FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: National Policy Issue Advisory Board Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality HHS 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/HHSFACA769.xml) ] [ Federated Name : (urn:www.hhs.gov:agency:32:committee:769:) ] [ Agency Name : (Department of Health and Human Services) ] [ Agency Acronym : (HHS) ] [ Agency Domain : (www.hhs.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.hhs.gov/) ] [ Committee Name : (Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality) ] [ Committee Type : (National Policy Issue Advisory Board) ] [ Committee Web Site : (http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/mchbadvisory/InfantMortality/index.html) ] [ Goal? : (no) ] [ Vision? : (no) ] [ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/mchbadvisory/InfantMortality/index.html Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 Infant mortality, and low birth weight (LBW)/preterm birth (PTB) as major contributors to infant death, continue to be significant and costly health problems for this Nation. It is alarming that the rates of LBW and PTB are increasing each year. Recommendations offered by the Committee with respect to content and coordination of programs to reduce infant mortality or improve the health of pregnant women and infants provide advice directly related to the HHS goals to: 1) improve quality of health services; 2) increase access for children; 3) eliminate health disparities; and 4) expand the knowledge base about underlying processes and factors associated with these health problems as well as interventions that will improve outcomes. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com