A Birth Records Analysis of the Maternal Infant Health Advocate Service Program: A Paraprofessional Intervention Aimed at Addressing Infant Mortality in African Americans

Recognizing that no single intervention was likely to eliminate racial disparities, the Genesee County REACH 2010 partnership, utilizing both ‘‘bench’’ science and ‘‘trench’’ knowledge, developed 13 broad-based, multifaceted interventions to eliminate infant mortality. This article provides highligh...

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Published in:Ethnicity & disease 2004, Vol.14 (3 Suppl 1), p.102-107
Main Authors: Hunte, Haslyn E.R., Turner, Tonya M., Pollack, Harold A., Lewis, E. Yvonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Birth Certificates
Catchment Area (Health)
Community Health Planning - organization & administration
Consumer Advocacy
Female
Guest Editorial
Health Behavior - ethnology
Health Care Coalitions - organization & administration
Healthy People Programs
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Health Services - organization & administration
Michigan - epidemiology
Prenatal Care - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:Recognizing that no single intervention was likely to eliminate racial disparities, the Genesee County REACH 2010 partnership, utilizing both ‘‘bench’’ science and ‘‘trench’’ knowledge, developed 13 broad-based, multifaceted interventions to eliminate infant mortality. This article provides highlights from a recent birth records comparison analysis of the Maternal Infant Health Advocate Service (MIHAS) intervention, and is solely based on the records of 111 MIHAS clients, and a random sample of 350 African-American women residing in Flint, Michigan. The MIHAS clients were more likely than the comparison sample not to have graduated from high school (56% vs 35%, respectively, P
ISSN:1049-510X