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An Ecological Analysis of Racial Difference in Low Birthweight: Implications for Maternal and Child Health Social Work.
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Jaffee, Kim D.; Perloff, Janet D. – Health & Social Work, 2003
Explores the effects of ecological and individual risk factors on infant health for black and white women. Examines the association among neighborhood economic indicators, neighborhood quality, access to prenatal care, and individual perinatal risk factors and subsequent birthweight. The findings emphasize the need for socially and ecologically…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Ecological Factors, Perinatal Influences, Prenatal Care
First-Birth Outcomes and Timing of Second Births: A Statewide Case Management Program for Adolescent Mothers
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Sangalang, Bernadette B.; Barth, Richard P.; Painter, John S. – Health & Social Work, 2006
This study examines a case management intervention for first-time pregnant and parenting adolescents. It compares a sample of 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers in the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) in North Carolina with 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers who did not participate in the program (non-APP). Using birth certificate data,…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Early Parenthood, Intervention, Adolescents
Pregnancy: A Time To Break the Cycle of Family Violence.
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Pulido, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 2001
An education and screening program is described that teaches pregnant women about child abuse and domestic violence in an attempt to break the family cycle of abuse. Using a family centered approach, the Child Protection Center Program offers a model for social workers and medical providers to address the needs of abused children and battered…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Health Services, Educational Needs, Family Violence