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Healthy Births, Healthy Moms: Black Maternal Health in America

By: WeNews Staff | October 28, 2013
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Through reporting and writing by Women’s eNews’ team, we have uncovered the central fact that extremely little research is available that would explain “why black moms die more often.”

black maternal healthAfrican American families experience the death of a new mother three to four times more often than white families. Public health experts estimate that half of these deaths are avoidable and the ratio has not changed since the 1940s. At the same time, African American mothers’ rates of breastfeeding remain relatively low, a missed opportunity to improve the health of mothers and infants. This series explores how the health system influences what is termed “health disparities.”

This series is made possible with support from the Kellogg Foundation.

Birthing of Health Care Plan Put Midwives in Limbo

By: Crystal Lewis | May 29, 2014

About half of all U.S. births are covered by Medicaid, which means decisions about delivery practices under this part of the Affordable Care Act could ripple far and wide. The American College of Nurse Midwives is assessing all 277 marketplace plans.

Detroit Moms of Color Gather to Boost Breastfeeding

By: Crystal Lewis | May 1, 2014

A breastfeeding association has released a new video, joining several efforts over the past few years to raise the volume on the hindrances to breastfeeding in the black community nationwide.

U.S. Maternal Death Data Held Up by Nine States

By: Crystal Lewis | January 14, 2014

The data for U.S. childbirth deaths has not been published since 2007 due to states’ failure to revise their death certificates. Better reporting is needed to stop the “hidden tragedy of maternal deaths” says an executive with the March of Dimes.

Formula Marketers Put Pediatric Academy in the Bag

By: Crystal Lewis | December 11, 2013

Undercutting the American Academy of Pediatrics’ stance on promoting breastfeeding, an infant-formula maker’s bag, given by hospitals for free to new mothers, is emblazoned with the academy’s logo inside and out.

Testimony: NYC Needs More Data on Maternal Deaths

By: Rita Henley Jensen (Executive Officer, Founder) | November 13, 2013

On Nov. 13 Rita Henley Jensen, Women’s eNews’ founder and editor in chief, appeared at the New York City Government Committee on Health hearing to share our findings on New York City’s high maternal mortality rates. This is a copy of her testimony.

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To Curb Maternal Death, U.S. Hospitals Urged to Weigh Bleeding Pads

Getting hospitals to stop estimating blood loss and start quantifying it—going from “EBL to QBL”--is now a major goal of an effort to reduce postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death that disproportionately afflicts black women.

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Black Maternal Health: A Legacy and a Future

In Detroit Hospital, Black Babies Are Latching On

Detroit's Mother Nurture Project connects black mothers with peer breastfeeding counselors who offer support. Here's how this community-oriented approach is helping.

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Black Maternal Health of New York City

New York City Pushes Back against Infant Formula

New York hospitals provide formula to supplement breastfeeding at a rate that puts them among the highest in the nation. The city's Latch On NYC initiative is an attempt to change that.

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