In a new blog by Aisha Syeda, senior program manager at AHA, learn how you can participate in the first Better Health for Mothers and Babies Awareness Week, Sept. 28-Oct. 2.
Child and Adolescent Health
Every mother and baby deserves the opportunity for a healthy start. Hospitals and health systems help make that possible by providing care throughout pregnancy and childhood, delivering lifesaving services and partnering with communities to help families thrive.From Sept. 28 through Oct. 2, the…
A report released Sept. 21 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found improvements in mental health and dietary habits among U.S. high school students.
Each year, about 19 million children in the United States receive treatment for musculoskeletal conditions, including fractures and broken bones, sports and overuse injuries, and congenital and development conditions.
LCMC Health’s Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New Orleans became Louisiana’s first to use curative gene therapy in the treatment of sickle cell disease.
In episode one of Frontiers, a special three-part podcast series from the AHA that examines maternal health in rural America, learn how rural hospital leaders are turning commitment into action and finding new possibilities for sustaining maternal care close to home.
Join the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative in observing NICU Awareness Month in September and NICU Awareness Day on Sept. 30.
A new infographic that is a part of the AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative examines the many factors influencing child and adolescent health.
Beacon Health System’s Benefiting Area Babies Equally (B.A.B.E.) program is helping families build healthy foundations for their children by turning positive parenting actions into tangible rewards.
What began as a holiday trip to visit grandparents on a church mission in Uruguay turned into a life-threatening medical emergency for 3-year-old Estelle Santiago of Midway, Utah.