The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) recently completed a 10-week pilot meal delivery program aimed at improving maternal and mental health outcomes for postpartum families in Boston, with a focus on families of color. This initiative, led by the Boston Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI) under the Commission’s Child, Adolescent, and Family Health (CAFH) Bureau, provided 14 families with snacks and two meals weekly, designed to feed a family of four.
Published in JAMA Network Open, a study builds on previous findings that Black newborns are more likely to be tested for prenatal drug exposure than other racial or...
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A recent analysis has revealed a connection between caregiving stress and an increased risk of high blood pressure in Black women aged 21 to 44. This demographic already...
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International Overdose Awareness Day serves as a moment to honor the memory of those lost to drug overdoses, support grieving families, and encourage individuals in recovery. This day...
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Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are pressing Texas’ maternal mortality committee to explain its decision not to review pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths from...
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In a retrospective cohort study published in The Lancet Oncology, Dr. Sean Miller of the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and colleagues examined the efficacy and toxicity...
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