Browsing College of Arts and Science by Subject "health"

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    • Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970 
      Collins, William J.; Thomasson, Melissa A. (Vanderbilt University, 2002)
      This paper examines the racial gap in infant mortality rates from 1920 to 1970. Using state-level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita, we can account for a large ...
    • Head Start Participation and Childhood Obesity 
      Frisvold, David (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem that also has economic consequences. Medical research suggests that nutritional interventions at a young age can influence nutritional behavior and reduce childhood ...
    • Investing in Health: The Long-Term Impact of Head Start 
      Anderson, Kathryn; Foster, James; Frisvold, David (Vanderbilt University, 2004)
      Head Start is a comprehensive, early childhood development program designed to augment the human capital and health capital levels of disadvantaged children. Grossman's (1972) health capital model suggests that early ...
    • Prominent Influence of Socioeconomic and Governance Factors on the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in sub-Saharan Africa 
      Ding, Ke Jack; Gunda, Thushara; Hornberger, George M. (Earths Future, 2019-09)
      Food, energy, and water (FEW) are primary resources required for human populations and ecosystems. Availability of the raw resources is essential, but equally important are the services that deliver resources to human ...