Growing a Best Babies Zone: Lessons Learned from the Pilot Phase of a Multi-Sector, Place-Based Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 968-973

  Pies, Cheri ^a   Barr, Monica ^a   Strouse, Carly ^a   Kotelchuck, Milton ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Life course theory; Place based approach; Racial and socioeconomic disparities; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOUISIANA; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; OHIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; NEW ORLEANS; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84961564555     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-1969-1     Document Type: Review

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