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Bushar, Jessica; Pirretti, Amy – ZERO TO THREE, 2017
Reaching at-risk families with health and development information and connecting them to resources during pregnancy and throughout early infanthood remains a challenge for many health and early learning and development initiatives. This article showcases strategies used by Text4baby--a free mobile health program for pregnant women and mothers--to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Pregnancy
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Davila, Evelyn P.; Trepka, Mary Jo; Newman, Frederick L.; Huffman, Fatma G.; Dixon, Zisca – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: To assess risk factors for diarrheal illness among clients of a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinic in Miami, FL. Design: A cross-sectional survey with questions about demographics, food safety practices, and diarrheal illness. Setting: WIC clinic operated by the Miami-Dade County Health…
Descriptors: Females, Safety, National Programs, Food Standards
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Wu, S.S.; Ma, C.X.; Carter, R.L.; Ariet, M.; Feaver, E.A.; Resnick, M.B.; Roth, J. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Context:: Of the approximately 900,000 children who were determined to be victims of abuse or neglect by US child protective services in 2002, the birth-to-3 age group had the highest rate of victimization (1.6%) and children younger than 1 accounted for the largest percentage of victims (9.6%). Objective:: To identify perinatal and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Infants, Age, Siblings
Farrar, Elizabeth B. – 1986
In Belle Glade, Florida, a slum populated by Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, migrant farmworkers, and Haitians, where the incidence of most major health risks was far greater than anywhere else in the state, a program was planned and partially implemented which aimed to provide health services to at-risk, disadvantaged teenage mothers and their…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Community Action, Community Health Services, Community Problems