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The TEP advises the Climate and Community Health initiative in its efforts to address climate as a social driver of health.
Child and Adolescent Health: Health EquityImproving health equity starts during childhood.
Child and Adolescent Health: Patient-Family EngagementEngaging patients, family members, and communities to design care that meets their priorities and needs.
Child and Adolescent Health Care: VaccinesVaccines prevent kids from contracting viruses.
Non-medical social factors can have a significant impact on a pregnant person’s health and well-being. These AHA resources highlight how hospitals can address their patients' social needs to achieve better health outcomes.
Infant mortality rate in the U.S is on a rise. These resources showcase ways hospitals and health systems are preventing infant mortality within and outside hospital walls.
Rural populations have limited access and availability of quality maternity care. With many labor and delivery units closing, hospitals and health systems are exploring various ways to provide maternity care. AHA highlights stories from rural hospitals below.
A comprehensive and coordinated care approach among health care professionals can improve health outcomes. Resources below highlights ways hospitals and health systems are implementing diverse perspectives and skillsets to meet various needs of mothers and families.
Using digital strategies can expand reach of care and meet people where they are. These AHA resources explore the use of technology and digital solutions to improve maternal health outcomes.
Systemic racism, implicit bias and lack of culturally appropriate care contribute to inequitable maternal outcomes. To work toward eliminating known health disparities, AHA has developed numerous resources that address maternal health inequities by emphasizing the importance of culturally…