Preterm birth : causes, consequences, and prevention / Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Richard E. Behrman, Adrienne Stith Butler, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Behrman, Richard E., 1931-

Butler, Adrienne Stith.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Premature labor.

Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications.

Labor (Obstetrics).

Premature Birth--diagnosis.

Premature Birth--economics.

Premature Birth--prevention & control.

Public Policy.

Obstetric Labor, Premature.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Premature Birth--diagnosis.

Premature Birth--economics.

Premature Birth--prevention & control.

Public Policy.

Obstetric Labor, Premature.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 772 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions. Preterm birth is a cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence. Its causes may include individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics, environmental exposure, medical conditions, infertility treatments, and biological factors. Many of these factors co-occur, particularly in those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. While advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival for preterm infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk than infants born at term for developmental disabilities, health problems, and poor growth. The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for public-sector services, such as health insurance, educational, and other social support systems. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

SECTION I

MEASUREMENT

2 Measurement of Fetal and Infant Maturity

Section I

Measurement

Recommendations

SECTION II

CAUSES OF PRETERM BIRTH

3 Behavioral and Psychosocial Contributors to Preterm Birth

4 Sociodemographic and Community Factors Contributing to Preterm Birth

5 Medical and Pregnancy Conditions Associated with Preterm Birth

6 Biological Pathways Leading to Preterm Birth

7 Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Preterm Birth

8 The Role of Environmental Toxicants in Preterm Birth

Section II

Causes of Preterm Birth

SECTION III

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PRETERM LABOR

9 Diagnosis and Treatment of Conditions Leading to Spontaneous Preterm Birth

Section III

Diagnosis and Treatment of Preterm Labor

SECTION IV

CONSEQUENCES OF PRETERM BIRTH

10 Mortality and Acute Complications in Preterm Infants

11 Neurodevelopmental, Health, and Family Outcomes for Infants Born Preterm

12 Societal Costs of Preterm Birth

Section IV

Consequences of Preterm Birth

SECTION V

RESEARCH AND POLICY

13 Barriers to Clinical Research on Preterm Birth and Outcomes for Preterm Infants

14 Public Policies Affected by Preterm Birth

Section V

Research and Policy

15 A Research Agenda to Investigate Preterm Birth

References

APPENDIXES

A Data Sources and Methods

B Prematurity at Birth: Determinants, Consequences, and Geographic Variation

C A Review of Ethical Issues Involved in Premature Birth

D A Systematic Review of Costs Associated with Preterm Birth

E Selected Programs Funding Preterm Birth Research

F Committee and Staff Biographies

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Preterm birth.

ISBN:

9786610844586

9781280844584

1280844582

9780309658980

0309658985

OCLC:

923277915