of a large body of persons, both those who assisted in bringing the idea of the meeting itself into effect and those who took part and contributed to the numerous lectures, discussions and the presentation of case studies including films. It was virtually an experiment in "international, multi-professional and technical education in the field of mental health." Exactly how the meeting was made ...

Epidemiological studies indicate that smoking is responsible for a 150 to 250 gram reduction in birth rate and that smoking mothers are about twice as likely to have low-birth-weight babies (under 250 grams). Birth-weight is a is a measure of the baby’s maturity. Another measure of maturity is gestational age at birth (i.e. the time spent in the womb). Typically, smaller babies and babies born ...

We are the first to examine the effect of Superfund cleanups on infant health rather than focusing on proximity to a site. We study singleton births to mothers residing within 5km of a Superfund site between 1989-2003 in five large states. Our "difference in differences" approach compares birth outcomes before and after a site clean-up for mothers who live within 2,000 meters of the site and th...

background & aim: skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth plays a pivotal role in proper breastfeeding and mother-infant interaction. despite numerous benefits of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact, this health behavior is not performed by many midwives. this study aimed to evaluate the influential factors for mother-infant skin-to-skin contact based on the precede-proceed model from the p...

OBJECTIVE To assess the mechanisms accounting for the transfer of risk from one generation to the next, especially as they relate to maternal adverse childhood experiences and infant physical and emotional health outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Participants were 501 community mother-infant dyads recruited shortly after the birth and followed up at 18 months. Mothers retrospectively reported on their a...

Mobile health (mHealth) short message system (SMS) interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) are being implemented globally. In many low- and middle-income settings in which these mHealth interventions are being rolled out, stillbirths and neonatal and infant deaths are common. It is important that mHealth solutions do not exacerbate emotional stress and pain by continuing with routine ...

Spurred by our National Educational Goals, as well as by the economic woes of school dropouts, wehave improved the conceptualization and measurement of high school dropout. Moreover, greater public andprivate resources have been devoted to development and dissemination of temporally and spatially comparableindicators of dropout. These may help improve both our understanding of schoo...

Delaware's high infant mortality rate continues to be driven by an increasing number of premature births. Premature birth is a complex problem with both social and medical roots. Based on the CDC road map, programs aimed at improving preconception health of women of childbearing age are blossoming in Delaware. In addition, Delaware's infant mortality rate can only be reduced if we are able to d...

The article focuses on COVID-19 pandemic has changed and continues to change our health outlook, risk behaviors, daily activities for clinicians education professionals, it forced us be open new ways of working with each other those we serve Topics include the mission is reduce rate infant mortality due Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID), which includes Syndrome Accidental Strangulation Suf...

The uses of infant mortality data for health planning at the local level were discussed in Statisticril Note for Health Planners No. 2.1 Its associated data supplement provided infant mortality rates by health se~ice area for 1969-73 and 1974-75. These data have been updated through 1977 for the present Note, which provide: additional perspectives on the geographic ~tifi~ri characte=tig infant ...