title: Infant mortality: a call to action overcoming health disparities in the United States.
abstract: Among all of the industrialized countries, the United States has the highest infant mortality rate. Racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the United States with a disproportionally high rate of infant death. Furthermore, racial disparities among infant and neonatal mortality rates remain a chronic health problem in the United States. These risks are based on the geographical variations in mortality and disparities among differences in maternal risk characteristics, low birth weights, and lack of access to health care.
authors.affiliation: Assessment and Evaluation, Center on Health Disparities, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. avanderbilt@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Allison A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vanderbilt
authors.forename: Marcie S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000208:ethnology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: health disparities; infant mortality; medical health; underserved populations
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