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21219170

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The high rate of premature births in the United States remains a public health concern. These infants experience substantial morbidity and mortality in the newborn period, which translate into significant medical costs. In early childhood, survivors are characterized by a variety of health problems, including motor delay and/or cerebral palsy, lower IQs, behavior problems, and respiratory illness, especially asthma. Many experience difficulty with school work, lower health-related quality of life, and family stress. Emerging information in adolescence and young adulthood paints a more optimistic picture, with persistence of many problems but with better adaptation and more positive expectations by the young adults. Few opportunities for prevention have been identified; therefore, public health approaches to prematurity include assurance of delivery in a facility capable of managing neonatal complications, quality improvement to minimize interinstitutional variations, early developmental support for such infants, and attention to related family health issues.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1545-2093
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
367-79
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Prematurity: an overview and public health implications.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mmccormi@hsph.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't