Executive Briefings | November 4, 2022
Healthy Beginnings Start With A Home
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 80% of pregnancy-related deaths between 2017 and 2019 were preventable (see After CDC Report, What Can Be Done To Prevent More Maternal Mortality Deaths?). It turns out that lack of housing plays a large role in those statistics.
Women with housing instability have less access to health care due to absence of transportation and funds. Twenty percent of women who experienced homelessness in the year prior to giving birth . . .