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How Does Schooling Influence Maternal Health Practices? Evidence from Nepal
(University of Chicago Press, 2005)
Maternal literacy and health behavior: a Nepalese case study
(2004)
This article addresses the question of whether literacy could be mediating the relationships of schooling to maternal
health behavior in populations undergoing demographic transition. Recent studies in which literacy was ...
Literacy as a pathway between schooling and health-related communication skills: a study of Venezuelan mothers
(2005)
This article addresses the mechanisms by which women’s schooling might affect the survival and health of their children. A theoretical model is proposed in which academic literacy skills serve as a pathway between formal ...