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Fort Worth Report: Fort Worth-led push to decrease maternal, infant deaths connects mothers with resources
After watching the local health care system and community organizations battle Tarrant County’s high infant and maternal mortality rates for over 10 years, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker decided a “catalytic effort” was needed.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: JPS launches new tool to help mothers, infants in Tarrant County. More hospitals to follow
Inside JPS Health Network’s auditorium over 50 nurses, physicians and JPS board members came to support its TeamBirth kickoff event Monday afternoon, Jan. 27. TeamBirth is a communication system to provide better transparency among women, their…
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The Business Press: JPS Health Network Launches TeamBirth Program to Enhance Maternity Care and Patient Experience
JPS Health Network proudly announces the launch of the TeamBirth maternity care program, becoming one of the first hospitals in Texas to implement this nationally recognized initiative. TeamBirth is designed to transform communication and…
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Fort Worth Report: Tarrant hospitals' teamwork program prepared to deliver improved maternal health outcomes
Tarrant County’s health systems are taking steps to improve maternal health outcomes with the official start of a first-in-Texas program. Seven hospitals within Baylor Scott & White Health, JPS Health Network and Texas Health Resources will…
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: New doula program uses advocacy to target racial gap in maternal mortality in Fort Worth
Sofia Pimienta had a rough childbirth with her first son in 2020. The medical staff, she said, broke her water too early, administered an epidural early, and insisted on a C-section, which she didn’t want but accepted. When she was pregnant with her…
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CBS Texas: Trained community doulas to improve maternal, infant health in Fort Worth
A group of 120 trained doulas will soon be sent into the community to help save the lives of moms and babies in the area of Fort Worth with the worst health disparities.A group of 120 trained doulas will soon be sent into the community to help save…
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Fort Worth celebrates 120 newly-trained doulas who are working to make childbirth safer
Tiffany and Jeremy Hall have had three children together. But the Halls, as newly trained doulas, hope to help many more children come into the world safely. Doulas support new parents during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
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Fort Worth Report: Fort Worth celebrates 120 community doulas ready to improve maternal health outcomes
LyTisa Greene, 38, remembers feeling scared when she learned she was going to be a teenage mother. Greene, who lives in southeast Fort Worth, didn’t have the educational resources or support to prepare for the birth of her child.
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Fort Worth Report: How can Tarrant County improve the health of mothers? Leaders to discuss solutions
In the five years since a study spotlighted 76104 as having the lowest life expectancy rate in Texas, Tarrant County experts have zeroed in on lowering the high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality as a key way to address the issue.
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Tanglewood Moms: Supporting the Most Important Time in a Family's Life
In Tarrant County, the maternal death rate exceeds that of the state average – and Texas is one of the top 10 states in the nation for maternal mortality. We know there is a disparity in access to affordable healthcare, especially in low-…
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Fort Worth Report: United Way, Tarrant County health systems launch joint maternal health initiative
United Way of Tarrant County and several health systems have announced a joint initiative to improve maternal health and prevent birth-related deaths across Tarrant County. The TeamBirth initiative is a communicative, collaborative process…
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Fort Worth hospitals will turn to a simple tool to reduce maternal mortality
Seven hospitals in Tarrant County will start using a new system to keep birthing mothers safer and keep parents more informed at every stage of the labor and delivery process. The protocol, known as TeamBirth, is in use in more than 150 hospitals…
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Fort Worth Report: A looming tax deadline brings a long-term opportunity to help vulnerable residents in Tarrant County
In the past year, the financial strains felt by many in our community have intensified due to inflation and the rising costs of consumer goods. In North Texas, the cost of transportation skyrocketed by 9%, while housing and utility expenses rose by…
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: ‘We’re not OK’: How teen shootings affect Fort Worth families, and what’s being done
According to Fort Worth police records, 10 young people between the ages of 1 and 18 lost their lives in shootings in 2023. Nonprofits and police are trying to change that. Listen to what they have to say about teen gun violence in North Texas.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: New director for Fort Worth program to curb youth shootings
An initiative to help combat youth gun violence in Fort Worth has a new director. Quaniqua Carthan is the new program director of the One Second Collaborative, which has a mission to bring together grassroots organizations across Fort Worth to…
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Dallas Morning News: How to best help our veterans and their families
An alarming number of North Texas veterans live in households that make less money than is needed to pay for housing, child care, health care, transportation, food and taxes, write Arlington Mayor Jim Ross and UWTC CEO Leah M. King.
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One Second Collaborative Invests $2.1 Million in Youth Gun Violence Intervention
United Way of Tarrant County (UWTC), on behalf of the One Second Collaborative (OSC), announced today the investment of $2.1 million to 18 organizations working to reduce youth gun violence. This initial phase of OSC funding primarily supports…
