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Public Health Recommended Reading Data bits and bytes from the world of Public Health. | Stories and articles | 11/17/2009 |
In this study, the authors consider the effects of racism on African American women's experience of childbirth. Using focus groups, the authors explore whether racism and its ensuing stress is responsible for the high number of preterm African-American babies. Published In: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Journal articles | 01/14/2009 |
Neighborhood Influences on the Association Between Maternal Age and Birthweight Infants with low birthweights often experience health issues both in childrenhood and in later life. This study demonstrates how certain types of neighborhoods impact the association between maternal age and an infant's birthweight. Published In: Social Science & Medicine | Journal articles | 05/01/2008 |
Are Children of Moderately Low Birth Weight at Increased Risk for Poor Health? 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... Published In: Pediatrics | Journal articles | 11/07/2007 |
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a follow-up study of adolescents who, as babies, had participated in the Infant Health and Development Program. | Grant Results Reports | 08/17/2007 |
Maternal Upward Socioeconomic Mobility and Black-White Disparities in Infant Birthweight The authors study the extent to which upward socioeconomic mobility limits the probability that black and white women who spent their childhoods in or near poverty will give birth to a low-birthweight baby.Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth... Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 11/01/2006 |
The Story of David Olds and the Nurse Home Visiting Program Motherhood can be daunting for low-income, first-time mothers. In 1977, David Olds, Ph.D., began developing a nurse home-visitation model designed to help these young women take better care of themselves and their babies. | Grant Results special reports | 07/25/2006 |
Annually, 40,000 babies are born that weigh less than 1500g. These babies, categorized as very low birth weight (VLBW), experience a variety of medical problems. However, few (if any) studies exist documenting the follow-up care these patients receive. Documenting... Published In: Pediatrics | Journal articles | 06/01/2006 |
Low Birth Weight Infants More Likely to Die at Minority-Serving Hospitals This article examines the difference in mortality between black and white infants with very low-birth weight (VLBW). The authors investigated whether the proportion of black VLBW infants treated by hospitals is related to neonatal mortality for black and white VLBW... Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 12/01/2005 |
Mortality Among Very Low-Birthweight Infants in Hospitals Serving Minority Populations This study investigated whether the proportion of black very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants treated by hospitals is associated with neonatal mortality for black and white VLBW infants. The authors analyzed medical records linked to secondary data sources for 74,050... Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 12/01/2005 |
