The Right Start for America's Newborns: A Decade of City and State Trends (1990 - 1999)
Wertheimer, Richard; O’Hare, William; Croan, Tara; Jager, Justin; Long, Melissa; Reynolds, Megan
Annie E. Casey Foundation
2002
This report traces the history of The Right Start, including a discussion of what motivated the original project, how both cities and states were chosen as the focus, and how specific birth indicators were selected. The second part of the working paper is divided into separate sections for each of the eight indicators.