Prenatal Care and Infant Mortality Among Low-Income Adolescent Mothers in a Metropolitan Area Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Prenatal Care and Infant Mortality Among Low-Income Adolescent Mothers in a Metropolitan Area

Creator

  • Author: Laycock, Bonnie Kent
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Riney, Bobye J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Thomas, L. Fred (Lawrence Fred)
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor

Publisher

  • Name: North Texas State University
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 1980-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This study attempted to determine variables significant in predicting use of and changes in use of prenatal care; infant mortality; and the relationship between prenatal care and infant birth weight. The data were collected from birth and death certificates at the Public Health Department in Dallas, Texas. Data were tested using analysis of variance, Scheffe' test, and Chi-square. A mother's age, race, income level, marital status, and parity were found to be significant factors in use of prenatal care, and use of care was found to have begun earlier in recent years. Likewise, birth weight was found to be related to the trimester prenatal care began. Conclusions concerning infant mortality could not be drawn due to insufficient data.
  • Physical Description: vii, 91 leaves : ill.

Subject

  • Keyword: prenatal care
  • Keyword: birth weight
  • Keyword: infant mortality
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Prenatal care
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Infants -- Texas -- Dallas -- Mortality
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Birth weight -- Texas -- Dallas
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Teenage mothers -- Texas -- Dallas

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Laycock, Bonnie Kent
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1002776118-Laycock
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1203223
  • Call Number: 379 N81 no. 5689
  • OCLC: 7154108
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc504567

Degree

  • Academic Department: School of Home Economics
  • Degree Discipline: Home Economics
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi
  • Degree Grantor: North Texas State University
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