Climate Change Impacts on Birth Outcomes in Brazil
This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change forecasts for Brazil suggests a possible increase of 305 neonatal deaths annually and, for families in the Primary Care Program, three thousand additional low-weight births each year. The paper further examines public policy's role in minimizing the effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the main instruments for addressing neonatal health problems.
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| Format: | Working Papers biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Health Care Service, Environmental Economy, Health Policy, Climate Change, I12 - Health Behavior, I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health, Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming, Heat stress;Neonatal mortality;IDB-WP-495;Change impacts;Birth outcomes;Neonatal mortality rate;High humidity;Extreme weather events;Low birthweight;Low humidity, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011630 https://publications.iadb.org/en/climate-change-impacts-birth-outcomes-brazil |
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