International Journal of Public Health and Safety

Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Improve the Outcome of Baltimore City Teen Pregnancy through Kangaroo Mother Care
  Author(s): Isabelle Wu* and Li Liu
  
  Objectives: Explore methods that help improve the high infant morbidity and mortality problem associated with Baltimore city nation high teen pregnancy rate. Study Design: Consider alternative hypotheses and present discoveries from high quality and rigorous research papers only. Methods: Conduct a comprehensive search of peer-reviewed publications based on a wide range of keywords and overweigh the study results based on the quality and timing of the studies. Results: Baltimore City has a teen pregnancy rate that is twice as high as the state of Maryland and three times as high as the national average, reflecting a kaleidoscope of social economic factors. A factor such as poverty is seen as a risk factor and a consequence of high teen births. Teen pregnancy carries higher.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2736-6189.2020.5.199

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