maternal care /tags/maternal-care maternal care en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:30:00 GMT Ascension Florida awarded $7.8 million grant to expand maternal telehealth /health/2025-10-20/ascension-florida-awarded-7-8-million-grant-to-expand-maternal-telehealth The health system expects to hire people this fall who will provide information about how to access lactation support and nutrition counseling as well as car seat installation training and stress management. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:30:00 GMT /health/2025-10-20/ascension-florida-awarded-7-8-million-grant-to-expand-maternal-telehealth Will Brown - Jacksonville Today / WJCT Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack of safety data − here’s why medical research cuts will make it worse /health/2025-09-02/pregnant-women-face-tough-choices-about-medication-use-due-to-lack-of-safety-data-heres-why-medical-research-cuts-will-make-it-worse More than 9 in 10 women take at least one medication during pregnancy, yet data on prescription drugs’ effects on the fetus are sparse. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health/2025-09-02/pregnant-women-face-tough-choices-about-medication-use-due-to-lack-of-safety-data-heres-why-medical-research-cuts-will-make-it-worse The Conversation Black-led nonprofits fight to open birthing center in Miami amid maternal health crisis /health/2025-07-23/black-led-nonprofits-fight-to-open-birthing-center-in-miami-amid-maternal-health-crisis In Florida, Black women experience disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality — a fact two local Black-led nonprofits are working to change. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:07:00 GMT /health/2025-07-23/black-led-nonprofits-fight-to-open-birthing-center-in-miami-amid-maternal-health-crisis Rafael Hernandez | Miami Times Contributor A Lauderdale Lakes maternity center opened last May expecting 200 patients. It's up to 1,700 /health/2025-05-12/lauderdale-lakes-maternity-care The Broward Healthpoint Maternity Care Center has surpassed its own expectations for how many patients have been served. The center opened as a way to reduce barriers to maternal care services in a community with high rates of maternal health issues. Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT /health/2025-05-12/lauderdale-lakes-maternity-care Julia Cooper How some Christian group homes avoid Florida’s standards /health/2025-01-27/how-some-christian-group-homes-avoid-floridas-standards In place of the state, a nonprofit association has regulatory authority over about two dozen of the facilities. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:00:00 GMT /health/2025-01-27/how-some-christian-group-homes-avoid-floridas-standards Laura C. Morel | The New York Times The 'bias' behind higher death rates for Black pregnant women - and how to tackle it /health/2023-04-17/reality-black-maternal-health-united-states Black women are nearly three times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S. To mark Black Maternal Health Week, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± spoke to two local doctors about the causes of this disparity in health care outcomes and how to address them. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:19:45 GMT /health/2023-04-17/reality-black-maternal-health-united-states Natu Tweh Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable /news/2022-10-21/health-department-medical-detectives-find-84-of-u-s-maternal-deaths-are-preventable More than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the "fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born," one researcher says. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:30:00 GMT /news/2022-10-21/health-department-medical-detectives-find-84-of-u-s-maternal-deaths-are-preventable April Dembosky Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here's what can be done /health/2022-10-12/millions-of-americans-are-losing-access-to-maternal-care-heres-what-can-be-done A report from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds that 36% of counties in the U.S. are "maternity care deserts," meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:00:00 GMT /health/2022-10-12/millions-of-americans-are-losing-access-to-maternal-care-heres-what-can-be-done Rachel Treisman How Racism Impacts Black Women's Maternal Health /show/sundial/2019-05-06/how-racism-impacts-black-womens-maternal-health In the U.S. more than 700 women die each year while pregnant or shortly after giving birth, and an alarming number of them are black. According to the… Mon, 06 May 2019 21:18:26 GMT /show/sundial/2019-05-06/how-racism-impacts-black-womens-maternal-health New Postpartum Depression Drug Could Be Hard To Access For Moms Most In Need /2019-03-21/new-postpartum-depression-drug-could-be-hard-to-access-for-moms-most-in-need Postpartum depression hits low-income women especially hard. Will a promising new drug, Zulresso, become affordable and accessible enough to help them? Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:10:44 GMT /2019-03-21/new-postpartum-depression-drug-could-be-hard-to-access-for-moms-most-in-need Rhitu Chatterjee