The Healthy People 2010 goal is to reduce infant mortality in the U.S. to 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births by the year 2010.
The Office of Health Data and Research, through a variety of research methods, seeks to describe the pattern of infant mortality, delineate contributing factors, and identify strategies for reducing Mississippi's infant mortality rate. Health Services conducts research and shares information to promote understanding of factors relative to pregnancy and infant outcomes.
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Program Focus
- Research
- Focus groups evaluate cultural competency of SIDS educational materials
- Evaluation of the Community Health Worker program
- Analysis of Vital Statistics data to determine trends in infant mortality and risk factors for negative birth outcomes among Mississippi women
- Survey of Mississippi coroners to evaluate the SIDS diagnosis process in Mississippi
- Information Sharing
- SIDS focus group findings provided to Mississippi SIDS Alliance
- Healthcare professional continuing education
- Prematurity and preconception care conferences with the March of Dimes
- Manuscript writing and surveillance reporting
- Oral presentations
- Poster presentations
Resources
More information on infant mortality:
- Infant Mortality Facts (Mississippi State Department of Health)
- Infant Mortality Disparities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Infant Mortality Statistics (National Center for Health Statistics)
Reports:
- Mississippi Infant Mortality Reports: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, More »
- Infant Mortality in Mississippi, 1996-2005: Trend and Risk Analysis
- Association of Maternal Chronic Disease and Negative Birth Outcomes in a Non-Hispanic Black-White Mississippi Birth Cohort
- Factors Associated with Negative Birth Outcomes: Findings from a Birth Cohort Study
- Reducing Disparities in Mississippi Infant Mortality: A Multi-Focal Approach
- Assessing Need for Preconception Care in Mississippi
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Contact
For more information, contact:
Office of Health Data and Research
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216-4538
Juanita Graham, MSN RN
Health Services Chief Nurse
601-576-8109
juanita.graham@msdh.state.ms.us
