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Healthy Beginnings: Information Resources for Maternal and Infant Health

Healthy Beginnings: Information Resources for Maternal and Infant Health. Naomi Gonzales Public Health Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region. Causes. Top 5 causes account for 56% of infant deaths in 2011.

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Healthy Beginnings: Information Resources for Maternal and Infant Health

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  1. Healthy Beginnings: Information Resources for Maternal and Infant Health Naomi Gonzales Public Health Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region

  2. Causes Top 5 causes account for 56% of infant deaths in 2011 Numbers taken from Table 8 of the CDC National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 61, No. 6, October 10, 2012

  3. Resources for Prevention & Education

  4. Resources

  5. MedlinePlus

  6. MedlinePluswww.medlineplus.gov • Easy-to-read material • Resources in multiple languages • A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia • Includes articles from PubMed

  7. March of Dimes

  8. March of Dimeshttp://www.marchofdimes.com/ • Availability of videos • Article Library • List of birth defects • Prenatal and postnatal information for women and infants

  9. LactMed

  10. LactMed (TOXNET)http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT • Drug interactions with breastfeeding mothers • Fully referenced • App available

  11. Research and Statistics

  12. Searching PubMedwww.pubmed.gov • About PubMed • How to Search • Keyword searching • Pre-structured searches • Structured Evidence Queries

  13. Locating Statistics

  14. Locating Statistics • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) • Partners in Public Health (www.phpartners.org) • Kaiser Family Foundation(kff.org/statedata/)

  15. Thank you! Naomi Gonzales, Public Health Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region naomi.gonzales@exch.library.tmc.edu or 800-338-7657

  16. Bibliography • CDC Maternal and Infant Healthhttp://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MaternalInfantHealth/InfantMortality.htm • CDC National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 61, No. 6, October 10, 2012http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf • HealthyPeople 2020 Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Objectiveshttp://phpartners.org/hp2020/child_health.html • Kaiser Family Foundation, Infant Death Rate pagehttp://kff.org/other/state-indicator/infant-death-rate/

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