Tag: premature birth
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Anthem gives hospital group grant to improve perinatal care, including discouraging early, medically unnecessary deliveries
The foundation of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has awarded nearly $259,000 to an arm of the Kentucky Hospital Association to improve perinatal care and outcomes for mothers and their babies by...
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Kids Count shows Ky. tops in smoking by pregnant mothers, has a wide range of local data about children’s well-being
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being, released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, says the state leads the...
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U.S. preterm birth rate goes down but Kentucky’s maternal smoking rate still second highest, putting preterm babies at risk
For the fifth year in a row, the preterm birth rate in the United States has dropped. Which is great news. But Kentucky again had a significantly high smoking rate...
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Kentucky doctor honored for her work in bolstering health and preventing deaths of babies born a few weeks early
A Kentucky neonatalogist was honored this week for giving the state “a role in catalyzing a national movement around healthier babies.” Ruth Ann Shepherd, M.D., division director for maternal and...
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Infant mortality, pre-term birth, teenage pregnancy, children living in smokers’ homes all drop even as as child poverty goes up
Nationwide, the rates of infants who die, babies who are born prematurely, teens who are having babies, and the percentage of young children who live in a home where someone...
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Ky. premature births declining, but still above national average
Giving birth to a baby before it has been brought to full term has become less common in the U.S. and Kentucky, but the nation still only received a C,...