Most Community Health Centers Provide Prenatal Care, But One-Third Still Lack Services | HPHCI: Department of Population Medicine
Boston, MA—A new national study provides the first comprehensive look at prenatal care services offered by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), revealing that while these safety-net providers play a critical role in caring for low-income and racially diverse pregnant populations, significant gaps in access remain.
A 2024 Review of Child Care and Early Learning in the United States
Updated data on child care and early learning in the United States illustrate the urgent need for holistic public policymaking and robust investments that support young children, families, and early educators.
Bedsharing may partially explain the reduced risk of sleep-related death in breastfed infants
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Higher Wages for Early Care and Education Workers Builds a Stronger System
Higher wages for early care and education workers in California is critical to expanding affordable child care.
Parents Are Lying About Where Their Babies Sleep At Night. Here's Why That's A Problem.
The AAP comes down hard against bed-sharing, yet many parents still do it. Instead of lying to our pediatricians about it, we should be talking about how to make it safer.
Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy: a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial in Western Australia
The infant simulator-based VIP programme did not achieve its aim of reducing teenage pregnancy. Girls in the intervention group were more likely to experience a birth or an induced abortion than those in the control group before they reached 20 years of age.
Reproaction Homepage | Increase Access to Abortion
Reproaction is a new direct action group forming to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice.
The Labor Market for Childcare Workers - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Each day, millions of parents rely on childcare workers to care for their young children. The labor market for childcare workers determines the wages paid to these workers and affects the operating costs of childcare businesses as well as the price and availability of childcare.
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Vital Signs: Trends and Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep Practices — United States, 2009–2015
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Black Women and the Care Agenda | National Partnership for Women & Families
Black women are family caregivers – and they need flexibility and economic supports to make the best decisions for themselves and their families
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
New safe sleep recommendations can help pediatricians guide families
The AAP continues to emphasize placing infants on their backs in an uncluttered crib.
Restrictive ID Policies: Implications for Health Equity
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Experiences of Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers of Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) | KFF
This issue brief presents findings from the focus groups including caregiver characteristics; physical, emotional, and mental caregiving demands of caregiving; their wages, finances, and opportunities for advancement; and what caregivers would like policymakers to know about their work.
9/11 health program recruits patients exposed to Ground Zero as kids, young adults
The search is on for those who have since developed health conditions related to their proximity to the site.
