WOMEN AND CHILDREN - INFANT-MORTALITY, URBAN PROGRAMS, AND HOME CARE

Infant mortality and morbidity has remained a national problem in the United States, directly related to a complex interrelationship between behavioral risk factors and psychosocial, socioeconomic, and biologic variables. This article examines recent urban home care programs that have begun to provide a comprehensive approach to prenatal and infancy home visitation by home care agencies. These programs provide a link between home and the community and improve maternal-child family health and function.