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July 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Recent research on health risks associated with low birth weight has focused on very low birth weight as opposed to moderately low birth weight (MLBW) children. This study asks whether MLBW children also experience ongoing vulnerability to poor health or whether their rates of morbidity are comparable to the rates for the general population.
April 25, 2012 | Journal Article
This study measured the relationship between VLBW infants and hospital recognition for nursing excellence (RNE), and shows RNE hospitals have significantly lower risk-adjusted rates for VLBW infants compared to non RNE hospitals.
September 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
David L. Lakey, MD, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, ends his term as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, (ASTHO)at the group’s annual meeting in Austin this week. NewPublicHealth spok ...
June 18, 2012 | Story
Pamela Federline started fresh out of college on the Infant Health and Development Program, moved on to the Generalist Physician Initiative, and from there to the Covering Kids Initiative. That made for many happy memories.
September 13, 2012
With support from RWJF, the infant mortality rate in rural Yakima County fell dramatically, says Gail Weaver, vice president for Continuum of Care at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Low birth-weight babies randomized to an intervention group were taller and had larger head circumference at eight years. The intervention consisted of home visits, attendance at an educational center, parent meetings and two meals a day and lasted until 36 months. Head size was associated generally with higher IQ and improved cognitive function.
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1996, staff from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care developed a model for a family support program to address problems encountered by pre-term infants and their families.
August 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Between 2001 and 2005, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and their colleagues at Teachers College Columbia University conducted a follow-up study of adolescents who, as babies, had participated in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an early intervention program for low-birthweight, premature infants funded by the Robert Wood Joh...
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Harvard University School of Public Health studied recent changes in obstetric referral patterns, their impact on infant mortality and how these patterns are associated with changes in the market environment.
May 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.