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Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth

Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth Matern Child Health J (2007) 11:407–410 DOI 10.1007/s10995-007-0217-0 Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth Emile Papiernik Published online: 12 June 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007 I do not agree with one of the major conclusions of the all members of this population [12]. Prevention of obesity Institute of Medicine’s [11] Report, Preterm Birth: Causes, correctly describes a policy aimed at convincing all Consequences, and Prevention, that prevention of preterm members of a given community to change their eating birth is unsuccessful. The IOM report is a synthesis of the habits and exercise more. most available knowledge about preterm birth, its causes But this common definition is not that used by the au- and consequences. But despite the word prevention used in thors of the IOM Report when they report a list of inter- the title, the report is open to technical criticism on this ventions for the prevention of preterm birth which are all specific issue. I have three main points of disagreement. directed at a limited group of the population of pregnant The first point is about the meaning of the term pre- women––those at high risk, such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Maternal and Child Health Journal Springer Journals

Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth

Maternal and Child Health Journal , Volume 11 (5) – Jun 12, 2007

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Public Health; Sociology, general; Population Economics; Pediatrics; Gynecology; Maternal and Child Health
ISSN
1092-7875
eISSN
1573-6628
DOI
10.1007/s10995-007-0217-0
pmid
17562152
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Abstract

Matern Child Health J (2007) 11:407–410 DOI 10.1007/s10995-007-0217-0 Preventing Preterm Birth—is it Really Impossible?: A Comment on the IOM Report on Preterm Birth Emile Papiernik Published online: 12 June 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007 I do not agree with one of the major conclusions of the all members of this population [12]. Prevention of obesity Institute of Medicine’s [11] Report, Preterm Birth: Causes, correctly describes a policy aimed at convincing all Consequences, and Prevention, that prevention of preterm members of a given community to change their eating birth is unsuccessful. The IOM report is a synthesis of the habits and exercise more. most available knowledge about preterm birth, its causes But this common definition is not that used by the au- and consequences. But despite the word prevention used in thors of the IOM Report when they report a list of inter- the title, the report is open to technical criticism on this ventions for the prevention of preterm birth which are all specific issue. I have three main points of disagreement. directed at a limited group of the population of pregnant The first point is about the meaning of the term pre- women––those at high risk, such

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Maternal and Child Health JournalSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 12, 2007

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