ELYRIA, OH — The fetal death rate in Lorain County is nearly three times higher for Black mothers than for white mothers, according to a new countywide health assessment that highlights persistent ...

LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio — Healthy Lucas County released the results of its 2022/2023 community health assessment Tuesday, a report surveying the status of physical health, mental health and more among ...

Charlotte doulas, mothers and health advocates spent Black Doula Day sounding the alarm, calling on state and local leaders to move from talking points to action after fresh data laid out stark racial ...

To encourage use of skin-to-skin contact with all healthy term infants during the first two hours of life and throughout their mothers' postpartum hospitalization, an easy, rapid newborn assessment ...

The best predictor of actual intake of breast milk in a term infant is infant audible swallowing. [18] Except for the IBFAT, all of the assessment tools include infant audible swallowing ( Table 7).

The top five concerns identified through the health assessment are mental health and wellbeing, access to health care, ...