Glaring health disparity, Poor infant mortality rates for

Glaring health disparity

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1. Poor infant mortality rates for African American babies in the United States are an example of a glaring health disparity. Where would you go to find information about this problem? How would you obtain information regarding infant mortality rates from your, state or regional community? Discuss the importance of the nurse practitioner being able to utilize appropriate resources to discover and understand outcome information, how does this benefit the patient and their practice?

2. When considering the discussion above, discuss in-depth what interventions have been designed to reduce infant mortality rates, specifically the infant mortality rates of specific groups with the highest mortality rates? Discuss how the nurse practitioner could participate in local efforts to reduce infant mortality rates? Provide specific examples?

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