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Resources for Virginia Families

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Studies/Articles

World Health Organization: Maternal mortality Estimates by Country
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The Century Foundation: The Worsening U.S. Maternal Health Crisis in Three Graphs
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Cronkite News: Mothers, midwives and mortality: Why some Black women seek a holistic approach.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality.
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): The COVID-19 Pandemic Strikes Again and Again and Again
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Health Affairs: COVID-19’s Impact On Nursing Shortages, The Rise Of Travel Nurses, And Price Gouging
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Early-Onset Disease in Newborns, Committee Opinion No. 797
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American journal of obstetrics and gynecology: Evaluation of a rapid, real-time intrapartum group B streptococcus assay
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Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis: Disparities in obstetric hemorrhage outcomes
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CDC Foundation: Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA). Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2020
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Colorado Collective: For People of Color, Could Home Births Be Safer Than Hospitals?
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Pew Trusts: Fearing Coronavirus, Many Rural Black Women Avoid Hospitals to Give Birth at Home
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March of Dimes: Nowhere to go: Maternity care deserts across the United States.
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Rural community birth: Maternal and neonatal outcomes for planned community births among rural women in the United States, 2004-2009
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Pediatrics: Long-term outcomes of group B streptococcal meningitis
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization: Corneal blindness: a global Perspective
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United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication
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