Structural Constraints on Community Action
The Case of Infant Mortality Rates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2483785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith J Friedman (University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 230-245 |
| Publication date | 1973-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/799542 |
| OpenAlex | W2065849879, W4249141148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 11 |
The range in infant mortality rates among U.S. communities involves factors communities can influence, including the availability of medical resources. New programs, such as Social Security funded Maternal and Infant Care Projects, will reduce the range in area rates only if they go to communities with high rates. Past research, however, shows that local organizational resources are important to the distribution of various Federal funds; such resources may or may not be related to communities' need. A distinction between specialized and general resources is proposed. Analysis of data for the 109 largest metropolitan areas shows: (1) the distribution of basic medical resources is unrelated to population characteristics reflecting health needs, (2) infant mortality rates, especially nonwhite rates, are inverse to such medical resources, and (3) organizational resources, especially specialized resources such as a medical school, are important to Project distribution
Action (physics) · Business · Criminology · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Human resources · Infant mortality · Medical care · Metropolitan area · Mortality rate · Physics · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Health · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2007 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |