perinatal health

Two seated brunette women lean over a table with a stethoscope and two computers in front of them.

Caring for the most stigmatized population

August 11, 2020 by Melba Newsome

Caring for the most stigmatized population - North Carolina Health News

Women who are using illegal substances often avoid getting care when they get pregnant. Project CARA is changing that.

By Melba Newsome Despite having lived in Asheville for several years, Ashley had no idea what the Mountain Area Health and Education Center did before she got pregnant in 2019. The 37-year-old who asked we not use her name had been in recovery, using medication-assisted treatment to manage her 14-year-long heroin addiction. Her first thought […]

Shows a woman hugging a little boy she's had in foster care. She is signing his adoption papers.

Foster care case numbers continue to climb in NC, as opioid crisis affects families

September 24, 2019 by Sarah Ovaska

Foster care case numbers continue to climb in NC, as opioid crisis affects families - North Carolina Health News

Record numbers of children, almost all of whom have trauma of their own, are entering the foster care system as a result of abuse and neglect.

By Sarah Ovaska-Few North Carolina could use more people like Lisa Link, as the state grapples with record numbers of children entering and staying in the already stretched foster care system. Link, an auto broker and owner of a small used-car lot in Charlotte, opted five years ago to become a foster parent after years […]

Woman taking care of a newborn, more midwives could help in improving NC's poor maternal and infant death rates.

A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies

March 2, 2018 by ProPublica

A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies - North Carolina Health News

A new study takes a systematic look at midwife availability in U.S. states and finds that in states that have integrated midwives into their health care systems are also those states with better maternal and infant outcomes. This story is part of ProPublica's series "Lost Mothers" which examines the high rate of death in the U.S. related to pregnancy and childbirth.

By Nina Martin Pro Publica – This story is part of ProPublica’s series “Lost Mothers” which examines the high rate of death in the U.S. related to pregnancy and childbirth. In Great Britain, midwives deliver half of all babies, including Kate Middleton’s first two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. In Sweden, Norway and France, midwives […]

map shows greatest mortality for infants in the southeast

N.C. Infant Mortality Rate Refuses to Budge

October 27, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

N.C. Infant Mortality Rate Refuses to Budge - North Carolina Health News

The lowest rate of babies dying soon after birth was seen in 2013. Since then the rate has ticked up slightly and stayed there.

By Taylor Knopf In 2016, an average of 331 babies were born each day in North Carolina. And on each of those days two of those babies died. That results in an overall infant mortality rate that was 7.2 deaths per every 1,000 babies born in 2016. Put another way, seven of every 1,000 infants […]

Aedes aegypti most likely originated in Africa; since then, the mosquito has been transported globally throughout the world, through global trade and shipping activities. It's a very good transmitter of Zika virus, along with dengue and Chikungunya virus.

UNC Researchers: Zika Hits Women Hardest

December 1, 2016 by Catherine Clabby

UNC Researchers: Zika Hits Women Hardest - North Carolina Health News

UNC experts tally the toll women bear from gaps in understanding about Zika virus. By Catherine Clabby The World Health Organization recently ruled that the rise of the Zika virus is no longer a global public health emergency. But the mysterious pathogen remains a threat globally, including to North Carolinians who travel to places where […]

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17

November 16, 2016 by Rose Hoban

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17 - North Carolina Health News

For the second year running, North Carolina’s child mortality rate crept upwards. By Rose Hoban Another measurement of child well-being in North Carolina slipped in 2015. The rate of child deaths, encompassing mortality for all children from birth to age 17, ticked upwards to 58.3 per 100,000 children, up from an all-time low in 2013. […]

Advocates Plan Push For Paid Maternity Leave

November 9, 2016 by Rose Hoban

Advocates Plan Push For Paid Maternity Leave - North Carolina Health News

Recently, several North Carolina municipalities voted to give their workers paid family leave. But there are still few workers in the state with access to paid leave after a woman gives birth. By Rose Hoban The mother was at her job and she had no child care. So, every couple of hours during her shift, […]

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