What is Behind the Rising Rates of Preterm Birth in the United States?

We review three decades of unsuccessful efforts by public policy-makers in the United States to develop programs to lower the rate of preterm birth. We analyze why these efforts had been unsuccessful. Finally, we will speculate about whether something has changed in the last few years that might fin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lantos, John D., Lauderdale, Diane S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rambam Health Care Campus 2011
Materias:
Rambam Forum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908823
http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10065
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Sumario:We review three decades of unsuccessful efforts by public policy-makers in the United States to develop programs to lower the rate of preterm birth. We analyze why these efforts had been unsuccessful. Finally, we will speculate about whether something has changed in the last few years that might finally bend the curve and reverse the trend of a steadily rising preterm birth rate.

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