SD10 - The Prevention of Infant Mortality with Emphasis on the Minority Population

  • Published: 1985
  • Author: Department of Health and Retardation and Department of Social Services
  • Enabling Authority: Senate Joint Resolution 39 (Regular Session, 1984)

Executive Summary:
The Departments of Health, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and Social Services were charged by Senate Joint Resolution 39 with the task of studying the prevention of infant mortality in Virginia, with emphasis on the minority population. Together with the Division for Children and the Virginia Perinatal Association, they devised a comprehensive plan for carrying out the study, given the time restrictions placed on the study.