Child survival : strategies for research

Part I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework: 1. Child survival: research and policy W. Henry Mosley 2. An analytical framework for the study of child survival in developing countries W. Henry Mosley and Lincoln C. Chen Part II. Intervening Variables: Nutrition: 3. Malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality Reynaldo Martorell and Teresa J. Ho 4. Measurement of dietary intake Kenneth H. Brown 5. Breastfeeding performance and child survival Sandra L. Huffman and Barbara B. Lamphere Part III. Intervening Variables: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: 6. Immunizable and respiratory diseases and child mortality Stanley O. Foster 7. Diarrheal diseases and child morbidity and mortality Robert E. Black 8. Parasitic diseases: measurement and mortality impact David J. Bradley and Anne Keymer Part IV. Socioeconomic Variables: 9. Effects of maternal education, women's roles, and child care on child mortality Helen Ware 10. Studying the impact of household economic and community variables on child mortality T. Paul Schultz 11. Technology and child survival: the example of sanitary engineering John Briscoe Part V. Case Studies: 12. Determinants of child mortality: a study of squatter settlements in Jordan Belgin Tekce and Frederic C. Shorter 13. Intervention projects and the study of socioeconomic determinants of mortality Anne R. Pebley 14. A household survey of child mortality determinants in Malaysia Julie DaVanzo Part VI. Analytical Methods: 15. Estimating levels, trends, and determinants of child mortality in countries with poor statistics James Trussell and Jane Menken 16. Mathematical models of infectious diseases: seeking new tools for planning and evaluating control programs Burton Singer 17. Modeling resource allocation for child survival Howard N. Barnum and Robin Barlow.