KidsData · @KidsData
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Both statewide and nationally, inequities persist in infant mortality.

Learn more about why and what can be done: kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10797

#infanthealth #childhealth #healthcare #healthdisparities #SDOH #healthequity

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KidsData · @KidsData
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Some good news: From 1995 to 2022 California’s infant mortality rate fell by more than 35%.

Read our latest blog kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10797

#childhealth #infanthealth #prenatalcare #goodnews #data #trend

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KidsData · @KidsData
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: Rates of 1st trimester prenatal care for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander pregnancies are substantially higher in California (73%) compared with the national average (just under 50%).

Learn more: kidsdata.org/topic/313/prenata

#factoftheday #data #trends #prenatalcare #pregnancy #health #healthcare #infanthealth #publichealth

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KidsData · @KidsData
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: Rates of 1st trimester prenatal care for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander pregnancies are substantially higher in California (73%) compared with the national average (just under 50%).

Learn more: kidsdata.org/topic/313/prenata

#factoftheday #data #trends #prenatalcare #pregnancy #health #healthcare #infanthealth #publichealth

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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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The 2017 Trump Administration travel ban on 7 Muslim-majority countries is linked to a rise in premature births among women from those countries residing in the U.S.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/332619

#NICHDimpact #premature #births #policy #preterm #infanthealth #immigrants

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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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New research on police use of force adds to mounting evidence that structural racism adversely affects the health of Black people in the U.S.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/368412

#NICHDimpact #health #racism #SystemicRacism #maternalhealth #infanthealth

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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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Maternity care providers that treat women with dignity and respect and offer support may decrease the risk of maternal and newborn complications, whereas improving communication and autonomy may increase postpartum family planning uptake.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/338898

#NICHDimpact #fprh #maternitycare #maternalhealth #infanthealth #family #familyplanning

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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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Pregnant women living in agricultural areas who are exposed to certain pesticides - bromacil, thiophanate-methyl, triforine, kresoxim methyl, chlorothalonil, propiconazole, dimethoate, linuronmay - increases the risk of her child developing central brain/nervous system tumors.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/337985

#NICHDimpact #fertility #births #pollution #infanthealth #pregnancy

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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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A father's involuntary job loss during his spouse's pregnancy increases the risk of a low-weight or preterm baby, particularly among males in utero.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/345085

#NICHDimpact #employment #fertility #birth #lwb #SES #jobloss #infanthealth #preterm #unemployment

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KidsData · @KidsData
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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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Teenage mothers are more likely to have twins, raising their risk for delivery complications and infant health problems.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/339100

#teenmoms #twins #infanthealth #NICHDimpact

Last updated 2 years ago

KidsData · @KidsData
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From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of mothers who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy declined by more than one-third, from 7.2% to 4.6%, according to new analysis from CDC.
@pediatrics
cdc.gov/nchs/products/databrie

#goodnewsfriday #goodnews #publichealth #infanthealth #MedMastodon

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Dr. Cecília Tomori · @DrTomori
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CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
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U.S.-born Black Minnesotans who experienced greater , and wider inequalities in education, income, employment, and incarceration were more likely to have premature or low birth weight babies. Improving birth outcomes requires a multi-sectoral approach.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/354682

#segregation #NICHDimpact #healthdisparities #infanthealth #racism

Last updated 2 years ago

CPIPR · @PopResearchCtrs
286 followers · 92 posts · Server sciences.social

Women living in a predominantly Black neighborhood gave birth to infants that weighted less, on average, than women living neighborhoods where less than 75% of the residents were Black.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/343784

#healthdisparities #lowbirthweight #racialsegregation #NICHImpact #racialdisparities #infanthealth #neighborhoods #residentialsegregation

Last updated 2 years ago

NewsBot 1000 · @newsbot1000
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· @NaturalNews
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