Ethnic differences in infant mortality by cause of death

Kitsantas, Panagiota

doi:10.1038/jp.2008.35

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“…Lack of prenatal care, low socioeconomic status, and black race further increase the risk of infant mortality (Moon, Oden, & Grady, 2004). SIDS-related risk factors include failure to complete high school, smoking, and inadequate prenatal care (Kitsantas, 2008;Kitsantas & Gaffney, 2010;Moon et al, 2004). A higher prevalence of low birth weight infants and disproportionate poverty may also be contributing factors in increased SIDS risks among African Americans (Malloy & Hoffman, 1995;Malloy, Hoffman, & Peterson, 1992) and to teens Balayla, Azoulay, Assayag, Benjamin, & Abenhaim, 2011;Partridge, Balayla, Holcroft, & Abenhaim, 2012;Siva, 2010).…”

Section: Contributing Risks For Sids and Other Sleep-related Deathsmentioning

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Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS)

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Miller²,

Bai³

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Background: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and suffocation account for more than half of all Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) and are leading causes of post-neonatal deaths. Risk reduction strategies, including supine sleep position and safe sleep environment, are critical for prevention. Teen mothers, especially those in rural, poor, southern states, are at higher risk due to low compliance with recommendations. Methods: We will conduct a randomized trial to test a tailored educational intervention on the sleep-related safety behaviors of teen mothers. In one study arm, the intervention will include not only the teen mothers but also senior caregivers (SCGs) to assess the influence they have in the decision-making of young mothers regarding infant health and safety. Our hypotheses are H1) teen mothers exposed to intervention will be more likely than controls to adopt safe sleep practices, and H2) teen mothers will be more likely to use those practices when they and their mothers or other significant female senior caregivers also participate in safe sleep education. Discussion: Better understanding of the mediating role of female SCGs in the health decision of young mothers for their children may have implications for interventions addressing important health problems.

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Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS)

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Miller²,

Bai³

et al. 2020

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“…As well, poverty has significant consequences pregnancy outcomes and maternal health (Hodnett et al 2009;Whitehead et al 2009;Kavanaugh and Hershberger 2005;Bolig et al 1999). And in North America, women of non-Euro-American-Canadian ethnicity are more likely to experience perinatal loss (Kitsantas 2008; Kavanaugh and Hershberger 2005;Arias et al 2003). Research conducted since the 1980s recognizes many women grieve losses at all stages of gestation (Fetus and Newborn Committee 1983;Layne 1997Layne , 1996Layne , 1992Layne , 1990Letherby 1993;Lovell 1983;Malacrida 1999Malacrida , 1998Reinharz 1988;Slade and Cecil 1994).…”

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Reflections on Doing Research Grounded in My Experience of Perinatal Loss: From Auto/biography to Autoethnography

Davidson

2011

Sociological Research Online

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This article, derived from my doctoral dissertation ( DAVIDSON 2007 ) examining the emergence of hospital protocols for perinatal bereavement during the last half of the twentieth century in Canada, focuses on the methodological complexities – the draw, the drain, and the delight of doing qualitative research grounded in my own experience of perinatal loss. With my dissertation now a fait a complete, reflecting back on my research, my use of autoethnography at this point allows a return to a story that has already happened and involves “the construction and reconstruction’ of my personal experiences as narratives’ ( AUTREY 2003 : 10). Taking this narrative turn, my enquiry here shifts auto/biography to autoethnography as a mode of enquiry.

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“…Among all of the industrialized countries, the United States (2, 3) has the highest infant mortality rate (IMR) (4). Furthermore, racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the United States with a disproportionally high IMR; for example, African American infants have more than double the IMR compared with Caucasian infants (5).…”

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Infant mortality: a call to action overcoming health disparities in the United States

Vanderbilt

Wright

2013

Medical Education Online

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Among all of the industrialized countries, the United States has the highest infant mortality rate. Racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the United States with a disproportionally high rate of infant death. Furthermore, racial disparities among infant and neonatal mortality rates remain a chronic health problem in the United States. These risks are based on the geographical variations in mortality and disparities among differences in maternal risk characteristics, low birth weights, and lack of access to health care.

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Ethnic differences in infant mortality by cause of death

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS)

Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS)

Reflections on Doing Research Grounded in My Experience of Perinatal Loss: From Auto/biography to Autoethnography

Infant mortality: a call to action overcoming health disparities in the United States

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