Course Module

Preterm Labor - Google Doc

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Practice Guidelines Guidance

Online Resources

Websites

• The JJ Way® Community-based Maternity Center Final Evaluation Report (2017) or the see the PDF here.

• Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes and Racial Discrimination as an Independent Risk Factor Affecting Maternal, Infant, and Child Health : An Executive Summary of Existing Research or see the PDF here.

• “Health Disparities in Preterm Births” : CDC Fact Sheet

• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths — United States, 2007–2016 - CDC

• “Health Disparities and Pregnancy” : March of Dimes

• Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Semdley (Whole book online for free)

• National Perinatal Information Center (NPIC) Blog

• March of Dimes, NICU, Find resources and support to help understand and navigate a baby’s NICU journey

• March of Dimes. Client Resources - Preterm labor and premature birth: Are you at risk?

• American Academy of Pediatrics: NICU Levels of Care

• Intensive Care Nursery Parents’ Guide [also known as NICU] and Intensive Care Nursery Glossary (for parents). UCSF Children’s Hospitals

Podcasts

• 23 Weeks 6 Days, RadioLab. Update: 23 Weeks 6 Days, RadioLab

• EBB 266 – Advocating for your Newborn during an Unexpected NICU Stay with EBB Childbirth Class Graduates Priscilla and Nathan Layman (Evidence Based Birth Podcast)

• EBB 284 – How to Help NICU Families Find Empowerment and Healing During their Challenging Journeys with Hollis Wakefield (Evidence Based Birth Podcast)

• EBB 93 – Unexpected Pre-Term Hospital Birth with Melissa Cassity (Evidence Based Birth Podcast)

PDFs

• Neonatal Levels of Care: Definitions, Capabilities, and Provider Types. American Academy of Pediatrics

Videos

Episode 2: When the Bough Breaks

Unnatural Causes Documentary Series

UCLA obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Michael Lu believes that for many women of color, racism over a life time, not just during the nine months of pregnancy, increases the risk of preterm delivery. To improve birth outcomes, Lu argues, we must address the conditions that impact women's health not just when they become pregnant but from childhood, adolescence and into adulthood.