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Infant mortality, suicide risk and diabetes disparities top Lorain County health concerns in health assessment
The 2025 health assessment reveals three priority health needs for the county: behavioral health, chronic disease and ...
Ohio replicates successful Cincinnati model to reduce infant deaths statewide
Cradle Cincinnati's approach of supporting mothers and babies to be implemented in four counties with highest infant ...
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Statewide partnership aims to close racial gap in infant mortality in Lucas County
TOLEDO, Ohio — Black women are nearly three times more likely to lose their babies than white women — a disparity health ... that significantly reduced infant mortality rates.
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Clinic coming to Youngstown improves racial disparity for Black moms, infants
We are the solution,” said Dàna Langford, Village of Healing CEO, co-founder and longtime certified nurse midwife.
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U.S. maternal deaths doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, among other findings in new study
Public health researchers untangle two decades of maternal mortality data and find that while early increases were driven by ...
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US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say
Related video above: Disparities persist in Black maternal, infant healthMore ... the highest maternal mortality rate among wealthy nations. Past research has found wide racial disparities in ...
Data collection changes key to understanding maternal mortality trends in the US, study shows
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford, published in JAMA Pediatrics, offers fresh insight into trends in ...
Maternal deaths doubled in the US during the height of COVID, new Brown University study finds
Increases were reported “across nearly every age and racial group” during the health crisis in 2021, according to researchers ...