brain Maturation; aEEG; Explainable Machine Learning; Feature Importance;

    Abstract : Introduction: Assessing brain maturation in preterm neonates is essential for the health of the neonates. Machine learning methods have been introduced as a prospective assessment tool for neonatal electroencephalogram(EEG) signals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Water, Sanitation, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Mali: A Study of Early Neonatal Mortality and Low Birth Weight

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bettina-Sophie Heinz; [2023]
    Keywords : water; sanitation; WASH; adverse pregnancy outcomes; low birth weight; early neonatal mortality; Mali; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the link between the water and sanitation environment mothers are exposed to during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mali, specifically early neonatal mortality and low birth weight. The motivation and contribution for this analysis is that little research has been done on this topic, specifically in the Sub-Saharan African region and with the combination of those two outcome variables. READ MORE

  6. 5. ”We, as parents, need to be acknowledged in the process”. Parents’ perceptions of the process of diagnosis and habilitation of their child with congenital hearing impairment: an interview study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Logopedi, foniatri och audiologi

    Author : Karin Eriksson Scherman; [2022]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Objective: 1-2 ‰ of newborns in Sweden are identified with a permanent, habilitation- required hearing impairment at neonatal hearing screening. Traditionally, focus is on the child when diagnosed; the parents’ needs and concerns are not always recognised. READ MORE