Pediatric oral health: community-based participatory research.

Background: The most common chronic disease affecting children in Canada is dental caries. The objective of this study was to explore, identify, and address the strengths and barriers related to oral health services with an independent Indigenous community in Saskatchewan.

Methods: Community-based participatory research used interviews with Elders, health care providers, teachers, and parents/guardians of elementary school-aged children.

Targeting Hypertension: Working with Rural Barbershops to Identify Hypertension and Encourage Treatment.

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), accounting for one in every four U.S. deaths, has had a devastating impact on Mississippi's African American population.

Assessing knowledge of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome among African American women in two Mississippi communities.

Purpose: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the third leading cause of Mississippi infant mortality with nonwhite infants dying of SIDS at two to three times the rate of white infants. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of SIDS related knowledge among African American women in two geographical areas of Mississippi and gain insight on improving methods for SIDS education and outreach.

Design: An African American faculty was contracted to conduct six focus groups among African American women (n = 57) in two geographical areas of the state.

Prenatal care utilization in Mississippi: racial disparities and implications for unfavorable birth outcomes.

The objective of the study is to identify racial disparities in prenatal care (PNC) utilization and to examine the relationship between PNC and preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and infant mortality in Mississippi. Retrospective cohort from 1996 to 2003 linked Mississippi birth and infant death files was used. Analysis was limited to live-born singleton infants born to non-Hispanic white and black women (n = 292,776).

Association of maternal medical conditions and unfavorable birth outcomes: findings from the 1996-2003 Mississippi linked birth and death data.

This study aimed to identify factors contributing to high rates of preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW) and infant mortality in Mississippi while considering both traditional risk factors and maternal medical conditions. The retrospective cohort study used 1996-2003 Mississippi linked birth and infant death files. Multiple logistic regression was used to investigate association between maternal medical conditions and unfavorable birth outcomes.

Evaluating the SIDS diagnosis process utilized by coroners in Mississippi.

To assess the consistency of Mississippi coroners' practices in identifying Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) cases, coroners were surveyed about diagnostic protocols. Findings were compared with published Centers for Disease Control guidelines and Mississippi law. One-third of coroners report they sometimes or never perform investigations at the place of infant death.

Association of maternal chronic disease and negative birth outcomes in a non-Hispanic Black-White Mississippi birth cohort.

Objective: To investigate the impact of selected maternal chronic medical conditions, race, and age on preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW), and infant mortality among Mississippi mothers from 1999 to 2003.

Design: A retrospective cohort analysis of linked birth and death certificates.

Sample: The 1999-2003 Mississippi birth cohort comprising 202,931 singleton infants born to African American and White women.

Evaluation of a multistate faith-based program for children affected by natural disaster.

Objectives: To systematically evaluate Camp Noah, a faith-based intervention for children affected by natural disaster: to assess the extent to which the camps were carried out according to the program design, to describe how the Camp Noah program was implemented, and to explore Camp Noah program effects on children.

Design: Qualitative survey.

Sample: Twenty-eight local, state, and national stakeholders.