Then, less than six hours after giving birth, O’Neil was wheeled through the labor and delivery unit to go home.
Racial disparities persist, she added; for Black people, the preterm birth rate is 1.5 times higher than the rate among all other babies.
Many of the regions with high preterm birth rates are maternity care deserts, Williams said.
The US cities with high preterm birth rates also are “areas where there are many chronic conditions and patients living with a greater number of things like hypertension, diabetes, obesity – those are all drivers of preterm birth as well,” Williams said.
“Every pregnant woman who lives in a maternal health care desert should be provided with access to a health care app that is monitored by remote providers.
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