Topic:Effects of environmental pollution during pregnancy on early health of newborn

Lecturer:Zhilei Shi

Zhilei Shi, Dean of School of Economics, Director of Population and Health Research Center, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Professor, doctoral supervisor. He is currently the Young Yangtze River Scholar of the Ministry of Education, the chief expert of major projects of the National Social Science Foundation, the Executive Vice President of Hubei Population Society, the president of the Population Economy Branch of China Society of Labor Economics, and the Executive director of China Population Society. He has been deeply engaged in the field of population migration and population policy for years. He presided over 1 major project of the National Social Science Foundation, 1 key project of the National Social Science Foundation, 1 National Natural Science Foundation, 2 projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, and more than 20 other provincial and ministerial scientific research projects; Won the sixth and seventh National Health Commission, China Population Society "Population Science Outstanding Achievement Award" -prize, the ninth Qian Xuesen Urban Science Gold Award, the ninth Ministry of Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (humanities and Social Sciences) Youth achievement Award and other provincial and ministerial outstanding achievement awards 6; Published 10 academic works such as "Ultra-low fertility Rate and Future Fertility Policy Guidance" and "Urbanization Transformation of Traditional Farmers"; He has published more than 130 papers in high-level journals at home and abroad, including Management World, Sociological Research, Economics (Quarterly), Population Studies, China Population Science, Chinese Sociological Review and Journal of Contemporary China.

Abstract:

In this report, the daily temperature data from various district environmental monitoring stations in Wuhan were matched with the data from the Wuhan birth cohort follow-up survey, and the effects and mechanisms of air pollution during pregnancy on the early health of newborns were studied by means of instrumental variable model. Air pollution during pregnancy significantly impaired the early health of newborns, and this negative effect increased with the increase of air pollution levels. Air pollution in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy has a greater effect on the early health of newborns than in the third trimester. The negative effects of air pollution during pregnancy were mainly seen in children born to women with low socioeconomic status, low education, and abnormal pre-pregnancy BMI. Air pollution during pregnancy harms the early health of newborns mainly by inducing pregnancy and perinatal complications and reducing the number of prenatal examinations.

Time:3:00-4:00p.m,June 14th,2024

Venue:B423,Zhixin Building,Central Campus