Equity and Distributional Impact on Stunting of a Nutritional Package Targeting Children Aged 6-36 Months in China: Findings from a Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT: Despite rapid economic development, child stunting remains a persistent problem in China. Stunting prevalence varies greatly across geographical regions and wealth groups. To address child undernutrition, the Ying Yang Bao (YYB) nutritional package has been piloted in China since 2001. We aimed to evaluate the distributional impact of a hypothetical rollout of the YYB nutritional package on child stunting across provinces and wealth groups in China, with a specific focus on equity. We used data from China Family Panel Studies and built on extended cost-effectiveness analysis methods. We estimated the distributional impact of a 12-month YYB program targeting children aged 6-36 months across 25 provinces and two wealth groups along three dimensions: the cost of the YYB program; the number of

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7551246 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature