Preterm Birth : Causes, Consequences, and Prevention Hardback
by Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes
Edited by Adrienne Stith Butler, Richard E. Behrman
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The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions.
Preterm birth is a cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence.
Its causes may include individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics, environmental exposure, medical conditions, infertility treatments, and biological factors.
Many of these factors co-occur, particularly in those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. While advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival for preterm infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk than infants born at term for developmental disabilities, health problems, and poor growth.
The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for public-sector services, such as health insurance, educational, and other social support systems. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes.
This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines.
By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 IntroductionSECTION I Measurement : 2 Measurement of Fetal and Infant MaturitySection I RecommendationsSECTION II Causes of Preterm Birth: 3 Behavioral and PsychosocialContributors to Preterm Birth4 Sociodemographic and Community Factors Contributing to PretermBirth5 Medical and Pregnancy Conditions Associated with Preterm Birth6 Biological Pathways Leading to Preterm Birth7 Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Preterm Birth8 Role of Environmental Toxicants in Preterm BirthSection II RecommendationsSECTION III Diagnosis and Treatment of Preterm Labor: 9 Diagnosisand Treatment of Conditions Leading to Spontaneous Preterm BirthSection III RecommendationsSECTION IV Consequences of Preterm Birth: 10 Mortality and AcuteComplications in Preterm Infants11 Neurodevelopmental, Health, and Family Outcomes for Infants BornPreterm12 Societal Costs of Preterm BirthSection IV RecommendationsSECTION V Research and Policy: 13 Barriers to Clinical Research onPreterm Birth and Outcomes of Preterm Infants14 Public Policies Affected by Preterm BirthSection V Recommendations15 A Research Agenda to Investigate Preterm BirthReferencesAppendix A Data Sources and MethodsAppendix B Prematurity at Birth: Determinents, Consequences, andGeographic VariationAppendix C A Review of Ethical Issues involved in Premature BirthAppendix D A Systematic Review of Costs Associated with PretermBirthAppendix E Selected Programs Funding Preterm Birth ResearchAppendix F Committee and Staff BiographiesIndex
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- Publication Date:23/05/2007
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:790 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:23/05/2007
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- ISBN:9780309101592
