/tags/maternity-care Maternity Care en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-03-22/health-workers-say-at-risk-missouri-moms-need-help-during-and-after-pregnancy At an event about pregnancy and maternal health convened by the St. Louis Department of Health on Thursday, a panel of health workers said quality pre- and post-natal health care provided by workers beyond clinical health settings is essential to reducing the state’s maternal and infant mortality rates. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-03-22/health-workers-say-at-risk-missouri-moms-need-help-during-and-after-pregnancy Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2022-08-02/missouris-maternal-mortality-rates-are-getting-even-worse-especially-for-women-on-medicaid A multi-year report on maternal mortality in Missouri found that women on Medicaid are eight times more likely to die within one year of pregnancy than those with private health insurance. Black women were three times more likely to die than white women. Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:50:23 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-08-02/missouris-maternal-mortality-rates-are-getting-even-worse-especially-for-women-on-medicaid Tessa Weinberg /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/a-st-louis-doula-is-on-a-mission-for-her-fellow-moms Eboni Hooper-Boateng found her pregnancy journey empowering. After discovering her experience was an outlier, especially among fellow Black women, she became a doula to offer such support to others. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:52:11 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/a-st-louis-doula-is-on-a-mission-for-her-fellow-moms Evie Hemphill /government-politics-issues/2021-05-08/cori-bush-testified-before-congress-about-black-maternal-deaths-pregnancy-complications Bush's testimony was part of a push to pass a package of legislation dubbed the Black Maternal Health “Momnibus” Act. Sat, 08 May 2021 14:58:44 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-05-08/cori-bush-testified-before-congress-about-black-maternal-deaths-pregnancy-complications Laura Olson | Missouri Independent /health-science-environment/2018-01-07/missouri-and-illinois-health-centers-team-up-to-help-metro-east-mothers-with-opioid-addiction Several St. Louis health centers will begin working next month to provide long-term residential treatment for expectant mothers in the Metro East who are… Mon, 08 Jan 2018 03:04:30 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-01-07/missouri-and-illinois-health-centers-team-up-to-help-metro-east-mothers-with-opioid-addiction Eli Chen /arts-culture/2009-11-04/operation-shower-honors-those-who-stand-and-wait This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 4, 2009 - There are no medals of valor for the nation's moms-to-be whose spouses are serving… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:03:55 GMT /arts-culture/2009-11-04/operation-shower-honors-those-who-stand-and-wait Mary Delach Leonard