Mississippi's Medicaid director, Dr. Robert L. Robinson, said in a written response that suggesting any correlation between the decline in Medicaid enrollment and infant mortality was "pure conjecture".
Maternal peripheral blood samples were collected at enrollment and infant cord blood specimens were collected at birth.
A standardized questionnaire was administered to mothers of study infants at enrollment (when the infant was 3 5 months of age) by a trained research assistant.
Prior to enrollment, all infants were reviewed by an experienced pediatrician to assess their clinical status, and identify any clear contraindications for MRI scanning.
Most studies examining the etiology of pediatric diarrhea limited enrollment to infants and toddlers <24 months of age [ 61, 66, 74, 75, 80– 84] or occasionally to children up to 35 months of age [ 49, 55, 56, 85].
This paper describes the association between maternal WIC enrollment and reported infant sleep practices.
According to the Washington Post, "The state also spent less on food programs for low-income mothers and children; infant enrollment in WIC supplemental nutrition program declined 23percentt between 2008 and 2013.
These matches were verified using cohort registry records, and additional births were identified from cohort infant enrollment records.
Therefore, salivary cortisol samples will be collected from the mothers shortly after enrollment of the infant, halfway through the stay, and near NICU discharge.
Similarly, birth weight was obtained from birth certificates (87%), a medical record (4%), or the PBB cohort infant enrollment form (8%). Data from parent son questionnaires and telephone interviews were combined for analyses.
