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King MP. 1988. Saving lives and money: Preventing low birthweight. Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, 42 pp.

Annotation: This publication addresses the issue of low birthweight and what state legislatures can do to reduce its incidence, with an emphasis on ensuring prenatal care. The text describes low birthweight and why it occurs, why legislators should be concerned about it, what legislators can do to help reduce its incidence, federal assistance programs available to states, cost-effectiveness of prenatal care, recent state activities to reduce low birthweight and infant mortality rates, and how states are paying for expanded prenatal care.

Keywords: Low birthweight, Premature infants, State plans, State programs

Sammons WA, Lewis JM. 1985. Premature babies: A different beginning. St. Louis, MO: C. V. Mosby Company, 419 pp.

Annotation: This book has been written primarily for parents of premature infants and the professionals that work with them. It addresses the medical and emotional crises that may follow the birth, the impact of the quality of care on infant development, and the behavioral and developmental characteristics of premature infants.

Keywords: High risk infants, Infant development, Low birthweight infants, Premature infants

Harrison H, Kositsky A. 1983. The premature baby book: A parents' guide to coping and caring in the first years. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 265 pp.

Annotation: This book is the result of seven years of research into medical literature and interviews with neonatologists, intensive care nurses, social workers, therapists, and parents of premature infants. Basic medical information about prematurity is presented along with a complete guide for taking the infant home. Included in the appendices are resources for parents and a glossary of terms.

Keywords: Premature infants, Preterm birth

Quilligan EJ. 1983. Pregnancy, birth, and the infant. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 69 pp. (Child health and human development: An evaluation and assessment of the state of the science; v. II)

Annotation: This report discusses maternal medical disorders during pregnancy, adolescent pregnancy, environmental risk factors in pregnancy, evaluation of fetal status, normal and premature labor, fetal distress and hypoxic birth injury, respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal infections, erythroblastosis fetalis and bilirubin encephalopathy, extreme prematurity, intracranial hemorrhage, persistent fetal circulation, necrotizing enterocolitis, metabolic disorders in the infant, and neonatal pharmacology. Research recommendations are provided.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Birth injuries, Environmental exposure, Fetal erythroblastosis, Infants, Labor, Metabolic diseases, Neonatal diseases, Persistent fetal circulation syndrome, Pharmacology, Pregnancy, Premature labor, Prematurity, Research, Respiratory distress syndrome

Dunham EC. 1947. Deaths of premature infants in the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 11 pp. (Children's Bureau statistical series; no. 2)
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