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from year. we are looking at really a rate that affects disproportiote some le in some zip codes mucho than it does some of the ot population. >> yokno you would think, tin wi all of the adveisan the promotion of healy livin of getting good preta car of eating heaer living healthier liv that we would see, you kno a trajectory in a better dirti it al seems counter intvet the healthier we get o that we say we want to be,he more risky pregnancies we're seeing. >> well, and 50% of the time we don't know why women deliver early a have a preterm baby. so the march of dime is commit uncovering e rea, that's why we're incre o education but also increasing research to uncovee reasons women d

don know why we can't prevent it. a 80 years n. >> y 2018 is a big year for us. bbrg our 80th annera continuing our work the core is to be an advaor moms and babies. >> gabriella, can we dig more into the report card findings regdi race d zip code, espia in a region where you have su racial diversity here in the washington ar. >> absolutely. youav look at the numbers to eh we need to do more for c zip codes in our city, wards 5, 7 and 8 have traditl been not only zip codes where prematurity is high butl povty rates. you ve look at our systems, our education system, whether or not weav grocery stores the,he we have safe plafo pe to walk. you ca really improve on some of those things wiou impmeso of the soci determinan tt really hit community the hardest. >> l we e talking withhe

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. >>el back. we e talking to the march of dim today. and, tina ka veech ah, the turp of yo report card. talk ab the report card and the main service it serves. >> iis raise awareness abouth problem of preterm birth we issue a national report card as wl by state, and intme of the largest comnind t raise awass the problems in that state, the preterm birth rate infant mortality rates, dispitd give recmens that a state has focus of what they need to to to improve their rate and, therorree natnw average. >> so, gabriella, one of the main findings is about this prerr you know, prior to 37 ek whawo you say is the oth

pre report card? >> yeah, i think one of the maj findings is to be able to foc this great data that we've n received from the marcof a our other pars at cdc, to look and say thaer a disparate that's happin i community. you st to look at some of the wards ok at per se their infa mortality rate. we he an infant mortality rate in t di of columbia for whiomf four. whenou at the disparity rate hpe for our women of colafam wen andhere at a ten, that cerinds addressed. >> a wmpo t nation rate? >> comtoiol te which a five. oncu put the data together the ri of columbia is 7.6, but data tells a different storab w women of color may t accessing the same reses >> one point d.c. had the nation highest infant mortal ra. how

arod where's t city falli short now? >> yeah. for a long time we were on par witmiip abo 30 years ago we had an inft mtaty ra of 30. so lowering that rate in the lastyo know, 30 years has been just, you know, some of the pr that affect preann specifically, but it'be about getting clean water, it's been about improving educio so of the systst address poverty in our system. so wt we need to do now is go furth a make sure that those women getting in early appoin, ' taking their folic acid, if they're smo t they're stopping, if they're overweight they' gettg a healthy weight. >> tina, the report card gives you t big picture and then you can into the communities or they take the information and work with it. the march of dimes has a number of pr to help women at highes risk. one o them is your mom and baby bus >>es this is a local program in e d.c. area. our m and baby bu

it partnership wh care firsan the university of maryla capital regional heah. it a doctor's office on wheel a it delivers prenatal care but also health screenings, educat referrals, vaccines. reay brng the care to people that may be challenged to get access to care, and espia for pregnant women it is impor that they get care early their pregnancy to have the best, you know, birth outcompossibl >> so how do these bus visits hap who determines where the bus goes and when? >> it is really community-le so we work very close with many comni organizatio to see whe there is a need. the gr thi about a mobile heal u is we can move to the need, so it is evech, really buiin cili in the comni the partnerships are key. the march of dimes really belies those partnerships. we i the b to areas that we fl ig a have a lot of visits there, and then also wk to r

perman care and where will thet caond just the bus. >> yes. gabrith brings into questi issue of access, whi is still a problem in depending on where you're lookg at. >> s. >> many of these communities, you know, don't have clinics. the women, the mothers may not have transportaon. they may not have primary care phyci talou some of their chalng >> , absolutely. i thk women when they have a myrd problems, you know, if you ar looking to make it to work and you need child care, this y be your second or third prean u are trying to get an appointment across the city somewhere, and that may takyo two hours on a bus, you might be able to get there in ti to able to do that. and all of these affect women in dif ways, and having that access to health care, not onlst your health insunce but making sure that you're able to see a doctor for t

acog recommeed standard, that w w want to make sure wom for each of their preg eve y had a baby befoha a you think you migav de that before, you shou do that again during your next pregnancy. >> all t. so rt to mom and to baby. >> a baby, exactly. >> l we ll continue o talk with the march of mig aer this ♪ narrator: ed gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because

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> >lc back. we' ti with the march of dim today. tin you were just talking abo the popular mom and baby bus. >>es wh you can't get that good prenatal care for the expeanot and the baby i born prematurely, you have a proam the nicu family suppt proam helps address the needsnd issues that come up after preterm pregnancy. tell about that. >> sure. certai the march of dimes wan to prevent premature birb can't, and when a fami faced with this and

have something called our nicu famipp project. it is a nationwide program in over 100 hospitals. here locally we have it in four hospit childn national medal center, inova children's fam inov fair oaks and inova alad inhospital nicu fsuis there to prove nd support for fams t babies are the. we pro education for the sta d for mom and dad, for the parent to make sure they'rid caring for the bil in the nicu, helpih to transition home, suppti breastfeedi in the nic really trying to improve the pat experience and to ense the nicu is famce ca that the pen are as much a part of ei child's care as the doctord nurses. >> gabriella, it is so important for the moth not only to get prenate then after the baby i born, and even if it weren' preterm baby to know whato do onceou

