Fellowship Story Showcase

Moving from talk to action on black infant mortality plan

Los Angeles, black infant mortality, problem solving, implementation

This project received support from the Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship and its Fund for Journalism on Child Well-being.

Other stories in this series include:

Why are black babies twice as likely to die as white babies in the US?

Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies. My family is part of this statistic

America's black babies are paying for society's ills. What will we do to fix it?

Saving black babies by saving a whole neighborhood

What's behind the high black infant mortality rates? Racism, not race

Empowering moms – and dads – in the black infant mortality crisis

On Dec. 5, more than 100 health advocates, health care providers and community leaders gathered to give feedback.

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Monday, December 10, 2018

CHJ · Moving from talk to action on black infant mortality plan

In LA County, black babies are three as likely to die in their first year of life as white babies. In the spring, the county launched an action plan to close that gap, with an emphasis on addressing the role of chronic stress and racial discrimination. At a meeting Wednesday, county officials presented proposals for tangible steps to stakeholders.

[This story was originally published by 89.3KPCC.]

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Moving from talk to action on black infant mortality plan

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Moving from talk to action on black infant mortality plan