Where equity Meets community
Centering Birth Communities
Where equity Meets community
Centering Birth Communities
Centering Birth Communities
Centering Birth Communities
The Urban Perinatal Education Center wants to change the way you experience perinatal health, education and services. Family centered, patient driven and community initiated - let's build our future together.
Representation in health care matters and promotes health equity. Recent research suggest that Black provider based care for Black families can cut mortality rates
Maternal Health care inequities and disparities remain a symptom of institutional and systematic racism, especially in maternal health. Postpartum studies suggest that extra support and care is necessary to reduce such poor outcomes
We know that communities empowered are the drivers for impact. This is more than recruitment but sustainability of both the community and its workforce race based equity pay is paramount to establishing justice.
Non-Hispanic (NH) Whites (33.1%) have a lower rate of unintended pregnancies compared to Hispanics (45.6%), and NH Blacks (61.9%).
NH Black (22%), Hispanic (18%), and NH Asian (16%) women are more likely to receive delayed prenatal care than NH White women (13%).
During pregnancy, NH Black women are almost two times as likely to experience serious pregnancy-related health complications (preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational diabetes, etc.) compared to NH White women. Additionally, low income and NH Black women were most likely to experience depression during pregnancy.
A community survey reports that participants chose mental health (e.g., postnatal depression or anxiety (29%) and culturally responsive pregnancy/postpartum education and care (12%) as the top issue related to pregnancy and birth.
In 2018, Black women (382.7 per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations) had a higher maternal morbidity rate than White women (224.8 per 10,000). Racial/ethnic disparities can also be seen among delivery hospitalizations regarding blood transfusions (Black women: 293.9 per 10,000; White women: 141.2 per 10,000) and hypertensive disorders (Black women: 520.4 per 10,000; White women: 288.7 per 10,000).
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Join our RI Facilitators for a Virtual Chocolate Milk Café meeting
Chocolate Milk Café provides a FREE peer led support group for families ...
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In office hours: Tu 11a - 4p, Th 9a - 3p, Fr 10a - 8p
Clinic Hours: Th 10a - 6p
Class (Public - Walk In) Tu 3p-8p, Thu 10a - 3p, Fri 10a-8p, Sa 3p-8p
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Childbirth Classes: Every T/F/Sat 5 -7 p.m. & 7-9 p.m.
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