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Consensus pregnancy-related criteria for suicide and unintentional overdoses using a Delphi process
Suicide and unintentional overdose are leading manners of preventable death during and within a year of pregnancy. Recently, the Utah Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) developed 10 criteria to guide p...
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Levels of neonatal care among birth facilities in 20 states and other jurisdictions: CDC levels of care assessment toolSM (CDC LOCATeSM)
Describe discrepancies between facilities’ self-reported level of neonatal care and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Levels of Care Assessment ToolSM (CDC LOCATeSM)-assessed level.
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Examining the Ratio of Obstetric Beds to Births, 2000–2019
The number of U.S. births has been declining. There is also concern about rural obstetric units closing. To better understand the relationship between births and obstetric beds during 2000–2019, we examined ch...
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CDC LOCATe: discrepancies between self-reported level of maternal care and LOCATe-assessed level of maternal care among 463 birth facilities
Describe sources of discrepancy between self-assessed LoMC (level of maternal care) and CDC LOCATe®-assessed (Levels of Care Assessment Tool) LoMC.
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Designation of neonatal levels of care: a review of state regulatory and monitoring policies
Summarize policies on levels of neonatal care designation among 50 states and District of Columbia (DC).
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Comparison of state risk-appropriate neonatal care policies with the 2012 AAP policy statement
Compare state policies with standards outlined in the 2012 AAP Policy Statement on Levels of Neonatal Care.
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Open AccessUsing a multi-state Learning Community as an implementation strategy for immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception
Implementation strategies are imperative for the successful adoption and sustainability of complex evidence-based public health practices. Creating a learning collaborative is one strategy that was part of a r...
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Open AccessApplication of Implementation Science Methodology to Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Policy Roll-Out Across States
Purpose Providing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in the immediate postpartum period is an evidence-based strategy for expanding women’s access to highly effective contracepti...
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Importance of Performance Measurement and MCH Epidemiology Leadership to Quality Improvement Initiatives at the National, State and Local Levels
Purpose In recognition of the importance of performance measurement and MCH epidemiology leadership to quality improvement (QI) efforts, a plenary session dedicated to this topic was pres...
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Evaluation of the 2012 18th Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology and 22nd CityMatCH MCH Urban Leadership Conference: Six Month Impact on Science, Program, and Policy
The 18th Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology and 22nd CityMatCH MCH Urban Leadership Conference took place in December 2012, covering MCH science, program, and policy issues. Assessing the impact of t...
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Louisiana Implementation of the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (NFIMR) Program Model: Successes and Opportunities
Common features of successful, local-level, Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Programs are identified by the National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (NFIMR) Program, including medical records abstraction...
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Timely Access to Quality Health Care Among Georgia Children Ages 4 to 17 Years
We examined factors associated with children’s access to quality health care, a major concern in Georgia, identified through the 2010 Title V Needs Assessment. Data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s ...
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The Black and White of Infant Back Slee** and Infant Bed Sharing in Florida, 2004–2005
Not using the infant back sleep position is an established risk factor for sudden unexpected infant death (SUID). Infant bed sharing may also increase SUID risk, particularly under certain circumstances. Both ...
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The Cr−Mn and Fe−Mn phase diagrams
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The centennial of the Gibbs-Konovalov rule for congruent points
One hundred years ago, Konovalov developed and tested the rule that at a congruent transformation the phase boundary reaches an extremum. An important equation for the slopes of phase boundaries, derived by Gi...
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Determining Optimum Price Promotion Quantities
A method for the determination of an optimal selling quantity for price-promoted items is described.
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Submerged electrodes in an aquarium: Validation of a technique for remote sensing of behavior
Necturus maculosus has been selected as representative of a class of neotenic amphibia whose behavior (including gill beat, heartbeat, and tail waving) can be sensed remotely by submerged electrodes in an aquariu...
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Possible Relationships between Orienting and Diving Reflexes
THE diving reflex has been studied extensively in aquatic organisms that breathe air and submerge to obtain food or to escape from predators such as ducks, seals and alligators1. This reflex seems to have two pha...
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A solid-state device for presenting moving shadows
The use of luminescent panels controlled by solid-state circuitry to produce moving shadows is described. Advantages include lack of vibration, noise, and heat.
