Maternal Health

Though recognizing implicit bias is important, hospitals must have an action plan to address it.
This week is Black Maternal Health Week, and April is National Minority Health Month. It’s an opportunity to “deepen the conversation” about black maternal health in the U.S. and to highlight the “important role individuals and organizations can play” in helping to reduce health disparities and…
Below are tools and other educational resources from national organizations dedicated to improving child and adolescent mental health outcomes.
Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring children and adolescents receive the behavioral health care they need to thrive.
According to latest data from the CDC, the U.S. maternal mortality rate, already significantly higher than in comparable countries, continues to rise, specifically for women of color.
Join the AHA for a virtual screening of the film, Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story to explore the many underlying factors impacting the health of Black women and their birth outcomes.
Participants in the Healthy Start Initiative may apply for up to $180,000 each in supplemental funding.
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio — a 196-bed facility and one of CHRISTUS Health’s 32 hospitals across rural and urban Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico — conducts simulation drills using Practicing for Patients, a free obstetrics simulation program, on its labor and delivery unit to…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 25 webinar on improving maternal health during the postpartum period.