Dissertation Research: Child Growth and Health in High Altitude Area of India

论文研究：印度高海拔地区的儿童生长与健康

• 批准号: 8912768
• 负责人: Eugene Hammel
• 金额: $ 0.59万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-08-01 至 1992-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8912768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Child; Growth; Health

This award will support an anthropology graduate student who will study low birth weight in a high altitude region of India. Children born at high altitudes in South America and the US have been observed to weigh significantly less than low-altitude children. This project will see if a similar relationship exists in India and try to explain variations in child health by reference to socio-economic and other cultural factors. A sample of 300 pregnant women will be followed and their newborn infants weighed and measured at several intervals after birth. In addition survey interviews will assess each mother's reproductive history, socio-economic background, and knowledge and beliefs about child health. This research is important because understanding the causes of low birth weight an be of help in the design of measures to improve the health of such children. Comparative data such as this project will be helpful in testing theories of the causes of low birth weight.

该奖项将支持一名人类学研究生， 研究印度高海拔地区的低出生体重。 在南美洲和美国高海拔地区出生的孩子 据观察，体重明显低于低海拔 孩子 这个项目将看看是否存在类似的关系 并试图解释儿童健康的变化， 提及社会经济和其他文化因素。 样品 的300名孕妇将接受随访， 在出生后的几个时间间隔称重和测量。 在 此外，调查访谈将评估每一位母亲的生殖能力， 历史、社会经济背景、知识和信仰 关于儿童健康。 这项研究很重要，因为了解 低出生体重有助于制定措施， 改善这些孩子的健康。 比较数据，如 这个项目将有助于测试的原因理论， 低出生体重