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Characteristics Of Low Risk Women Who Experience Infant Mortality, Linda S.' Forte' Jul 1989

Characteristics Of Low Risk Women Who Experience Infant Mortality, Linda S.' Forte'

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This research study described the relationship of risk factors associated with high rates of infant m ortality and age in mothers who have experienced the death o f th e ir infants. The research question which guided this study was what is the relationship of stim u li, focal, contextual, or residual, to mothers who have experienced the death of th e ir infants and are classified as eith er high or low risk as determined by age? The Forte' Questionnaire was administered to 20 subjects selected from health departments in two Northwest Alabama counties. The sample was 70% black …