Infant Mortality: An American Tragedy

Infant Mortality: An American Tragedy

Assesses the complex problem of infant deaths in America and reviews the policy options before the nation. High infant mortality rates have been attributed to population heterogeneity, poverty, or differences in the way health services are organized. Links health policy issues to the larger issue of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Black scholar 1990-01, Vol.21 (1), p.17-26
1. Verfasser: Hale, Christiane B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
Babies
Birth Weight
Blacks
Child Health
Child health services
Death
Death & dying
Evaluation
Family Planning
Health Services
Health services administration
Infant Mortality
Infant mortality rates
Infants
Low birth weight
Medicaid
Mortality
Mortality Rate
Mothers
Neonates
Patient outcomes
Perinatal Influences
Population
Poverty
Prenatal care
Prenatal Influences
Primary Health Care
Public Policy
Services
Social conditions & trends
Social policy
Socioeconomic Influences
Statistics
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Assesses the complex problem of infant deaths in America and reviews the policy options before the nation. High infant mortality rates have been attributed to population heterogeneity, poverty, or differences in the way health services are organized. Links health policy issues to the larger issue of social and economic equity. (AF)
ISSN:0006-4246
2162-5387
DOI:10.1080/00064246.1990.11412953