Most people don’t really think about infant mental health until they notice its absence – but the difference can be stark to the observer and life-changing for the infant.
Integrated care involves not just physical co-location of services that are often isolated from one another, but also broader community-based solutions that promote good health.
Substance abuse, lack of access to healthy food, and dwindling birthing hospitals and OB-GYNs all contribute to poor health outcomes for mothers and infants. These organizations and individuals are working to change that.
Statewide, black babies are three times more likely to die in their first year of life than white babies. But those statistics are even more alarming in many of Michigan's urban centers.
These initiatives forge private-public collaborations to create systemic improvements in health and wellness across multiple counties.
Marginalized Michigan residents are finding health services in easily accessible neighborhood locations, and formerly defunct buildings are becoming bright spots on their blocks.
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