prematurity

Taking Steps to Prevent Premature Births

By |2016-11-21T10:54:52-07:00November 21st, 2016|Prevention|

Being born too soon can cause long-term disabilities in children including cerebral palsy, developmental delays, respiratory problems and vision and hearing problems. According to the March of Dimes, 380,000 babies are born prematurely each year in the United States. The health of babies in the U.S. has taken a step backward as the nation’s preterm [...]

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Arizona babies receive good grades in latest Report Card

By |2017-02-10T09:49:06-07:00November 5th, 2015|Prevention|

The March of Dimes released its 2015 Premature Birth Report Card today giving our state a “B” grade. New this year, the annual report card ranked state cities and revealed Arizona has a 9 percent preterm birth rate. The report card grades Arizona cities with the greatest number of births on their 2013 preterm birth rates. [...]

Prematurity Report Card

By |2017-02-10T09:50:51-07:00November 13th, 2012|Prevention|

The March of Dimes just released its annual report card marking how well states are doing in the battle to lower the percentage of babies born prematurely.  Being born too soon can cause long-term disabilities in children including cerebral palsy, developmental delay, respiratory problems and vision and hearing problems.  Sadly, prematurity is also the leading [...]

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Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait

By |2017-02-10T09:51:13-07:00April 13th, 2012|Prevention|

Being born too soon is the number one killer of infants in Arizona and in the nation (birth defects is a close second).  Death rates from prematurity are declining but babies born too soon (before 37 weeks) often face medical, developmental and social challenges as they get older. More than 8,000 babies in Arizona were born too soon [...]

What’s Preconception Health- and Why’s it Important?

By |2012-04-23T11:31:10-07:00November 7th, 2011|General, Prevention|

Being born too soon is the number one killer of infants in Arizona and in the nation.  Death rates from prematurity are declining but babies born too soon (before 37 weeks) often face medical, developmental and social challenges as they get older. More than 8,000 babies in Arizona were born too soon last year.   This week the March [...]

AZ’s Improving Our Birth Outcomes

By |2010-11-01T08:42:02-07:00November 1st, 2010|Prevention|

Did you know that Arizona achieved an historic low Infant Mortality Rate (5.9 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) in 2009?  Infant mortality has long been a public health barometer to assess the general health of a community because good birth outcomes require a host of things to go right. There are many risk [...]

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