EVALUATION OF AN INTERVENTION TRIAL TO PREVENT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN D. C.

更好的婴儿项目（BBP）的试点研究是一个为期三年的 由私人基金会资助的研究和示范工作， 降低低出生体重率和相关的婴儿死亡率 地区的特定高风险地区的疾病 哥伦比亚。 BBP服务交付团队开始收集数据 1984年7月，该项目的小型试点。 由于迷你 试点结果对表格进行了一些修订， 干预措施。 这些修改后的表格和干预措施， 开发和试点。 该项目开始了为期四年的试验 1986年9月 该项目将努力查明所有怀孕的妇女， 妇女在高风险地区，帮助他们与现有的医疗， 社会和保健服务，便利他们利用这些 服务，并提供健康教育和社会服务。 NICHD为更好的婴儿项目的两个合同提供了资金， 协助评估。 数据管理合同和 分析被重新公布并授予Group Operations Inc.。在 1987年9月 华盛顿特区人类服务部，研究 和统计司，通过与NICHD的合同， 向我们提供了所有孕妇的信息， 哥伦比亚特区在项目期间。 分析 初步数据应于1991年6月完成。

The Better Babies Project (BBP) pilot study was a three-year research and demonstration effort funded by private foundations to reduce the rate of low birth weight and associated infant mortality and illness in a specific high risk area of the District of Columbia. The BBP Service Delivery team began collecting data July, 1984, for the project's mini pilot. As a result of the mini pilot findings a number of revisions were made in the forms and interventions. These revised forms and interventions were then developed and piloted. A four year trial of the project began September, 1986. The Project will attempt to identify all pregnant women in a high risk area, help link them with existing medical, social, and health services, facilitate their use of these services, and provide health education and social services. NICHD had funded two contracts for the Better Babies Project to assist with the evaluation. The contract for data management and analysis was readvertised and awarded to Group Operations Inc. in September 1987. The D.C. Department of Human Services, Research and Statistics Division, through a contract with NICHD, is providing us information on all pregnant women delivering in the District of Columbia during the period of the project. Analyses of preliminary data should be completed by June 1991.