impnt of this process of, y know, becoming a parent. >> absolutely. the resources we provide fami in the nicu are incdi if a baby is born too soon their lungs may not be developed and they ha to learn to flow agai onc get the baby home they may sent with a machine to help t baby breathe that they mightot know how to really wor and s having a baby that is premad the rese help you breastto kw what is nor t kn what is not, wheno get back in touch with your prenatal care providers is really of utmost importance to make se that that baby contue have a healthy life cycle make sure that they have d reach their first birda >> w ta about, you kno the region wide numbers and the region wide programs, we'v vulnerable communities here in the washington area, but, tina, you were just saying during break that prince geo h a bigger pem

higr of these preterm birs are seeing in any t rest of the region? >> yes, in this local region, yes. ts have our mom and babb that is primarily foc o prince georges county right now, and we really want to make sure that all women, no matt w community you live in, ve access to care but also the be chance for a healthy pregnc >> the nicu prograis partic ita for this commit >> ye we n' have a program in prin georges county, but it is certai sing we hope to havin the future >> gabriella, you talked a litt w agout some of then that mothers need to learn t women need to learn, and you mentioned folic acid. >> yes >> aut that and why doctor saying, you know, this isomhi a lot of women don k about they need to knowbo >> i have this conversation with girlfriends all the time, eig to ten months befo y want to get pregnant you should really be going and speang to your ob/gyn and talkin about taking an

of folic acid. so before you get pregnant thers l of things you should doing to be able to get yo body ready for pregna thaofe great things aboi think, the information marcof has, that your local pde have, is that long before you get pregnant you can c able to help your baby. >u' got a couple of events comi up. one them is in observance of prematy awareness month, whi november is. world prematurity day, which comeup on the 17th of novbe >> yes, november 17th is world premur day and it is foc o raising awareness to theba epidemic of premature birt t 15 million baes are born too early across the worlan or a million don't surve we want to raise awareness and garner support. >> it so sort of like a thi w problem in a country likehed states. is th an ovearza, gabel >> no, there are

born premure in the united states and we are actually last in terms of the economic counie have in the world. so fors it is a big issue, a big proem. a lot of other countries have madri in making their rates better and we still lag behi. >ay all. we wi take another break and we'onou talk with th march esmite. ♪ well, my parents met in texas, then they moved to washington. they had me at fort knox - they keep all the gold there.

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the march of dimes holds a number fundraise throut thee to support the critical worth you're doing, and one of them is the march for babies whi edy is invited to getn in. tell us about that. >> yes, march for babies is our lar annual fundraiser. it happens in 400 comnie acros country. we ha five events here, and this is a walk that raises awaneat raises money for the march of dimes. it t grassroots. we' g community orgazas that participate, corti families that have been affected, and the purpose of thent

raise but also to remember those bth are no longer with u and celebrate those that are and share those stories. >> so that takes place in april? >> yes, it is in late april and ear may. heree an event in d.c., faiax county, prince georges county prince willi cnt and uta southern maryland. >> you can walk wherever you wan >>es wh you want. >> the november event features sigt chefs and the live aucon you sponsor? >> yes, absolutely. tinul prly speak to it. they a great event last yea b lot of the money rais for march of des goeouo help families and it is a really fun event. you ve chefs and they have, i think, 20 great chefs this year. >> p chefs come out and cook and we have a large live and silt auction that raisesne

comnigr td abo t >> okay. and at takes place on novbeth >> yes, november 14th at the ritz c. we h a lot of great chefs that a participating and we appcihesupport >> , yes, that's wonderful. of course, people support you all yr long. you u a lot of volunteer >> we do. we' a community-led orgiz so ou looking to make a difnc your community, marcfdrga great way to it. we have advocacy you can do locall a lot of local even, the march for babie volunteer events, you c always help us to be able t raise money and get some more resources to families. >> te u some -- about some of the ot that you have to pp babies -- mothers and famie >>ur i me the march of dimes is really focused. there one known cause for prematbirth, there's not goingo one known prent we are focused on expanding our

we are a leader in health eduti for pregnant moms so mardig the infti that you needth you ou ask your provider, also advocacy. we are constantly advocating for womean children, making sure we a forefront of policies that affect them as well as clica care. we want to improve clinical care for and for babies. >> and it is so critical because when yo are talking about pretu birth, preterm birth, gablae risk to the baby can be lifelong and irreve? >> it can be chronic risks that affect the child throughout the coue of its life. one of the great programs we haven doing is making sure we ve centering health care in our counie centering prean so t hel women to get more than j traditional care but to get more doctor

work t help them through the pregnancy. for l of the things that we don't traditionally think affect a wom in her pregnancy, maybe like resources to get food, so havth programs in r comn part of the work we have done locally with the march of dimes to make sure wom h t resources that theyee >> rea a lot of your progra address a lot of the issues impact outcomes. >> ye t the goal. we want to improve birth outcea you know, there's many dnt ways we need to do that. the march of dimes really foc to uncover the reasons, but a focused on seven intve w are effti working to move thoor and hope that all babies born healthy one day. tha our goal, is that every fami gets to experience that, you know, birth of a healthy bab sen interventis real quily >>ev interventions there' lot of them, but some of the you know, point out real receiving 17p, you know,

if yad a previous pregnay youanve shot that can help prolong it. tryi t focus on birth spacin making sure women have 18 mth between pregnancies is really very important. so tre a lot of inteenth we're working on that we've proven are effee, that's why we're connu do our work in those areas. >> l right. tina cavucci and gabriella garciak r the work you' doing. >> tnk >> k f the opport >> a b with us. to see any "news 4 you sunday" log t wei and click on community. i'm paon than fch ♪

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