Child Survival Strategies for Research

In all poor countries, malnutrition and infectious diseases are the major biological processes leading to child deaths, but the social, economic, and environmental determinants of the variations in these conditions in different societies are poorly understood. This 1985 volume contains papers by specialists within the two separate disciplines - demography and epidemiology - primarily concerned with investigating such topics. The overriding objective is to specify the many independent and proximate variables that determine health status and to point out critical interrelationships. The presentations are intended to promote vital policy-relevant research in less-developed countries.

Part I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework: 1. Child survival: research and policy W. Henry Mosley; 2. An analytical framework for the study of child survival in developing countries W. Henry Mosley and Lincoln C. Chen; Part II. Intervening Variables: Nutrition: 3. Malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality Reynaldo Martorell and Teresa J. Ho; 4. Measurement of dietary intake Kenneth H. Brown; 5. Breastfeeding performance and child survival Sandra L. Huffman and Barbara B. Lamphere; Part III. Intervening Variables: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: 6. Immunizable and respiratory diseases and child mortality Stanley O. Foster; 7. Diarrheal diseases and child morbidity and mortality Robert E. Black; 8. Parasitic diseases: measurement and mortality impact David J. Bradley and Anne Keymer; Part IV. Socioeconomic Variables: 9. Effects of maternal education, women's roles, and child care on child mortality Helen Ware; 10. Studying the impact of household economic and community variables on child mortality T. Paul Schultz; 11. Technology and child survival: the example of sanitary engineering John Briscoe; Part V. Case Studies: 12. Determinants of child mortality: a study of squatter settlements in Jordan Belgin Tekce and Frederic C. Shorter; 13. Intervention projects and the study of socioeconomic determinants of mortality Anne R. Pebley; 14. A household survey of child mortality determinants in Malaysia Julie DaVanzo; Part VI. Analytical Methods: 15. Estimating levels, trends, and determinants of child mortality in countries with poor statistics James Trussell and Jane Menken; 16. Mathematical models of infectious diseases: seeking new tools for planning and evaluating control programs Burton Singer; 17. Modeling resource allocation for child survival Howard N. Barnum and Robin Barlow.

In all poor countries, malnutrition and infectious diseases are the major biological processes leading to child deaths, but the social, economic, and environmental determinants of the variations in these conditions in different societies are poorly understood. This 1985 volume contains papers by specialists within the two separate disciplines - demography and epidemiology - primarily concerned with investigating such topics.