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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birth Weight

Shore, R

Annie E. Casey Foundation

2009

This brief describes five strategies for reducing the rate of low birth weight births: promote and support research on its causes, expand access to health care, focus intensively on smoking prevention and cessation, ensure that pregnant women get adequate nutrition, and address social and demographic risk factors.