• Research
  • Focus groups evaluate cultural competency of SIDS educational materials
  • Evaluation of the Community Health Worker program
  • Analysis of Vital Statistics data to determine trends in infant mortality and risk factors for negative birth outcomes among Mississippi women
  • Survey of Mississippi coroners to evaluate the SIDS diagnosis process in Mississippi
• Information Sharing
  • SIDS focus group findings provided to Mississippi SIDS Alliance
  • Healthcare professional continuing education
  • Prematurity and preconception care conferences with the March of Dimes
  • Manuscript writing and surveillance reporting
  • Oral presentations
  • Poster presentations

More information on infant mortality:

• Infant Mortality Facts (Mississippi State Department of Health)
• Infant Mortality Disparities  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Infant Mortality Statistics  (National Center for Health Statistics)

Reports:

• 2007 Mississippi Infant Mortality Report
• Infant Mortality in Mississippi, 1996-2005: Trend and Risk Analysis
• Association of Maternal Chronic Disease and Negative Birth Outcomes in a Non-Hispanic Black-White Mississippi Birth Cohort
• Factors Associated with Negative Birth Outcomes: Findings from a Birth Cohort Study
• Reducing Disparities in Mississippi Infant Mortality: A Multi-Focal Approach
• Assessing Need for Preconception Care in Mississippi

For more information, contact:

Office of Health Data and Research
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216-4538

Juanita Graham, MSN RN
Health Services Chief Nurse
601-576-8109
juanita.graham@msdh.state.ms.us