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Racial and Ethnic Infant Mortality: Narrowing the Gap in Michigan

Racial and Ethnic Infant Mortality: Narrowing the Gap in Michigan. Alethia Carr, RD, MBA Michigan Family Impact Seminar December 9, 2013. Health Equity in Michigan. Health Disparities. Health Equity in Michigan.

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Racial and Ethnic Infant Mortality: Narrowing the Gap in Michigan

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  1. Racial and Ethnic Infant Mortality: Narrowing the Gap in Michigan Alethia Carr, RD, MBA Michigan Family Impact Seminar December 9, 2013

  2. Health Equity in Michigan • Health Disparities

  3. Health Equity in Michigan • Health Disparities – refers to measured differences between two groups, but do not indicate a reason for the differences.

  4. Michigan infant mortality by race/ethnicity 1970-2010 Source: MI Resident Live Birth and Death Files, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics

  5. Health Equity in Michigan • Health Equity

  6. Health Equity in Michigan • Health Equity - is a fair, just distribution of the opportunities and resources needed to obtain well being. • DoakBloss

  7. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Source: Hofrichter, R.

  8. The Life Course Perspective Source: Lu and Halforn, 2003

  9. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) • Basic Needs • Transportation • Affordable Housing • Neighborhood Safety • Sleep Environment • Healthcare Access • Coverage for Pregnancy & Delivery • Barriers to Accessing Prenatal Care • Psychosocial • Racism • Intimate Partner Violence • Stress • Female Head Household • Socioeconomic • Education • Unemployment • Poverty

  10. Equity - A picture says it all

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