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Maternal mortality rates are the most severe measure of ill health for pregnant women.

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A low-birth-weight infant is one that weight less than

A) 6 pounds at birth
B) 6) 5 pounds at birth
C) 5) 5 pounds at birth
D) 8 pounds at birth

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An infant death is the death of a child younger than

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be breast-fed for the first year of life.

Approximately one-half of pregnancies in the United States are unintended.

The overwhelming majority of all abortions are performed on

What does maternal,infant,and child health encompass?

The neonatal mortality period is death that occurs up to

The majority of individuals enrolled in the WIC program are infants.

Title X was signed into law to provide

What does child maltreatment include?

A medical doctor who specializes in the care of newborn children up to two months of age is a neurologist.

The mortality rates of children have gone down significantly in the past couple of decades.

Provide three factors that can affect an infant's health.

Name at least three of the strategies that are a part of the U.S.government's Childhood Immunization Act.

Babies born prior to 37 weeks of gestation are referred to as premature,or preterm births.

Teenage women who give birth are less likely than women age 20 and older to have that birth outside of marriage.

T Sleeping on the side or back rather than the stomach greatly increases the risk of SIDS among healthy full-term infants.

The process of determining the preferred number and spacing of children in one's family and choosing the appropriate means to achieve this preference defines

T A teenage mother is at greater risk for pregnancy complications than a mother older than 20.