Maternal Health
The creators of Grady Health System鈥檚 Teen Experience and Leadership Program describe how providing hands-on internships for local teens is helping to build its workforce pipeline for decades to come.
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, is committed to serving the diverse population of the city and metro area. Discover our exceptional performance in cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, transplant procedures, and cancer care.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Nov. 28 awarded $80.5 million to support comparative clinical effectiveness studies on the health care and social factors that contribute to inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality.
In this episode, Tiffany Moore Simas, M.D., chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UMass Memorial Health, discusses the concerning prevalence of perinatal depression, and the options available to provide a lifeline for mothers.
ROSE 鈥 Reach Out, Stay Strong, Essentials for mothers of newborns 鈥 is an evidence-based program that has reduced cases of postpartum depression by half among low-income women in a series of randomized control trials.
A trio of Utah hospitals run by Intermountain Health are making sure that the best practice of breastfeeding has taken firm hold within their walls.
Crysta Meekins, a program manager for AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, shares four takeaways on how to provide equitable, culturally competent and interdisciplinary maternal care to women of color from discussions at a recent screening of 鈥淭oxic: A Black Woman鈥檚 Story,鈥 a short鈥
Michael Warren, M.D., associate administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration鈥檚 Maternal and Child Health Bureau, discusses why the agency launched the hotline last Mother鈥檚 Day and how it provides confidential support to pregnant and new mothers who call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA鈥
AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity at the 38th National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) Annual Education Conference in Atlanta hosted Understanding Bias in Black Maternal Health, which included a screening of 鈥淭oxic: A Black Woman鈥檚 Story.鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 8 began displaying its 鈥渂irthing friendly鈥 hospital designation on Medicare鈥檚 Care Compare website and through a new mapping tool.