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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedServan-Mori E, Sosa-Rubi SG, Najera-Leon E
Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?
The authors estimated the potential for added weight gain among indigenous infants if their mothers received timely, frequent, and complete antenatal care (ANC). They found that the frequency of ANC was positively associated with birth weight for all women but complete ANC appears to differentially affect indigenous women at the bottom of the birth weight distribution.
AHRQ-funded; HS017582.
Citation: Servan-Mori E, Sosa-Rubi SG, Najera-Leon E .
Timeliness, frequency and content of antenatal care: which is most important to reducing indigenous disparities in birth weight in Mexico?
Health Policy Plan 2016 May;31(4):444-53. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv082.
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Keywords: Disparities, Maternal Care, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Newborns/Infants, Obesity: Weight Management
Joyner BL, Oden RP, Moon RY
Reasons for pacifier use and non-use in African-Americans: does knowledge of reduced SIDS risk change parents' minds?
The authors sought to investigate African-American parental reasons for pacifier use or non-use. They recommended that providers supply information about the benefits of pacifiers and concluded that establishing for parents any plausible link between the protective mechanism of pacifiers and SIDS pathophysiology may be important in promoting pacifier use.
AHRQ-funded; HS016892.
Citation: Joyner BL, Oden RP, Moon RY .
Reasons for pacifier use and non-use in African-Americans: does knowledge of reduced SIDS risk change parents' minds?
J Immigr Minor Health 2016 Apr;18(2):402-10. doi: 10.1007/s10903-015-0206-0.
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Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Newborns/Infants, Newborns/Infants, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Risk