Ji Yan Ph.D

There are 4 included publications by Ji Yan Ph.D:

Title	Date	Views	Brief Description
The Effects Of Prenatal Care Utilization On Maternal Health And Health Behaviors	2016	1586	While many economic studies have explored the role of prenatal care in infant health production, the literature is sporadic on the effects of prenatal care on the mother. This research contributes to this understudied but important area using a uniqu...
Maternal Pre-Pregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain, And Infant Birth Weight: A Within-Family Analysis In The United States	2015	2754	In the United States, the high prevalence of unhealthy preconception body weight and inappropriate gestational weight gain among pregnant women is an important public health concern. However, the relationship among pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weig...
Prenatal Smoking Cessation and Infant Health: Evidence from Sibling Births	2013	1528	This article uses a large data set of sibling births to examine when mothers must quit smoking in pregnancy to deliver healthy babies. It applies sibling fixed effects models to provide robust evidence that smoking cessation in the first trimester ha...
Timing Of Prenatal Smoking Cessation Or Reduction And Infant Birth Weight: Evidence From The United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study	2014	4726	Smoking during pregnancy is a key contributor to poor infant health. Our study presents a dynamic relationship between the timing of prenatal smoking cessation or reduction and infant birth weight. Using a large representative dataset of a birth coho...