Everyone deserves quality health care. And every one of our
patients receives it with dignity and respect. Smoking increases your risk of miscarriage, ectopic
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Numbers in terms of birth rates reveal the challenge facing DCHC. These conditions underscore the importance and
impact of the BPHC Perinatal Collaborative to overcome barriers and bring
these women in early during pregnancy.
"Motherhood is fantastic, but the road to motherhood is paved with
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DETROIT , Detroit Community Health Connection
(DCHC) was competitively selected by the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
to pilot interventions and initiatives to decrease infant mortality for
African American women."

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concerned women to find out more through the March of Dimes .
Prenatal care is absolutely essential for you and your baby's health. The
sooner you go to see a medical professional the better, as you will be
screened for certain conditions that could lead to complications.

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DCHC
was the only federally-funded health center selected in Michigan. Selection
was based in part on attaining successful patient outcomes previously
demonstrated in a BPHC collaborative . Furthermore,
within the U.S.
"A hospital partner is very much needed to ensure continuity of care,"
asserts Dr.
After informally talking to countless friends and customers over the past
two decades, and conducting a survey of more than 1,000 expectant mothers
nationally, Matthias has organized a special book of 51 "secret" chapters.
Contributors to "51 Secrets of Motherhood " include Deepak Chopra; his
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DCHC's previous experience in three
BPHC collaboratives showed a proven record for decreasing health disparities
and improving health outcomes for patients with cancer, diabetes or heart
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, the mortality rate among black children is nearly two and a
half times greater than for white children.
In the "What Are The Odds" chapter, Matthias addresses the number-one
surveyed fear among expectant moms: birth defects. She even takes
action, with a portion of the book sales being donated to the March of Dimes. Trained as a civil engineer and architect ,
Matthias had trouble finding professional clothing to wear to work while
pregnant with her first child.html

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The BPHC Perinatal Collaborative targets community health centers to
(1) decrease racial disparities (the gap between black and white survival
rates for babies) and (2) improve pregnancy outcomes for African American
women." His knowledge of these
barriers is from considerable first-hand experience as Duke University Medical
Center Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Twenty-plus
years later, she is president and COO of Mothers Work(R), with sales exceeding
$500 million per year (Nasdaq: MWRK), which includes retail stores
Motherhood(R) Maternity, Mimi Maternity(R), A Pea in the Pod(R), Destination
Maternity (TM) Superstore and Edamame Maternity Spa(TM)." Matthias is also the author of "Mothers Work, How
a Young Mother Started a Multi-Million Dollar Company on a Shoe String,"
available online at http: //motherhood., With everyone on "celebrity
pregnancy watch" these days, it's easy to catch the baby fever. If your eating habits are less than healthy, you
need to change as soon as possible. If you haven't chosen a
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Her "secrets" include contributions and anecdotes from specialists
including authors, a renowned OB/GYN doctor and celebrity moms. Robert Siefring, a renowned OB/GYN from the
faculty of Rutgers University; actors and mothers Mimi Rogers, Catherine Bell,
Marcia Gay Harden, Marlee Matlin, and moms from all walks of life.

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She candidly shares the
many secrets she's learned over the past 23 years while working with pregnant
women.
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Ann Elrington , DCHC
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, "is premature births (pre-
term is less than 38 completed weeks of pregnancy). The more you do to relieve stress, the more your body is apt to
ovulate normally.

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Haywood Brown, cites that
qualitative studies have identified many formidable barriers to care,
"Minority women who are low income, are constantly between jobs, lack health
insurance, may have low investment in the pregnancy and overall feel 'judged'
by being pregnant are less likely to seek prenatal care during the first 12
weeks -- a most critical time in fetus development.
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"
Collaborative planning group co -chair, Dr."
Elrington concludes, "Detroit Community Health Connection is not just
committed to narrowing the gap but to take aim at achieving true health parity
for black and white infants . No
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to Detroit residents.
"The leading cause for this high rate," states Dr.

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The
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From a state perspective,
Michigan has a higher infant mortality rate (8. For example, a 28-week
old baby needs 12 weeks in incubator and if the baby survives, the infant will
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Detroit Community Health Connection Pilots Prevention Program to Reduce Preterm Births

"Our quality care is second to none," states Mary Stephens Ferris, DCHC
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Only five federally-funded health centers were chosen by BPHC to implement
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"We were the first federally-funded health center in
Michigan to earn JACHO accreditation and we have been recertified two times
since then.
Recognizing that safe motherhood is best accomplished through the
coordination of care, the BPHC Perinatal Collaborative requires DCHC to
partner with a local hospital to ensure a continuum of quality care from prior
to conception (family planning) through labor and delivery, to follow-up upon
discharge. "Our partner is the Detroit Medical Center (DMC ) that
represents a longstanding valued and respected medical system where as a team
we practice obstetrics with two patients in mind -- what's best for mom and
what's best for baby.95). I wanted to offer new moms a practical handbook that
empowers them to enjoy, understand and embrace the physical , mental and
spiritual changes that are taking place during pregnancy," said Matthias.

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We intend to pilot and document successful
strategies to help African American women avoid risky behavior and make
positive lifestyle changes that through BPHC can be implemented across the
country.
Matthias has built a successful maternity company based on serving the
unique needs of pregnant women.
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