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CHILD FAMILY HEALTHInfant MortalityModule 2
of 2Grace E. Foege Holmes, MD
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Learning Objectives
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Performance Objectives
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• DIRECT/MEDICALImmediate (birth defects)
• Chronic (malnutrition)
• INDIRECTSocial
• Economic
• Environmental

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BIRTHWEIGHTis the single most important
predictor for infant survival.
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PREMATURITYGestation of less than 37 weeks

• calculation from last menstrual period
  (CGA-Calculated Gestational Age)
• estimation by physical and neurological signs of
  the baby (EGA-Estimated Gestational Age)

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UNDERNUTRITION
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Maternal education appears to have a strong and
independent effect on infant mortality.
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• ADULT LITERACY RATE
• Percentage of persons aged 15 years and older who
  can read and write.
• 60 of all illiterate people are women.

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Bar Graph Literacy in Women and Men (TALC)
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Male and Female Shares of Tasks
30 50 70 60 80 80 90 60 50
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What Slows Population Growth?
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Source UNICEF
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Gift Poster From China
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Health status of mother directly affects child
survival.
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IMPACT OF EDUCATION
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