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Video: Nation Gets a 'D' as March Of Dimes Releases Premature Birth Report Card

Date:11/11/2008

ng age. The purpose is to raise public awareness of the growing crisis of preterm birth so elected and appointed officials will commit more resources to address this problem and policymakers will support development of strategies that benefit mothers and babies.

The Report Card also is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, the National Business Group on Health, the American Benefits Council and dozens of other business and maternal and infant health organizations.

The Report Card also calls for:

-- Expanded federal support for prematurity-related research to uncover the

causes of premature birth and lead not only to strategies for

prevention, but also improved care and outcomes for preterm infants.

-- Hospital leaders to voluntarily review all Cesarean-section births and

inductions of labor that occur before 39 weeks gestation, in an effort

to reverse America's rising preterm birth rate. The review should

ensure that all c-sections and inductions meet established professional

guidelines.

-- Policymakers to improve access to health coverage for women of

childbearing age and to support smoking cessation programs as part of

maternity care.

-- Businesses to create workplaces that support maternal and infant health,

such as providing private areas to pump breast milk, access to flextime,

and information about how to have a healthy pregnancy and childbirth.

The National Healthy People 2010 preterm birth objective is to lower the rate to 7.6 percent of all live births. Latest available data (2005) show that the national preterm birth rate is 12.7 percent.

"Employers can play a key role in helping their employees and dependents have healthy babies and healthy families," said Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health
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