Public health approaches to community-based needs: Boston's infant mortality crisis as a case study
✍ Scribed by Jo-Anna L. Rorie; Kerry A. Richardson; Roxane Gardner
- Book ID
- 104271561
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Weight
- 858 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2182
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✦ Synopsis
In light of a 10-year infant mortality crisis in Boston, a comprehensive public health approach was undertaken in which an extensive community-based needs assessment was used to develop a citywide maternal and child health improvement agenda. On the basis of the needs assessment, recommendations were made calling for community-based perinatal initiatives and midwifery services as critical elements in care for underserved communities and enhancement of perinatal services. A case description of one perinatal initiative illustrates the challenges of public health practice and describes a practice setting in which midwives provided leadership and guidance by using an interdisciplinary team approach in the implementation of a community empowerment project.