The Effects of Psychosocial Risk Factors and Prenatal Intervention on Birth Outcomes of Women in New Jersey's Healthstart Program

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Healthcare Services
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Birth Outcome,
Gender And Diversity,
Human Resources,
Intervention,
Princeton University,
Women
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Princeton University

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Overview: This paper uses data on Medicaid-eligible women who participated in New Jersey's comprehensive prenatal care program to test some assumptions. The paper finds that smoking, drinking, and using drugs during pregnancy have very strong adverse effects on birth outcomes. However, it also finds no evidence that the HealthStart interventions designed to reduce those behaviors had any effect on birth-weight. The only intervention that appears to have been successful in improving birth outcomes is WIC.

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Format: PDF | Size: 132KB | Date: Mar 2001 | Pages: 45

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