<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>journal-jmsr</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Journal of Medical and Surgical Research</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Vol. I, n 1 </Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>June, 2014</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>JMSR Pediatrics</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Neonatal Health Services in Turkey</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>14</FirstPage> <LastPage>18</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>A.</FirstName> <LastName>Karadag</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>U.</FirstName> <LastName>Dilmen</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>In the assessment of the development levels of countries, one of the important indicators is the infant and the neonatal mortality. Every year 130 million babies born in the world and four million of them are lost in the neonatal period. It has been reported that 41% of deaths under five year is in the neonatal period in 2008. In our country until recently, mortality rate not parallel to economic level of our country has been sadness for the physicians and the other staff dealing with children__ampersandsign#39;s health. Except a few of our neighbor countries we had more negative figures than all. However, the recent studies show that in our country there is a significant decrease in; under five years, infant and neonatal mortality rates.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Health services, Neonatal, Turkey</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://www.journal-jmsr.net/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=4504&title=Neonatal Health Services in Turkey</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>1. Moss W, Darmstadt GL, Marsh DR, Black RE, Santosham M. Research priorities for the reduction of perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing country communities. J Perinatol. 2002;22: 484-95. 2. Black RE, Cousens S, Johnson HL, Lawn JE, Rudan I, Bassani DG, et al. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis. Lancet. 2010; 375: 1969-87. 3. Lawn JE, Cousens S, Zupan J. 4 million neonatal deaths: when? Where? Why? Lancet. 2005; 365:891-900. 4. Darmstadt GL, Walker N, Lawn JE, Bhutta ZA, Haws RA, Cousens S. Saving newborn lives in Asia and Africa: cost and impact of phased scale-up of interventions within the continuum of care. Health Policy Plan. 2008; 23: 101- 17. 5. Wallin L. Evidence-based practice in a global context: the case of neonatal mortality. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2008;5: 167-9. 6. Smith LK, Manktelow BN, Draper ES, Springett A, Field DJ. Nature of socioeconomic inequalities in neonatal mortality: population based study. BMJ 2010; 341: c6654, doi:10.1136/bmj.c6654 7. Erdem G. Perinatal mortality in Turkey. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2003;17: 17-21. 8. Health Transformation Program in Turkey. Progress report. January 2009. Ministry of health. [database on the Internet]. 2009, Available from: www.tusak.saglik.gov.tr/pdf/kitaplar/TurkeySPDEng.pdf. 9. Edmond KM, Zandoh C, Quigley MA, Amenga- Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Kirkwood BR. Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality. Pediatrics 2006;117: e380-6. 10. Demirel G, Tezel B, Ozbas S, Oguz SS, Erdeve O, Uras N, Dilmen U. Rapid decrease of neonatal mortality in Turkey. Matern Child Health J 2012 doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1115-7 11. Demirel G, Dilmen U: Success of decreasing neonatal mortality in Turkey, Medical Journal of Islamic World Academy of Sciences. 2011; 19: 161-164</References> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>