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Placing Infants at Risk: Parental Addiction and Disease. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986

This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the severe health problems of infants whose mothers abused drugs, alcohol, or tobacco during their pregnancies, or who suffer from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Opening statements are included from Congressmen George…

Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Alcoholic Beverages, Congenital Impairments, Drinking

Death before Life: The Tragedy of Infant Mortality. Report. [With] Appendix and Testimonies at the National Hearing (4th, Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 1988).

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1988

A child born in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, or any of 12 other industrialized nations has a better chance of surviving his or her first year than does a child born in the United States. This is because too many babies are born too small, too many are born too soon, and too many mothers never get decent care…

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Community Programs, Employed Parents