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Every year there are over 500,000 premature births in the United States. Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and a major cause of lifelong disability.
In Los Angeles research has shown that road pollution increases the liklihood of premature births, leaving pregnant women in lowerclass polluted neigborhoods more susecptiable.
What we want to know is: What is the level of care received by women of various geographic and diverse income levels.
We want to hire a reporter who will exaimine the care provided by two distinct neigborhoods in Los Angeles to inquire about differences in quality.
It probably goes without saying that the level of care in Beverly Hills exceeds the level of care in Long Beach, but we want to get a sense of exactly what that means in terms of human dignity, life, and perhaps death. This isn't an attempt to point fingers, but to bring realities to light.
A difference in the quality of treatment will provide for an interesting discussion and perhaps solutions that can be implemented to close the gap between the medical care provided to humans born prematurely.
It can be a taboo subject, but treating premature births appropriately is an important part of our health care system, a system that is under much discussion.
A BBC article last week explained that death from premature births has nearly halved in the last twenty years but this was due to better treatment:
Improvements in the survival rates of premature babies were found to be greater when births were medically-induced or by pre-planned Caesarean section compared with pre-term births in which labour occurred naturally.
Bringing attention to the level of care given to the underprivilidged communities in Los Angeles will shine a light on how we treat
This story will not only examine the phenomena of premature births but will put it in context showing how people from different neighorhoods must deal with the same situation.
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