Causes of infant mortality and low birth weight

What contributes to infant mortality and low birth weight?

• smoking
• alcohol and drug use
• poor nutrition
• delay of prenatal care
• absent fathers
• little or no support from family and peers
• domestic violence
• poverty
• stress
• inadequate funding and capacity in perinatal health care
• lack of coordination among perinatal providers
• insufficient public awareness of the problem

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