A birth records analysis of the maternal infant health advocate service program: A paraprofessional intervention aimed at addressing infant mortality in African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Hunte, Haslyn E R ^a   Turner, Tonya M ^a   Pollack, Harold A ^c   Lewis, E Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Faith Access to Community Economic Development   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Birth outcome; Community based program; Infant health; Infant health risk factors; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MICHIGAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4644269852     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/reach2010/. Accessed January 13, 2004.
2. Census Bureau. American factfinder. People characteristics: 2000. Available at: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?-lang=en. Accessed January 13, 2004.
3. Michigan Department of Community Health. Number of infant deaths, live births, and infant death rates by county of residence, 2002 and 1998-2002 average. Available at: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/indxmain/tab3.asp. Accessed January 16, 2004.
4. Michigan Department of Community Health. Infant deaths, live births, and infant death rates of Flint City, Genesee County residents, 1989-2001. Three-year moving averages. Available at: http://www.mdch.state.mius/pha/osr/chi/infantmortality/frame.html. Accessed January 16, 2004.
5. Michigan Department of Community Health. Infant mortality trends. Black three-year moving average infant death rates by county, Michigan residents, 1994-2001. Available at: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/chi/infantmortality/frame.html. Accessed January 16, 2004.
6. Michigan Department of Community Health. Infant mortality trends. White three-year moving average infant death rates by county, Michigan residents, 1994-2001. Available at: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/chi/infantmortality/frame.html. Accessed January 16, 2004.
7. The Genesee County REACH 2010 Infant Mortality Initiative Team. Community Action Plan. Unpublished. July 2000.
8. Beaucamp DE. Public health as social justice. Am J Med Care Organ. 1976;12(1):3-14.
9. Pestronk RM, Franks ML. A partnership to reduce African-American infant mortality in Genesee County, Michigan. Public Health Rep. 2003;118:324-335.
10. Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. Infant deaths, an analysis by maternal risk and health care. In: Contrasts in Health Status. Vol I. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences; 1973.
11. Goldenberg RL, Rouse DJ. Intervention to prevent prematurity. In: McCormick MC, Siegel JE, eds. Prenatal Care: Effectiveness and Implementation. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press; 1999:105-138.