Note: All times are EST/EDT (-5 GMT). All lectures become accessible at the outset of the course. "Due" dates for lectures are intended to guide your pacing. Please review lectures in order. All assignments are due no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on the date indicated, unless otherwise noted. All times are for Baltimore, Maryland (Eastern United States). Visit http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/to convert to your local time.

Available Assignment Due Week 1 —— Introductory Video Welcome to "Preventing Infant Mortality" —— —— Lecture 1 Introduction to the Problem of Infant Mortality (Hawkins) Sun, Mar 29 —— Self Quiz for Lecture 1 The Problem of Infant Mortality Sun, Mar 29 —— Lecture 2 Epidemiology of Infant Morality I: Terminology and Immediate Causes of Infant Mortality (Hawkins) Sun, Mar 29 —— Self Quiz for Lecture 2 Birth Weight Specific Mortality Sun, Mar 29 —— BBS Exercise 1 Introductions Sun, Mar 29   Week 2 —— Lecture 3 Epidemiology of Infant Mortality II: Person, Place, and Time (Hawkins) Sun, Apr 5 —— Self Quiz for Lecture 3 Rate Ratios of IMR, NMR, and PNMR Sun, Apr 5 —— Lecture 4 Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Infant Mortality (O'Campo) Sun, Apr 5 Wed, Apr 1, 5:30 PM LiveTalk 1 Dr. Melissa Hawkins ——   Week 3 —— BBS Exercise 2 IM and LBW in Your State/Country Wed, Apr 8 —— Lecture 5 Strategies for Reducing Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality in the U.S. (Strobino) Sun, Apr 12 —— Self Quiz for Lecture 5 Interventions for Reducing LBW and IM Sun, Apr 12 Mon, Apr 6 Lecture 6 Infant and Child Mortality and Global Health (Mookherji) Sun, Apr 12 Mon, Apr 6 Lecture 7 Gabbing about Jabbing: Immunization in the US (Layton) Sun, Apr 12 —— Lecture 8 Introduction to Newborn Screening in the United States (Rojas-Smith) Sun, Apr 12   Week 4 —— Paper 1 Position Paper Memo Wed, Apr 15, 11:59 PM —— Lecture 9 International and National Approaches to the Problem of Infant Mortality (O'Campo) Sun, Apr 19 Mon, Apr 13 Lecture 10 Controversies in Perinatal Health: United States and Europe (Strobino) Sun, Apr 19   Week 5 —— BBS Exercise 3 Limit of Viability: Ethical Questions Wed, Apr 22 —— Lecture 11 Racial Differences in Pregnancy Outcomes (Strobino) Sun, Apr 26 —— Lecture 12 Measures of Neonatal Morbidity (Strobino) Sun, Apr 26 Mon, Apr 20, 7 PM LiveTalk 2 Dr. Donna Strobino ——   Week 6 Mon, Apr 27, 5:30 PM LiveTalk 3 How High is the Wall? Public Health Interventions at Birth - Dr. Lucia Rojas-Smith & Dr. Christine Layton —— —— BBS Exercise 4 Increase in IMR 2002 Wed, Apr 29 —— Lecture 13 Evaluating the Prevention of Infant Mortality (Hawkins) Sun, May 3 —— Lecture 14 The Delaware Infant Mortality Task Force: A Case Study Addressing Infant Mortality and Disparities (Guyer) Sun, May 3 —— Self Quiz for Lecture 12 Declines in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Sun, May 3   Week 7 Wed, May 6, 7 PM LiveTalk 4 Courtney Reeve —— —— Lecture 15 Situation Analysis in Liberia: Women, Infants, and Children (Reeve) Sun, May 10 —— Lecture 16 Public Policy and Infant Mortality (Minkovitz) Sun, May 10   Week 8 —— BBS Exercise 5 Debate on Interventions to Reduce IM and LBW Mon, May 11 —— Paper 2 Letter of Intent for Funding Proposal Mon, May 11, 11:59 PM