A Poor Neighborhood In Chicago Looks To Cuba To Fight Infant Mortality [khn.org]

Alicia Doktor 1/11/1812:00 PM

Over the past few months, medical professionals on Chicago’s South Side have been trying a new tactic to bring down the area’s infant mortality rate: find women of childbearing age and ask them about everything.

Really, everything.

“In the last 12 months, have you had any problems with any bug infestations, rodents or mold?” Dr. Kathy Tossas-Milligan, an epidemiologist, asked Yolanda Flowers during a recent visit to her home, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. “Have you ever had teeth removed or crowned because of a cavity?”

[For more on this story by Miles Bryan, go to https://khn.org/news/a-poor-ne...ht-infant-mortality/]

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Karen ClemmerMember

Tina Marie Hahn, MD posted:
I think it would be beneficial to have a Community “ACEs in Obstetrics” or better yet, change the name of ACEs in Pediatrics to ACEs in Pediatrics and Obstetrics.
We in Pediatrics work closely with our OB partners especially those of us in rural areas where we do Neonatal Resuscitation.
I envision a day when the OB educates on the effects of toxic stress (w/o guilt or shame) on the fetus in the womb and we in the peds office work on positive parenting, secure attachment and serve and return relationships.

What about perinatal ACEs (before/during/after pregnancy?

1/11/189:39 PM

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I think it would be beneficial to have a Community “ACEs in Obstetrics” or better yet, change the name of ACEs in Pediatrics to ACEs in Pediatrics and Obstetrics.

We in Pediatrics work closely with our OB partners especially those of us in rural areas where we do Neonatal Resuscitation.

I envision a day when the OB educates on the effects of toxic stress (w/o guilt or shame) on the fetus in the womb and we in the peds office work on positive parenting, secure attachment and serve and return relationships.

1/11/1812:19 PM

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