Resumen

MENDOZA TASCON, Luis Alfonso et al. Epidemiología de la prematuridad, sus determinantes y prevención del parto prematuro. Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol. [online]. 2016, vol.81, n.4, pp.330-342. ISSN 0717-7526.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-75262016000400012.

Prematurity is a serious public health problem by the high morbidity and mortality also generated high economic and social costs caused by its staff. Globally, about one in ten infants born prematurely. Its determinants are numerous. In preterm birth are involved in addition to biological determinants, which are the responsibility of the health sector and which are the responsibility of the state, such as political, environmental, social and economic determinants. That is why prevention and treatment of prematurity should be a public policy required for all nations, and involves many actors. The strategies used to prevent and treat premature birth are spacious and range from preconception care, to care delivery and newborn in the postnatal period.

Palabras clave : Prematurity; determinant of health; neonatal morbidity and mortality.

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