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Examining the Racial Disparities in Maternal Health

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on July 10, 2023 · What can be done to improve the disparities affecting maternal health and mortality.

Tags black maternal health Black maternal mortality rate childbirth Dr. LaToia Marks Elena Rivera health disparities health disparities among people of color KERA KFF Latoya Hill maternal health maternal mortality maternal mortality in Texas st. luke's health

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Texas to get four new maternal health research centers amid mortality crisis for moms

ELEANOR KLIBANOFF, The Texas Tribune

Posted on October 31, 2023 · Texas continues to struggle with maternal mortality and morbidity, despite a decade of tracking and reviewing these cases. Four new research centers will pilot innovative solutions.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2018: The Chamberlen Family Secret

Catherine Patterson

Posted on August 23, 2023 · Episode: 2018 The Chamberlen family secret: the invention of forceps. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson reveals family secrets.

Tags birthing childbirth delivering babies man-midwives medicine midwifery obstetric forceps Peter Chamberlen

Medicine & Wellness

March of Dimes’ doula training program receives $50,000 donation to provide pregnancy support

Posted on August 3, 2023 · A doula can provide a mother with physical and emotional support to help deal with the process of childbirth and even assist in changing diapers or cooking while a baby is a newborn.

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Harris County receives $1.4 million in federal funding to address Black maternal mortality rates

Posted on May 30, 2023 · Texas has a rate higher than the country’s average, and Harris County’s average is even higher than the state’s overall.

Tags ARPA funds Barbie Robinson Black maternal mortality rate Harris County Public Health Lizzie Fletcher Rodney Ellis

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