Lower Rates of Low Birthweight and Preterm Births in the California Black Infant Health Programs

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-324

  Willis, Winnie O ^a,b   Eder, Clara H ^a,b   Lindsay, Suzanne P ^a,b   Chavez, Gilberto ^a,c   Shelton, Shirley T ^a,c  

^a Black Infant Hlth Eval Project ^*

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Prenatal interventions; Very low birthweight; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1442331386     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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