Fewer Black babies live to see their first birthday in Ohio when compared to white babies, the Ohio Department of Health’s most recent report shows.
Ohio’s infant mortality rate was 14.2 for Black babies and 5.4 for white babies in 2021, according to the Ohio Department of Health most recent report.Ohio Department of Health’s most recent report shows.
“Specifically in the medical system there are implicit biases … this concept around how much pain Black women can take versus other types of women and how do we dispel those kinds of myths.” Infant mortality is the death of an infant before their first birthday and is the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced that ODH in partnership with the Ohio Department of Children and Youth was awarded $5 million to 19 community and faith-based organizations to better support pregnant women and new parents. “We need strong local partners in order to effectively address our state’s maternal and infant mortality numbers,” Ohio Department of Children and Youth Director Kara Wente said in a news release. “We must work together at the state and local levels so that more children thrive and reach their first birthday.”CelebrateOne has spent the past 10 years helping Franklin County babies see their first birthday.
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