Infant Mortality: An American Tragedy.

Hale, Christiane B.

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ERIC Number: EJ420827

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Infant Mortality: An American Tragedy.

Hale, Christiane B.

Black Scholar, v21 n1 p17-26 Jan-Feb-Mar 1990

Assesses the complex problem of infant deaths in America and reviews the policy options before the nation. High infant mortality rates have been attributed to population heterogeneity, poverty, or differences in the way health services are organized. Links health policy issues to the larger issue of social and economic equity. (AF)

Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Child Health, Family Planning, Health Services, Infant Mortality, Mortality Rate, Neonates, Perinatal Influences, Prenatal Influences, Primary Health Care, Public Policy, Socioeconomic Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue with the title "Hunger in Black America."