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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"Infant Mortality"”.
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Infant Mortality in Zambia
… attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other …
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Infant Mortality in Zambia
… attached to the study and understanding of infant mortality for any country cannot be overestimated. Infant mortality rate is a sensitive index of socio-economic conditions of a population. It is an excellent indicator of the level and quality of the health delivery system and other …
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Race differences in infant mortality
… and death certificates, this study examines infant mortality in Illinois among the 1985-1988 white and African American live birth cohorts. The primary focus is on race differences in the effects of maternal age, education, marital status, and prenatal care on the probability of an infant …
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California African-American Infant Mortality Prevention: A Prospective Study
Infant mortality continues to be a significant national public health problem. African-American infant mortality in the United States remains as high as or higher than those of some developing countries. In the state of California the continuing gap between African-American and Caucasian infant …
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The Cuban Experience: Comparative of Health Systems and Infant Mortality Rates
… highly influence our country’s respectively high infant mortality rates. Infant mortality rates are affected by a range of social determinants of health, low birth weight, and racial disparities. This paper addresses the United States’ and Cuban models of healthcare through a comparative lens to …
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Birth weight and infant mortality in a Western Cape metropolitan area
The nature of the environment, as well as an infant's weight at birth, constitute the major risk factors associated with infant death. It is for this reason that the infant mortality rate is universally recognized as an important indicator of the health status of children, the efficacy of the …
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Health disparities in infant mortality: Examining at-risk and low risk black women
… analyses are based on data from the Linked Birth-Infant Death files from the National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS), the Fragile Families Study (FFS), and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). The research hypothesis guiding this study is that Black women have higher IMRs because they …
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An Analysis of Programs Implemented by the State of Texas to Combat Infant Mortality
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Extended Family Model in Reducing Infant Mortality: Case Study of the Birthing Project USA
… mother. The organization addresses the issue of infant mortality through the extended family model to achieve safe delivery and babies who have an opportunity to lead a healthy life. They also provide information, training, technical assistance and support to the trainees, who in turn mentor the …
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Spatial aspects of infant mortality and informal workers: The case of Ceara State -Brazil
<p>High levels of infant mortality and high participation of informal workers in the labor market are living conditions faced by many developing countries. In Ceara State - Brazil, their trends during the last three decades have followed opposite directions. Whereas infant mortality has decreased …
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Three Essays on Analysis of U.S. Infant Mortality Using Systems and Data Science Approaches
High infant mortality (IM) rates in the U.S. have been a major public health concern for decades. Many studies have focused on understanding causes, risk factors, and interventions that can reduce IM. However, death of an infant is the result of the interplay between many risk factors, which in …
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Discerning Neighborhood Characteristics as Contributing Factors to Infant Mortality in Rural Northern Plains Communities
… the most distinctive health disparities are in infant mortality and obesity-related complications. This project will focus on South Dakota, a state that was late in its application of assimilationist policies, yet today is home to some of the least healthy reservation communities in the United …
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Infant mortality and childhood nutrition in Ondo State, Nigeria : their correlates and socio-cultural explanations
This thesis examines the factors associated with mortality among children under the age of 12 months (infant mortality) and nutritional status among children aged 6-36 months (childhood nutrition) in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary purpose of the study was to identify the variables that were most …
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Infant mortality and childhood nutrition in Ondo State, Nigeria : their correlates and socio-cultural explanations
This thesis examines the factors associated with mortality among children under the age of 12 months (infant mortality) and nutritional status among children aged 6-36 months (childhood nutrition) in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary purpose of the study was to identify the variables that were most …
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'Luring the infant into life' : exploring infant mortality and infant-feeding in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
… child care is about sustaining the life of an infant. This paper explores the different ways that the state (represented through the National Department of Health) and mothers imagine themselves to be sustaining infant life. It further explores the complexities that arise when the state, …
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Rural industrialisation, urbanisation and infant mortality in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, 1879-1910 : a vaccination register study
In this study the experience of infants born between 1879 and 1910 is examined to determine whether the urban-rural effect seen in larger, more industrial settings was also present in a small town set in a rural community. The area researched is the Higham Ferrers registration sub-district in …
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From the Mouths of Babes: Infant Mortality and Medicalised Motherhood in County Durham, England, 1892-1914
… Northeast, experienced some of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. At the same time, medical discourse focused on improving infant health outcomes was undergoing a dramatic shift that placed growing importance on the role of the mother and her abilities to raise the next …
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A medico-legal study of infant mortality in Kuwait from 2003 to 2006: A retrospective study
Infant mortality refers to the death of a child less than one year of age. It is a sensitive index of the general health and welfare of the population of any nation. There are several conditions which are associated with infant deaths. These include congenital disorders, premature birth, …
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