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Medical Professionals
Dr. Deirdre Logan, Watts Health Center
Dr. Laura Reynard, St. Johns
Federally Qualified Health Center
Watts Health Center
Marcela Rodriguez, Health Educator
Clinica Monsenor Oscar Romero
Maria Valdez, Women and Infant Program Division at the East LA site
Clinic (FQHC Look-Alike)
We Care More 2
Coco Dominguez, Comprehensive Perinatal Service Program rep
Cynthia Liddy, Nurse practitioner
Kaiser, Blue Cross Prenatal Care Subscriber:
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Pasadena Public Health Dept. Black Infant Health Program Commuity Service Representative, Doula, Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Birth Assistant, Assistant Midwife, Certified Health Education Specialist, Masters in Public Health and Health Education and Promotion/Maternal Health:
Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot
Doulas
Nora Oppenheimer
Ana Markel
UC Irvine Researcher (Pollution > risk than anything else)
Jun Wu
University of Washington Assistant Professor
Amelia Gavin
Hospitals I tried
LA County
St. Francis
Public Health Service Act: Here
Federal poverty guidelines: Here
(US Dept of Heath and Human Services) Healthy people.gov (midcourse review): Here
Medi-Cal: Here
Federally Qualified Clinics: Here
A paper on “true presumptive eligibility: Here
US Welfare system: Here
Time magazine…re: preventing preemies: Here
UCI Research: "Association between Local Traffic-Generated Air-Pollution and Preeclampsia and Preterm Delivery in the South Coast Air Basin of California": Here
UC Irvine/Jun Wu-provided supplemental material: Here
University of Washington Assistant Professor Amelia Gavin: Here
Los Angeles Times article about potential new Kaiser building: Here
LA’s Best Babies Network: Here
Additional Reading
Cynthia Golen’s, Phd, research “Maternal Upward Socioeconomic Mobility and Black—White Disparities in Infant Birthweight” : Here
Gavin's study "Depression during Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A meta-Analytics Review" : Here
Gavin's field: "Maternal and Infant Care Center Database--Depression and Anxiety in Pregnancy Study" : Here
Michelle Pearl’s, Phd, research “The Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics to Birthweight Among 5 [sic] Ethnic Groups in California” : Here
Sarah Mustillo’s, Phd, research “Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Black-White Differences in Preterm and Low-Birthweight Deliveries: The CARDIA Study” : Here
Richard David’s, Phd, research “Disparities in Infant Mortality: What’s Genetics Got To Do With It?” : Here
Michael Lu’s, MD, MPH, commentary: “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes: A Life-Course Perspectives” : Here
Richard David’s, MD, research: “Differing Birth Weights Among Infants of U.S.-Born Blacks, African-Born Blacks, And U.S.-Born Whites” : Here
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Mah-J. Soobader and Lisa F. Berkman’s research “Low birthweight among US Hispanic/Latino subgroups: The effect of maternal foreign-born status and education” : Here
Stories From The Ingleside (and Beyond) $183.00 to go 
Indian Wars in Minnesota $132.00 to go 
Cityhood for East LA? $285.00 to go 
Redevelopment Hell $450.82 to go
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