Inequities among the very poor: health care for children in rural southern Tanzania
@article{group2003InequitiesAT, title={Inequities among the very poor: health care for children in rural southern Tanzania}, author={for the Tanzania Imci Mce baseline household survey st group and J. Schellenberg and C. Victora and A. Mushi and J. Bryce}, journal={The Lancet}, year={2003}, volume={361}, pages={561-566} }
BACKGROUND
Few studies have been done to assess socioeconomic inequities in health in African countries. [...] Key MethodMETHODS
In a baseline household survey in Tanzania early in the implementation phase of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), we included cluster samples of 2006 children younger than 5 years in four rural districts.Expand Abstract
Paper Mentions
Interventional Clinical Trial
Background (brief):
1. Burden: The uniqueness of each child is tremendously influenced by interaction between
nature and nurture during critical period of brain development… Expand
Conditions | Maltreatment |
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Intervention | Behavioral |
Interventional Clinical Trial
Investments in Early childhood Development (ECD) programs produce higher economic return
through maximizing human potential. In developing countries over 200 million children do not… Expand
Conditions | Maternal Depressive Symptom and Child Development |
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Intervention | Behavioral |
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