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Tapping Community Partners to Codesign Black Maternal Care 

By codesigning care with community partners, hospitals can proactively and collaboratively work toward improving Black maternal health outcomes.
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Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities

It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
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Advancing Black Maternal Health Through Strategic Use of the AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap

As we're observing Black Maternal Health Week this year, there is still an ongoing crisis affecting Black mothers in America's health care system.
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Supporting Families Experiencing Infant Illness or Loss

>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common causes of infant deaths in 2020 were birth defects, preterm birth and low-birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome.
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Inspiring and Developing the Next Generation of Diverse Women Health Care Leaders

As we close out Women’s History Month, reflecting on the trailblazing women who have advanced modern medicine, and prepare for National Minority Health Month in April, we also should consider what we can do as health care professionals to create even more opportunities for women across our industry, particularly for women of color.
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Black Maternal Health Requires a Unified Approach

AHA and its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity at the 38th National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) Annual Education Conference in Atlanta hosted Understanding Bias in Black Maternal Health, which included a screening of “Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story.”
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How Recovery Leads to Resilience

In an industry like health care, where employees are chronically exposed to stressful and even life-threatening experiences, proactively preventing suicide is paramount.
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Chair File: Making Health Care ‘Age Friendly’ Is More Important Than Ever

One demographic in the U.S. that has been constant in recent years is the aging of the population.
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Putting Age-Friendly Care Principles into Action

Health care organizations receive free guidance on providing age-friendly care, part of the seven-month Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community led by the American Hospital Association