Despite improvements in the health of the African Americans, African American babies are still nearly 2.5 times more likely than Caucasian babies to die before reaching age one. Although many factors contribute to this health disparity, enough people do not understand or know of the problem in order to make change.
Education is essential part of the solution beginning with family planning, continuing through pregnancy and on through infancy to ensure that mothers are prepared for every change taking place in their body and their baby’s. Learn what you need to know now to have a safe pregnancy and healthy baby. Utilizing healthy practices while planning for the future will allow for a positive impact before, during and after pregnancy.
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The CDC has a new online education program available for women who are planning to get pregnant. By going to www.ihealthrecord.org, and enrolling, you can receive health information via email every other week for 3 months as you prepare for pregnancy.
Black Infant Mortality 