Article 6R5HC Targeted support could reduce infant mortality gap across England, study finds

Targeted support could reduce infant mortality gap across England, study finds

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Linda Geddes Science correspondent
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Researchers say interventions could address key factors, such as smoking, but structural changes' also needed

Four key factors have been identified that together account for more than one-third of the inequalities in infant deaths between the most and least deprived areas of England.

Researchers say targeted interventions to address these factors - teenage pregnancy, maternal depression, preterm birth and smoking during pregnancy - could go a significant way to reduce inequalities, although higher-level structural changes to address socioeconomic inequality will also be necessary.

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