Reductions in under-5 mortality and public health improvements of the China Healthy Cities (Counties) initiative: a nationwide quasi-experimental study

• Qingyue Meng,
• Xiao Chen,
• Dahai Yue,
• James Macinko,
• Yuhui Zhu

Affiliations

Qingyue Meng

China Centre for Health Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China

Xiao Chen

Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Dahai Yue

Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA

James Macinko

Department of Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil, Department of Postgraduate Program in Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Health Policy and Management Departments, University of California, Los Angeles, EUA, Department of Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, Department of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil

Yuhui Zhu

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA