Healthy Birth Outcomes:
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Elimination of health disparities constitutes an overarching goal of
the state health plan, Healthiest Wisconsin 2010. Perhaps
the most disturbing health disparity in Wisconsin is the persistent high death rate of infants
born to African American women. Infants born to African American women in Wisconsin have
been 3-4 times more likely to die before their first birthday than infants born to white women.
Further, during the past 20 years, virtually no decline has occurred in Wisconsin’s African
American infant mortality rate. Compared to white infant mortality, disparities also exist
among American Indian, Laotion/Hmong and Hispanic populations, although these disparities are smaller than
those of African Americans.
Spotlight
Save the Date: June 6, 2008 - Town Hall Meeting (PDF, 17 KB)
Statewide
Advisory Committee Meeting Materials, March 20, 2008
Elimination of Racial and
Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin, a February 8, 2008 white paper by
Richard Allan Aronson, MD, MPH (exit DHFS)
The Division of Public Health has awarded $50,000 to New Concept Self-Development Center, Inc.,
for its proposal, ABCs for Healthy Babies: A Social Marketing Campaign to Eliminate Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes in Southeastern and Southern Wisconsin.
More information is available
(PDF, 14 KB)
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Web site for the Public Broadcasting
System series, including the video "When the Bough Breaks" (exit DHFS)
Wisconsin Public Health Association promotes the
Unnatural Causes video series (PDF, 79 KB)
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This site will be updated as this initiative progresses. Check
back often for information for health care providers, researchers and the public on how
to achieve healthy births for all Wisconsin families.
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Last Revised: April 16, 2008 |
