2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Antenatal care and health in rural Africa : randomized program evaluation
| Project/Area Number |
21402018
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 開発経済学 / 健康 / 貧困 / 無作為実験 / 産前検診 / ナイジェリア |
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| Research Abstract |
This study conducted randomized experiments on cash transfers conditional on antenatal care take-up and information about antenatal care among pregnant women in rural areas in northern Nigeria. Although conditional cash transfer caused a temporal increase in antenatal care take-up, information intervention decreased subsequent take-up. Although antenatal care take-up did not alter miscarriage/fetal death, choice of delivery places, health problems in delivery, babies' mortality/morbidity, or postnatal care take-up, it increased babies' vaccination and this was especially so for take-up in late stage.
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