Access to the doula program is being expanded to pregnant women with Medicaid, providing access to this service to many in marginalized communities and helping combat maternal death rates.
Deaths of pregnant and new moms underscore a stark disparity: Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women. Henry Ford Health in Detroit is trying a simple approach to narrow that gap.
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Hypertension is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the state. So Detroit paramedics are doing blood pressure checks with high-risk moms in their homes.
Hypertension is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the state. So Detroit paramedics are doing blood pressure checks with high-risk moms in their homes.