Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States , almost three times the rate for white women and black babies are more likely to die or be born prematurely, setting the stage for health issues that could follow them through their lives. Go to https://apnews.com/article/black-women-maternal-mortality-rate-df872e86c4bb56ef222b19141dc377f8 to read the article by Kat […]
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January 2023 InStepp Ambassador of the Month
Congratulations to Aliece Inman, InStepp’s January Ambassador of the Month. Aliece lives in Durham, works as a realtor and is an unlicensed JD. She began volunteering with InStepp in January 2022 as a Communications Volunteer and became a member of the InStepp Board of Directors in April 2022. Click here to read her profile.
Disparities in prenatal care linked to citizenship status and education level
An analysis in JAMA Network Open suggests that while access to prenatal care did increase in states after Medicaid expansion, disparities persisted and even increased among Asian and Hispanic immigrant pregnant women. Click here to read the full article .