ArticleJournal of the National Medical Association2004
Lower rates of low birthweight and preterm births in the California Black Infant Health Program.
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- An integrated randomized intervention to reduce behavioral and psychosocial risks: pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.Maternal and child health journal · 2012Trial
- Infant Feeding Decision-Making and the Influences of Social Support Persons Among First-Time African American Mothers.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- Predicting Preterm Birth Among Women Screened by North Carolina's Pregnancy Medical Home Program.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Quantifying risks of preterm birth in the Arkansas Medicaid population, 2001-2005.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2012Article
- Changing trends in low birth weight rates among non-Hispanic black infants in the United States, 1991-2004.Maternal and child health journal · 2011Article
- Closing the Black-White gap in birth outcomes: a life-course approach.Ethnicity & disease · 2010Article
- Preconception care between pregnancies: the content of internatal care.Maternal and child health journal · 2006Article
- A qualitative exploration of experiences accessing community and social services among pregnant low-income people of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe objective of this study was to determine the impact of prenatal interventions in the California Black Infant Health (BIH) Program on low birthweight (LBW) and preterm births (PTB) outcomes.
methodsA prospective observational study design with a comparison group was used. BIH participants with a delivery recorded between July 1996 and September 1998 were included in the birthweight and PTB analyses. These outcomes for BIH participants who entered the BIH program prior to 32 weeks' gestation (n=1,553) were compared to those of all African-American women in the BIH Program targeted ZIP codes (n=11,633).
resultsNo statistically significant differences in LBW and PTB were found between the BIH population and the comparison group. However, a comparison of the BIH infant VLBW (<1,500 g) rate (1.9%) with the VLBW rate for the comparison group (3.0%) shows that the BIH rate is 63% of the comparison group rate. For very PTB (<32 weeks), the BIH rate (3.5%) is 81% of the comparison group rate (4.3%). BIH participants had higher risk profiles (pregnancy history, current pregnancy, and psychosocial; p=<0.01) than women in the comparison group.
conclusionsThe BIH Program retained high-risk women in the program to delivery and assisted them with maintenance of prenatal care. Even though the program participants were higher risk, their LBW and PTB outcomes were comparable to the geographic area overall. More importantly, there was a trend among women in the BIH Program toward better outcomes than the comparison group in both VLBW and VPTB.
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