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

Apr 04 2012
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: 2012 Rankings for California

Apr 03 2012
LA Health Action
2011 LA Health Collaborative Executive Summary

Mar 15 2012
Dr. Marvin Southard, L.A. County Department of Mental Health
Advance Notification of Intent to Enter into Sole Source Contracts

Mar 02 2012
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH)
Provision of Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Services

Nov 30 2011
Tara Mancini, Martha Heberlein and Joan Alker, Georgetown Center for Children and Families
Children’s Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2008-2010

Nov 16 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Status Report on Reduction of Infant Deaths Due to Unsafe Sleeping Practices and Shaken Baby Trauma

Nov 09 2011
Susan Babey, Joelle Wolstein, Allison Diamant, Amanda Bloom and Harold Goldstein, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California Center for Public Health Advocacy
A Patchwork of Progress: Changes in Overweight and Obesity Among California 5th, 7th and 9th Graders

Sep 13 2011
California Budget Project
New Data Show That More Than 6 Million Californians Lived in Poverty

Aug 19 2011
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
Sacramento Update

Aug 18 2011
Laura Speer, Annie E. Casey Foundation
State Profiles of Child Well-Being: 2011 Kids Data Count Book


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