Scaling-Up Access to Family Planning May Improve Linear Growth and Child Development in Low and Middle Income Countries

Günther Fink, Christopher R Sudfeld, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati and Wafaie W Fawzi

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Background: A large literature has indicated a robust association between birth spacing and child survival, but evidence on the association of birth timing with physical growth in low and middle income countries (LMICs) remains limited. Methods and Results: Data from 153 cross-sectional Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) across 61 LMICs conducted between 1990 and 2011 were combined to assess the association of birth timing with child stunting (height-for-age z-score

Date: 2014
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