title: Women and children. Infant mortality, urban programs, and home care.
abstract: Infant mortality and morbidity has remained a national problem in the United States, directly related to a complex interrelationship between behavioral risk factors and psychosocial, socioeconomic, and biologic variables. This article examines recent urban home care programs that have begun to provide a comprehensive approach to prenatal and infancy home visitation by home care agencies. These programs provide a link between home and the community and improve maternal-child family health and function.
authors.affiliation: Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Struk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012943:Social Security; D012947:Social Work; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health