Maternal & infant health
Keep maternal, pregnancy-related and infant measures distinct. Before comparing a number, check exactly who and what was counted and during which period.
Health
Care, with people at the center.
Health equity, care access and community wellbeing.
A question worth asking
Read the measure. Understand the experience.
A health statistic can make a problem visible, but it cannot answer every question about care. Use evidence alongside questions about the appointment, the referral, the benefit and the experience of being heard. Name the point in that journey that your research or advocacy is meant to improve.
Getting from coverage to care
A published benefit is one part of an access pathway. Ask about enrollment, participating providers, referral steps, language access and practical availability.
Community knowledge
Listen to community organizations without treating one person’s experience as a representative sample. Record what the evidence establishes and what still requires a conversation.
71organization records
25research resources
11policy & program records
Connected by issue.
Grounded in sources.
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The reading room
Make the evidence useful.
What does the evidence reveal about unequal health outcomes? Keep the source, population, place and period together when you use a finding.
Evidence brief
Maternal mortality: the 2024 national picture
2024 U.S. maternal mortality rates were 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live births for Black non-Hispanic women and 14.2 for White non-Hispanic women.
Explore the recordCDC / National Center for Health Statistics
Release 01 · Source-linkedOfficial benefit resource
A care-access pathway: Medi-Cal doula services
DHCS describes doula services as a Medi-Cal benefit effective January 1, 2023, available in both fee-for-service and managed care.
Explore the recordCalifornia Department of Health Care Services
Release 01 · Source-linkedStatistical report
Infant mortality: the 2024 linked-file report
Read a dated national report on infant mortality and maternal race/ethnicity.
Explore the recordCDC / National Center for Health Statistics
Release 02 · Source-linkedDataset guide
California pregnancy-related mortality dashboard
Explore state-level pregnancy-related mortality with downloadable data and documentation.
Explore the recordCalifornia Department of Public Health
Release 02 · Source-linkedDataset guide
PLACES: local health estimates and their limits
Understand model-based estimates before using a neighborhood health figure.
Explore the recordCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Release 02 · Source-linkedPolicy & public programs
Find the decision behind the issue.
Identify the agencies, care-access rules and public investments that affect the issue. A shared topic connects these records; it does not establish a causal relationship or determine eligibility.
State benefit
Medi-Cal doula benefit
A sourced care-access pathway. DHCS identifies January 1, 2023 as the benefit's effective date.
Explore the recordCalifornia
Release 01 · Source-linkedState / local public-health program
California Black Infant Health
A community-based maternal-health pathway centered on Black mothers and infants.
Explore the recordCalifornia; participating local programs
Release 02 · Source-linkedMedi-Cal delivery program
CalAIM: enhanced care management and community supports
A route to coordinated care and selected nontraditional supports for eligible Medi-Cal members.
Explore the recordCalifornia; health-plan and county implementation
Release 02 · Source-linkedState health-facility accountability
Perinatal implicit-bias training: SB 464 and AB 2319
An accountability pathway concerning implicit-bias training in perinatal care.
Explore the recordCalifornia
Release 02 · Source-linkedPeople before categories
The context belongs with the person.
Numbers help frame a question. Community knowledge helps you ask it responsibly. Neither should be separated from its source or presented as the entire story.
Independent organizations
Meet the people doing the work.
Explore relevant missions and service geographies. These are independent organizations, not a claimed partner network.
Health
Birthing Beautiful Communities
Centers Black maternal and infant health through doula services, breastfeeding support, advocacy and community-rooted care.
Meet the organizationCleveland, Ohio collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
Release 04 · Source-linkedHealth
I Be Black Girl
Builds healing, leadership and reproductive-justice power with Black women, girls and femmes through community programs and advocacy.
Meet the organizationOmaha, Nebraska collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
Release 04 · Source-linkedHealth
Black Women's Blueprint
Works across healing, reproductive justice and policy advocacy while centering the safety and dignity of Black women and girls.
Meet the organizationBrooklyn, New York collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
Release 04 · Source-linkedWhat a source-linked record does—and does not—mean
Source text supports the summary. Editorial approval, legal or tax status, service availability and confirmation by the organization are separate checks. Directory inclusion does not establish a partnership or endorsement. Read the review standard
From understanding to a useful ask
Before you act
Name the practical question
Who is responsible for the next referral, and how will the person seeking care know it happened?
Identify the responsible office
An office or institution is a more useful starting point than an assumed officeholder. Check the official source and the relevant jurisdiction.
Carry the source forward
Keep the original source link, the review date and the limitation beside your evidence. Edit the draft in your own words before sharing it.
Keep the connections you find.
An account lets you save public resources and private drafts on the computer running this local application.