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Health Insurance and Coverage Programs Health Care Delivery Systems Health Care Financing Health Status and Issues Death Rates Maternal and Child Health Communicable Diseases Chronic Conditions Health Behaviors Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities Governance	Maternal and Child Health Maternal and child health continue to be issues of concern, especially with respect to health disparities. For example, the infant mortality rate (IMR), a significant measure of health outcomes, decreased by nearly 13 percent for the county over the past 10 years. Compared to the national rate, L.A. County’s IMR is surprisingly low, reflecting the influence of the growing Latino population with a lower IMR, and the fact that nearly nine out ten percent of women began prenatal care in the first trimester. However, the IMR was twice as high for African Americans, and the IMR in SPA 1 (Antelope Valley) was nearly double the county rate. Publications and Documents Jul 15 2010 Claire Kim, Lisa Smith, Matthew Redelings, Aida Angelescu, Heena Hameed, Alex Ho, David Kwan, Loren Lieb and Louise Rollin-Alamillo, L.A. County Dpartment of Public Health (DPH), Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology Life Expectancy In Los Angeles County: How Long Do We Live and Why? May 13 2010 California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Stakeholder Advisory Committee Section Medi-Cal 1115 Waiver Implementation Plan Presentation May 13 2010 California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) How California’s Waiver Protects Vulnerable Populations May 13 2010 David Maxwell-Jolly, California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) California Section 1115 Comprehensive Demonstration Project Waiver: Implementation Plan May 12 2010 White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation May 11 2010 Lisa Simonson Maiuro, California HealthCare Foundation Denti-Cal Facts and Figures May 11 2010 Lisa Simonson Maiuro, California HealthCare Foundation Denti-Cal Facts and Figures Appendix Apr 20 2010 The Healthy Neighborhoods, Same Neighbors Collaborative Slum Housing: L.A.’s Hidden Health Crisis Apr 15 2010 California Department of Public Health and California Conference of Local Health Leaders County Health Status Profiles 2010 Mar 31 2010 L.A. County Department of Public Health Healthy Women, Healthy Children Page 1 of 13 pages 1 2 3 > Last »	Search the Library Advanced Search

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