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“Kangaroo Mother Care to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Low Birthweight Infants” (2016), by Agustin Conde-Agudelo and José Díaz-Rossello
By: Claire E. Grayson
| Published: Jun 25, 2018
In 2016, physician researchers Agustin Conde-Agudelo and José Díaz-Rossello published “Kangaroo Mother Care to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Low…
LiteratureBirth weight, LowInfant CareBreastfeedingMother and infant
Julia Clifford Lathrop (1858–1932)
By: Katherine Madgett
| Published: May 22, 2017
Julia Clifford Lathrop was an activist and social reformer in the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries and the first chief of the United…
Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932United States. Children's BureauPrenatal care--Law and legislationMaternal and infant welfare--United StatesWomen's health services--United States
Pearl Mao Tang (1922– )
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
A licensed obstetrician and gynecologist, Pearl Tang worked to improve the health of women and children in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the…
Family planning servicesContraceptionInfants--MortalitySan Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)Arizona
Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Johnstown, PA., Based on Births in One Calendar Year (1915), by Emma Duke
By: Katherine Madgett
| Published: Mar 23, 2017
The book Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Johnstown, PA., Based on Births in One Calendar Year (1915), written by Emma Duke, detailed…
Infants--MortalitySocial WelfareMilkpublic healthRural Health
Better Babies Contests in the United States (1908–1916)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jul 19, 2017
Better babies contests were competitions held in state fairs throughout the US during the early twentieth century in which babies between the ages of…
EugenicsEugenics--United StatesEugenics--United States--HistoryAgricultural exhibitionscompetitions