Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MPH/MSW, is Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The author thanks the administrators and staff members of the Alabama Community-based Perinatal Programs, Ms. Phyllis Gilchrist, and the many graduate assistants for their contributory roles that made this project possible.
This work was supported by funds from the Alabama Department of Public Health, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Address correspondence to: Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MSW, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 665 University Blvd., Ryals Bldg. 320, Birmingham, AL 35292; tel. 205-934-7161; fax 205-934-8248; e-mail 〈[email protected]〉.
