Recent Studies from Yale University Add New Data to Health Insurance (Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Child Growth and Nutrition in Argentina)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Health Insurance. According to news reporting originating in New Haven, Connecticut, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "To estimate trends of undernutrition (stunting and underweight) among children younger than 5 years covered by the universal health coverage programs Plan Nacer and Programa Sumar."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Yale University, "From 2005 to 2013, Plan Nacer and Programa Sumar collected high-quality information on birth and visit dates, age (in days), gender, weight (in kg), and height (in cm) for 1.4 million children in 6386 health centers (13 million records) with broad coverage of vulnerable populations in Argentina. The prevalence of stunting and underweight decreased 45.0% (from 20.6% to 11.3%) and 38.0% (from 4.0% to 2.5%), respectively, with differences between rural versus urban areas, gender, regions, age, and seasons."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Undernutrition prevalence substantially decreased in 2 programs in Argentina as a result of universal health coverage."

For more information on this research see: Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Child Growth and Nutrition in Argentina. American Journal of Public Health, 2016;106(4):720-726. American Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Amer Public Health Assoc Inc, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting P.A. Nunez, Yale University, Dept. of Anthropol, New Haven, CT 06520, United States. Additional authors for this research include D. Fernandez-Slezak, A. Farall, M.E. Szretter, O.D. Salomon and C.R. Valeggia.

Keywords for this news article include: New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America, Diet and Nutrition, Health Insurance, Yale University.

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