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12/3/09
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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

             Sandra Rivera, Prenatal Case Manager

             James Hoyne, Development Director

    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 


     

     

     

     

     

    Posted by Deborah Stokol on 12/03/09
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