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Healthy Babies Are Worth The Wait
A Partnership to Reduce Preterm Births in Kentucky through Community-based Interventions 2007 - 2009
1st Edition - June 23, 2015
Editor: Edward R.B. McCabe
Paperback ISBN:9780128034828
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eBook ISBN:9780128034866
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Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait®: A Collaborative Partnership to Reduce Preterm Births in Kentucky through Community-based Interventions 2007 – 2009 provides readers with an overview of the problem of preterm birth in the US, also describing in detail the design, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes of the Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait initiative conducted in Kentucky between 2007 and 2009.
The reader will learn about a unique research approach employing a mixed ecologic design that compared outcomes between intervention sites and comparison sites and the use of qualitative surveys and quantitative methods using state vital records data to evaluate outcomes.
Consumer messaging and educational materials are discussed, along with the challenges of implementation and key lessons learned.
Provides readers with an overview of the problem of preterm birth in the US
Describes in detail the design, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes of the Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait® initiative conducted in Kentucky between 2007-2009
Includes a unique research approach employing a mixed ecological design to evaluate outcomes
Perinatal medical and public health providers, professionals, administrators and organizations interested in an innovative approach to improve perinatal outcomes by reducing preterm births; communities affected by high rates of preterm births that are motivated and organized to generate change
Authors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Background
Chapter 3. Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait® Design and Methods
Initiative Design
Evaluation Design
Chapter 4. Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait® Planning and Implementation Activities
Chapter 5. Evaluation Results
Consumer and Provider Surveys
Annual Perinatal Systems Survey and Environmental and Policy Interviews Cross-Site Summary of Findings
Perinatal Outcomes Analysis
Chapter 6. Discussion
Appendix A. HBWW Logic Model
Appendix B. HBWW Organizational Structure
Appendix C. Community Education and Marketing Materials
Appendix D. HBWW Process Data Report
Appendix E. Consumer and Provider Surveys (Follow-up Versions)
Appendix F. Annual Perinatal Systems Survey
Appendix G. Environment and Policy Interview
Appendix H. HBWW Newsletter
References
Index
No. of pages: 108
Language: English
Published: June 23, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128034828
eBook ISBN: 9780128034866
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Edward R.B. McCabe
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, March of Dimes Foundation