Sentences with phrase «by high infant mortality rates»

The Colonial Period was marked by high infant mortality rates.

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Drop - side cribs should be avoided and due to their high infant mortality rate, they are actually banned by the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission.

My community in Northeast Ohio has infant mortality rates that are much higher than the national average, and local agencies have responded by incessantly reminding pregnant women that breastfeeding can prevent infant mortality.

Among the new communication efforts are peer group counseling programs in which successful breastfeeding mothers are enlisted to help others in areas where high infant - mortality rates might be reduced by nutrition from breastfeeding.

Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world, in part fueled by malnutrition.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

Initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth is the primary and most vital step towards reducing infant and under - five mortality, by reducing the overwhelmingly high neonatal mortality rate.»

• In the 152 countries with high infant mortality and malnutrition rates as described by UNICEF, we apply the respective national laws and regulations or the WHO Code, whichever is stricter

Sandstorms and wind - driven salt frequently roar across the barren sea, and the local populace has been plagued by tuberculosis, cancer, and one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world.

In Sub Sahara regions they have the highest rate of Infant mortality and by 2020 the number of malnourished children will increase under all scenarios, rising as high as 55 million, as hardship and poverty increases.

The federal Healthy Start initiative, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) addresses racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes by supporting projects in communities that experience high infant mortality rates.