Browsing by Author "Canning, David"
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Access to healthcare and financial risk protection for older adults in Mexico: secondary data analysis of a national survey
Doubova, Svetlana V; Pérez-Cuevas, Ricardo; Canning, David; Reich, Michael R (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)Objectives: While the benefits of Seguro Popular health insurance in Mexico relative to no insurance have been widely documented, little has been reported on its effects relative to the pre-existing Social Security health ... -
Adjusting HIV prevalence estimates for non-participation: an application to demographic surveillance
McGovern, Mark E.; Marra, Giampiero; Radice, Rosalba; Canning, David; Newell, Marie-Louise; Bärnighausen, Till (International AIDS Society, 2015)Introduction: HIV testing is a cornerstone of efforts to combat the HIV epidemic, and testing conducted as part of surveillance provides invaluable data on the spread of infection and the effectiveness of campaigns to ... -
Are There Spillover Effects from the GI Bill? The Mental Health of Wives of Korean War Veterans
Vable, Anusha M.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Canning, David; Glymour, M. Maria; Jimenez, Marcia P.; Subramanian, S. V. (Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: The Korean War GI Bill provided economic benefits for veterans, thereby potentially improving their health outcomes. However potential spillover effects on veteran wives have not been evaluated. Methods: Data ... -
The association between age, COVID-19 symptoms, and social distancing behavior in the United States
Canning, David; Karra, Mahesh; Dayalu, Rashmi; Guo, Muqi; Bloom, David (2010-04-15)Background Public health authorities recommend that people practice social distancing, especially if they have symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), or are older and more at risk of serious illness if they become ... -
The association of maternal age with infant mortality, child anthropometric failure, diarrhoea and anaemia for first births: Evidence from 55 low- and middle-income countries
Finlay, Jocelyn E.; Ozaltin, E.; Canning, David J. (BMJ, 2011)Objective: To examine the association between maternal age at first birth and infant mortality, stunting, underweight, wasting, diarrhoea and anaemia in children in low- and middle income countries. Design: Cross-sectional ... -
Can Social Policy Influence Socioeconomic Disparities? Korean War GI Bill Eligibility and Markers of Depression
Vable, Anusha M.; Canning, David; Kawachi, Ichiro; Jimenez, Marcia P.; Subramanian, Subu V.; Glymour, Maria (Elsevier BV, 2016-02)Purpose: The Korean War GI Bill provided socioeconomic benefits to veterans; however, its association with health is unclear; we hypothesize GI Bill eligibility is associated with fewer depressive symptoms and smaller ... -
The causes and consequences of demographic transition
Canning, David J. (Informa UK Limited, 2011)The causes and consequences of the demographic transition are considered in light of the recent book by Dyson (2010) on demography and development. In the last 50 years the world has seen an exogenous decline in mortality ... -
The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David J.; Fink, Gunther; Finlay, Jocelyn E. (Springer Science + Business Media, 2009)We analyze the effect of fertility on income per capita with a particular focus on the experience of Europe. For European countries with below-replacement fertility, the cost of continued low fertility will only be observed ... -
Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Asia
Bloom, David; Canning, David; Malaney, Pia N. (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 1999-05)This paper examines the links between demographic change and economic growth in Asia during 1965-90. We show that the overall rate of population growth had little effect on economic growth, but that changes in life expectancy, ... -
The effect of maternal tetanus immunization on children’s schooling attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of a randomized trial
Canning, David J.; Razzaque, Abdur; Driessen, Julia; Walker, Damian G.; Streatfield, Peter Kim; Yunus, Mohammad (Elsevier BV, 2011)We investigate the effects of antenatal maternal vaccination against tetanus on the schooling attained by children in Bangladesh. Maternal vaccination prevents the child from acquiring tetanus at birth through blood infection ... -
The effect of vaccination on children's physical and cognitive development in the Philippines
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David J.; Shenoy, Erica S (Informa UK Limited, 2012)We use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) in the Philippines to link vaccination in the first 2 years of life with later physical and cognitive development in children. We use propensity ... -
The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs
Vollmer, Sebastian; Holzmann, Hajo; Ketterer, Florian; Klasen, Stephan; Canning, David J. (Public Library of Science, 2013)We examine the joint distribution of levels of income per capita, life expectancy, and years of schooling across countries in 1960 and in 2000. In 1960 countries were clustered in two groups; a rich, highly educated, high ... -
Influencing Health Behaviors via Short Message Service (SMS): Evidence for Best Practices From Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Xi’an China
Heitner, Jesse (2016-04-25)Text messaging, also known as short message services (SMS), is a burgeoning innovation area showing promise in eliciting health behavior changes. This dissertation details two intervention trials that each comparatively ... -
Institutionalizing postpartum intrauterine device (IUD) services in Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Nepal: study protocol for a cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial
Canning, David; Shah, Iqbal H.; Pearson, Erin; Pradhan, Elina; Karra, Mahesh; Senderowicz, Leigh; Bärnighausen, Till; Spiegelman, Donna; Langer, Ana (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: During the year following the birth of a child, 40% of women are estimated to have an unmet need for contraception. The copper IUD provides safe, effective, convenient, and long-term contraceptive protection ... -
National HIV prevalence estimates for sub-Saharan Africa: Controlling selection bias with Heckman-type selection models
Hogan, Daniel R; Salomon, Joshua A; Canning, David; Hammitt, James K; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Bärnighausen, Till (BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)Objectives: Population-based HIV testing surveys have become central to deriving estimates of national HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited participation in these surveys can lead to selection bias. We ... -
Progress in Health around the World
Canning, David J. (Informa UK Limited, 2012)Health is a key component of human development. This article looks at how health is measured, and the convergence of health across countries. We argue that health measures should account for illness as well as mortality, ... -
Social interactions and fertility in developing Countries
Bloom, David E.; Canning, David J.; Gunther, Isabel; Linnemayr, Sebastian (2008)There is strong evidence that, in addition to individual and household characteristics, social interactions are important in determining fertility rates. Social interactions can lead to a multiplier effect where an ... -
Using interviewer random effects to remove selection bias from HIV prevalence estimates
McGovern, Mark; Bärnighausen, Till; Salomon, Joshua A.; Canning, David J. (Springer Science + Business Media, 2015)Background Selection bias in HIV prevalence estimates occurs if non-participation in testing is correlated with HIV status. Longitudinal data suggests that individuals who know or suspect they are HIV positive are less ... -
Vaccination and All-Cause Child Mortality From 1985 to 2011: Global Evidence From the Demographic and Health Surveys
McGovern, Mark E.; Canning, David (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-10-08)Based on models with calibrated parameters for infection, case fatality rates, and vaccine efficacy, basic childhood vaccinations have been estimated to be highly cost effective. We estimated the association of vaccination ...