NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haq, Wajiha; Abbas, Faisal – SAGE Open, 2022
Stunting is an important issue as it leads to many adverse consequences on children's health. Pakistan is in public health crisis due to higher stunting rates in children. World Health Organization entails the prevalence of stunting to be less than 2.5% in a healthy population, but every third child is stunted in Punjab (largest province of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Child Health, Mothers
Tareena Musaddiq; Farah Said – Grantee Submission, 2023
In 2004, the government of Punjab, Pakistan introduced a conditional cash assistance program for girls attending secondary schools. We exploit variations in exposure to the program across cohorts and regions to estimate the long run effects of the program on women's marriage and fertility decisions, maternal healthcare utilization and the health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Access to Education, Secondary School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wathne, Kjetil; Mburu, Christina Brux; Middelthon, Anne-Lise – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Globally, paediatric obesity causes widespread concern, and the role of ethnicity is an important focus. Investigating how culture can mediate health-related behaviour through ideas about bodies, food and physical activity, while addressing a notion that the Pakistani community in Norway is particularly conservative and slow to change, this…
Descriptors: Obesity, Foreign Countries, Role, Ethnicity