Effects of the North Carolina Prematurity Prevention Program among Public Patients Delivering at New Hanover Memorial Hospital.

Abstract: Twelve per ¢ of the 847 women who delivered in one hospital prior to implementation of the North Carolina Prematurity Prevention Program had low-birthweight births compared with 9.5 per ¢ of the 748 women who delivered during the program. Controlling for known risk factors, both low- and very-low birthweight births among Whites (Odds Ratio 2.0 and 3.7 respectively) and very-low-birthweight births among Blacks (OR 2.9) were reduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]