Prevalence of low birth weight and preterm delivery in relation to the interval between pregnancies among white and black women

Article Abstract:

A short interval of time from delivery of one infant to conception of the next pregnancy may be a risk factor for low birth weight and preterm delivery. Black women who have interpregnancy intervals of less than nine months may have higher rates of low-birth-weight and preterm infants than do white women. A study of two consecutive pregnancies of 1,922 white and black women in a military family population found that an interpregnancy interval of less than nine months was associated with a higher rate of preterm delivery and low-birth-weight infants among blacks, and of less than three months between pregnancies among white women. More black women in the study had short intervals between pregnancies than did white women, which may be a reason why black infants have higher rates of mortality due to complications from low birth weight and preterm delivery. Public health strategies designed to lower rates of low birth weight and preterm delivery may focus on encouraging couples to lengthen the time between pregnancies.

Health aspects, Birth weight, Low, Low birth weight, Premature labor, Birth intervals

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Risk factors for infant homicide in the United States

Article Abstract:

Young teenage girls with little education and no prenatal care are much more likely to abuse their infants. Analysis of 2,776 infant homicides in the US between 1983 and 1991 found that mothers younger than 17 were 10 times more likely to fatally abuse their infant than older mothers, especially if the baby was not their first baby. Those who received no prenatal care and had less than 12 years of education were also 10 times more likely to fatally abuse their infant. Half the homicides occurred in infants younger than four months.

Behavior, Homicide, Teenage mothers

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