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Inequalities in health: living conditions and infant mortality in Northeastern Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2015
OBJECTIVE To analyze the variation of infant mortality as per condition of life in the urban setting. METHODS Ecological study performed with data regarding registered deaths of children under the age of one who resided in Aracaju, SE, Northeastern ...
Renata Alves da Silva Carvalho, Victor Santana Santos, Cláudia Moura de Melo, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Cristiane Costa da Cunha Oliveira   +4 more
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Surviving infant mortality in the hierarchical merging scenario [PDF]

, 2011
We examine the effects of gas expulsion on initially sub-structured and out-of-equilibrium star clusters. We perform $N$-body simulations of the evolution of star clusters in a static background potential before removing that potential to model gas ...
Aarseth, Allen, Allison, Allison, Allison, Bastian, Bate, Baumgardt, Bergin, Bertout, Boily, Boily, Bonnell, Bressert, Chen, Clarke, Elmegreen, Elmegreen, Elmegreen, Elmegreen, Geyer, Goodman, Goodwin, Goodwin, Goodwin, Goodwin, Goodwin, Gutermuth, Hills, Kraus, Kroupa, Lada, Lada, M. Fellhauer, Mathieu, McKee, Moeckel, P. Assmann, Parmentier, Pinto, Proszkow, R. Smith, S. Goodwin, Tutukov, Verschueren   +44 more
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The Decline in Infant Mortality [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 1928
Although many measures which may influence the mortality of infants have within recent years come into operation, it is convenient and permissible to classify these into one or other of two broad categories. In the first place, many general measures intended to ameliorate the life and health of the people at all ages must be taken into consideration ...
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Combating Infant Mortality in Rural India: Evidence from a Field Study of eHealth Kiosk Implementations

MIS Q., 2016
The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals listed high infant mortality rates as a major problem in developing countries, especially in rural areas.
V. Venkatesh, Arun Rai, Tracy Ann Sykes, Ruba Aljafari   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infant morbidity leading to infant mortality

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009
Background: Infant morbidity and mortality are important measures of a nation’s health. The aim of this study was to explore the causes and risk factors affecting infant morbidity and mortality in our set up.
Hafsa Habib, Maheen Lohani, Habibullah Khan, Muhammad Hussain Khan   +3 more
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State-level income inequality and mortality among infants born in the United States 2007–2010: A Cohort Study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background United States state-level income inequality is positively associated with infant mortality in ecological studies. We exploit spatiotemporal variations in a large dataset containing individual-level data to conduct a cohort study and to ...
Roman Pabayo, Daniel M. Cook, Guy Harling, Anastasia Gunawan, Natalie A. Rosenquist, Peter Muennig   +5 more
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Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study

PLoS Medicine, 2016
Background Maternity leave reduces neonatal and infant mortality rates in high-income countries. However, the impact of maternity leave on infant health has not been rigorously evaluated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
A. Nandi, M. Hajizadeh, S. Harper, Alissa Koski, E. Strumpf, J. Heymann   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

INCOME AND INFANT MORTALITY [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1919
Miss Lathrop, who is a leader in the country-wide movement to save the babies, tells us in this article how an insufficient wage, a mother who is obliged to labor, and a community that is careless about its housing, constitute three very important factors to the infant mortality.
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Health capabilities and the determinants of infant mortality in Brazil, 2004–2015: an innovative methodological framework

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Despite the implementation of a set of social and health policies, Brazil has experienced a slowdown in the decline of infant mortality, regional disparities and persistent high death levels, raising questions about the determinants of infant ...
Alexandre Bugelli, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Ladislau Dowbor, Claude Sicotte   +3 more
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Infant and Child Mortality

Nature, 2019
This chapter presents information on mortality among children under five years of age. The rates shown provide information on levels and time trends in mortality as well as differentials between population subgroups.
N. Kasiev, Jeremiah M. Sullivan, Duishe K. Kudayarov, Talaibek S. Builashev   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source