Rao M, Benton D, Bremberg S
Karolinska Institute, Department of Paediatrics, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.
Public Health. 1997 Sep;111(5):317-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900381.
Army families in the UK have been observed to have a higher infant mortality compared with the civilian population. Little is known about the reasons for the higher mortality. We report a comparative study of the health of army and civilian babies and their families in a UK garrison town, the aim being to investigate any differences in risk factors which may have explained the differences in mortality. A total of 250 first born army and civilian babies fulfilling the selection criteria were recruited to the study. Army babies had a lower birth weight distribution and both maternal and paternal smoking rates were higher in army families. In addition, social support and in particular, contact with close family members appeared to be available to fewer army mothers. The study highlighted the needs of this population and prompted a number of local health services to work together to address the issues it raised.
据观察，英国军队家庭的婴儿死亡率高于平民人口。对于死亡率较高的原因知之甚少。我们报告了一项在英国驻军城镇对军队和平民婴儿及其家庭健康状况的比较研究，目的是调查可能解释死亡率差异的风险因素中的任何差异。共有250名符合选择标准的军队和平民头胎婴儿被招募到该研究中。军队婴儿的出生体重分布较低，军队家庭中母亲和父亲的吸烟率都较高。此外，军队母亲获得的社会支持，尤其是与近亲的联系似乎较少。该研究突出了这一人群的需求，并促使一些当地卫生服务机构共同努力解决所提出的问题。
