Abstract:
:Strategies involving 14 sources were used to locate 230 parents of sudden infant death syndrome infants who died in Southern California between 1989 and 1992 and 255 parents of healthy, living infants matched by birth hospital, birth date, race and sex. The sample consisted of adults of reproductive age residing in Southern California. After an event of sudden infant death, many parents moved without a forwarding address; only their names, last known address, and the infant's race, birth date, and sex were available. There was no access to birth certificates, obstetric or pediatric medical records, parents' Social Security numbers, or parents' birth dates. The most successful tracking sources for case parents were the Department of Motor Vehicles, postal service, reverse directory and neighbors, private investigator, and California Medicaid services. For control parents, the post office, Department of Motor Vehicles, and Folks Finders proved the most helpful. Using a combination of the 14 sources achieved an adequate sample size.
journal_name
Am J Epidemioljournal_title
American journal of epidemiologyauthors
Klonoff-Cohen Hdoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008859subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-07-01 00:00:00pages
98-101issue
1eissn
0002-9262issn
1476-6256journal_volume
144pub_type
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