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Tag: prenatal care

shows an Black woman feeding a baby. The image is taken looking through the plastic walls of a hospital bassinet
Posted inFeatured

More pregnant women need prenatal care in North Carolina’s Border Belt. But how?

by BorderBelt April 20, 2023April 19, 2023

By Ivey Schofield Troaria Sampson wanted to be a mom.  But Sampson, who weighed 360 pounds and had diabetes, said her doctors in Robeson County discouraged her from pregnancy, warning that her baby could die.  In 2015, after trying for five years with her husband, Sampson got pregnant at age 27 – a milestone that should […]

Black women gather to breastfeed their children
Posted inGender health

Black mothers face disproportionate barriers to breastfeeding

by Rachel Crumpler August 25, 2022September 13, 2022
pregnant belly
Posted inGender health

Why are so many pregnant women heading to the emergency department?

by Rachel Crumpler July 28, 2022August 30, 2022
Graphic of various women — an elderly woman, one holding a child, a teenager, a Black businesswoman, a pregnant woman and a middle-aged woman smiling
Posted inGender health

How healthy are NC’s women, and are their needs ready to be met?

by Rachel Crumpler July 11, 2022August 30, 2022
black hands hold a sign reading, "My skin shouldnt be a death sentence" during a rally against racism.
Posted inHealth Inequities

The impact of racism on African Americans’ health

by Liora Engel-Smith June 8, 2020June 7, 2020
shows the logo of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus in large blue letters with an illustration of a pregnant woman to raise awareness for rising maternal mortality rates among black American women
Posted inGender health

NC congresswoman tackles maternal health disparities

by Melba Newsome May 26, 2020January 29, 2021

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