background: infant mortality is one of the main indexes in the assessment of a society's access to the primary health care ser­vices. many factors are involved in this regard. the present study aimed at determining the structural association be­tween socio-economic variables and the rate of infant mortality rate. methods: the required data and information were collected from the multiple indica...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to test the effects of infant massage (auditory (mother's voice), tactile/kinesthetic (massage) and visual (eye to eye contact) stimulation) on weight and height of infant and mother-infant interaction with normal infants over a period of 4 weeks. METHOD This study was designed as a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The experimental gro...

Taking into account the hierarchical structure of the data, through two-level analysis on infant mortality available under second round of National family Health Survey, the same group of authors recently reported determinants of infant mortality while examining possible changes in results under traditional regression analysis that ignores hierarchical structure of data. They reported that the ...

introduction the preservation and promotion of the health in children who are one of the most vulnerable parts in any society has an important role in the health system of each country. in this study, the socioeconomic factors affecting the infant mortality in eastern mediterranean regional office (emro) countries have been examined during the time period from 2000 to 2013. materials and method...

Rates of infant death are one of the most common indicators of a population's overall health status. Infant mortality rates (IMRs) are used to make broad inferences about the quality of health care, effects of health policies and even environmental quality. The purpose of our study was threefold: i) to examine the characteristics of births in the area in relation to gestational age and birthwei...

Background: Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is one of the most sensitive indicators to assess the health status of any country. In India there has been a continuous decline in infant mortality rate however for the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states which constitute 45% of the total population of India, still shows very high infant mortality rates. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, ...

Aim: Evaluation of infant deaths during the Covid-19 Pandemic period in Adıyaman, a southeastern province Turkey. Materials and Methods: All mortality files submitted to Adıyaman Provincial Health Directorate Infant Mortality Investigation Commission 2020 2021 were examined. Results: 109 out 11.019 live births 135 11.979 died before their first birthday. While rate was 9.9 per thousand 2020, 20...

This paper uses age-at-school-entry policies to identify the effect of female education on fertility and infant health. We focus on sharp contrasts in schooling, fertility, and infant health between women born just before and after the school entry date. School entry policies affect female education and the quality of a woman's mate and have generally small, but possibly heterogeneous, effects ...