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Oregon bills attempt to address Black mother, infant death rates

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In Oregon and the rest of the country, Black infants are more likely to be born underweight, and both they and their mothers have a lower chance of surviving that first year of life than white and Hispanic ones.A package of bills in the Oregon legislature seeks to support perinatal health by expanding access to doulas, protecting young families from housing loss and eviction and expanding the Oregon child tax credit, among other things.Kaylee To…

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Black Americans Twice As Likely To Die During Childhood As Whites

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Oregon bills attempt to address Black mother, infant death rates

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The Bay State Banner

Annual Black Maternal Health Conference to center role of fathers – The Bay State Banner

Researchers, community members and advocates will gather next month in a conference to discuss solutions to the continuing Black maternal health disparities.

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MadameNoire

Why Black Mothers In Low-Income Neighborhoods Have Higher Risks Of Heart Disease

VioletaStoimenova Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers. That’s the key finding of my recent study, published in February 2025 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Peripartum cardiomyopathy can occur in pregnant or postpartum mothers during late pregnancy up to five months after …

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Springer

Religious Involvement and Allostatic Resilience: Findings from a Community Study of Black and White Americans

Wide inequities in stress and health have been documented between Black and White women and men in the United States. This study asks: How does religion fa

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contemporaryobgyn.net

Disparities in prenatal depression highlight need to disaggregate race data

A new study highlights the importance of analyzing racial and ethnic subgroups to better understand prenatal depression diagnoses, symptom severity, and disparities in treatment.

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