Bringing The Issues Home |
North Carolina Infant Mortality
Initiatives
1988-2003
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
| Chapter 1 | North Carolina Infant Mortality |
| Bringing The Issues Home | |
| N.C. Prematurity And Low Birthweight | |
| Preterm Birth Prevention Strategies | |
| N.C. Infant Mortality At A Glance | |
| The Prematurity Price Tag | |
| Medicaid Costs Associated With Low Birthweight | |
| 2000 Medicaid Costs | |
| Chapter 2 | Community Grants |
| Our Community Grants Program | |
| Grants To Promote Smoking Cessation | |
| Grants To Improve Pregnancy Timing/Spacing | |
| A Grant To Identify/Treat Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Reproductive Tract Infections | |
| Lessons Learned | |
| Chapter 3 | Health Care Models |
| Birth Spectrum Of Care | |
| University Home Care TeleHomecare Program | |
| Clearing the Air: Smoking, Preterm Birth And Low Birthweight | |
| Oral Health And Pregnancy | |
| Chapter 4 | Community Initiatives |
| Community-Based And State Partnerships | |
| Yes We Can: Participants Taking Ownership | |
| Chapter 5 | Bringing The Issues Home |
| Infant Mortality's Persisting Racial Gap | |
| I Was A Mother Who Needed Help | |
| A Mom's Story | |
| What Would You Do In Your Community? | |
| The Next Steps | |
| Appendices | Community Grants Program Summary |
| Community Program Directory |
Information/data in this report was current as of May 2003.
This report contains excerpts from the May 2003 summit "Bringing The
Issues Home".
For more information about a topic, contact the author.
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