โ Scribed by Mary Alice Lee
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Just as the conscientious clinician strwes to maintain currency in clinical practice. the certified nurse-midwife (CNM) shctvld also be well informd about population-based developments in the stare of women's and infants' he&h and health care. Inionnative reports on a variety of topics are issued regu!ady by gouemnbznt agencies and nongovernmental organizations. Cunzncy in thii literature can pmuide the CNM with a solind basis for public education and legisbttw effofts, as well as a richer context for the care of individual women and infants. In the folbwkg article. selected swrces of infom-tntion on wonwn's and infants' demographic characteristics. socicxo nomic ~latus. fertility and nadity. health, and health care use will be ickntikd.
Recent publications w,ll be cited to illustrale the types of informatictn available from government agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
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