Title of Document: NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL DISADVANTAGE,RACE/ETHNICITY AND INFANT MORTALITY IN WASHINGTON DC Ndidiamaka Nneoma Amutah Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Directed By: Dr. Sandra L. Hofferth Professor & Dr. Elaine A. Anderson, Professor, Co-Chairs Department of Family Science This study examines the effects of neighborhood level disadvantage and individual level characteristics such as race/et...

Infant mortality rate has been gaining greater importance in recent years as an indicator of population wellness. In previous studies, infant mortality rate is often found to be higher in countries with lower income and less socioeconomic development. This paper concentrates on investigating possible determinants of infant mortality rate across countries. Using data of 114 countries in 2011 fro...

OBJECTIVE To address the issue of infant mortality as an important health indicator, we systematically analyzed trends in infant mortality in five central and eastern European (CEE) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). METHODS Infant mortality rates (per 1,000 live births) and trends were computed using the World Health Organization database, as well as sele...

The National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy supports the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative by synthesizing the policy relevance of important and emerging early childhood health issues, conducting policy analysis on systems-building and programmatic issues, and disseminating the latest research findings to...

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) play an important role in the health of an infant as substrate for beneficial gut bacteria. Little is known about the effects of HMO composition and its changes on the morbidity and growth outcomes of infants living in areas with high infection rates. Mother's HMO composition and infant gut microbiota from 33 Gambian mother/infant pairs at 4, 16, and 20 weeks ...