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Maternal Health Equity Collaborative

We are re-envisioning what community care looks like to eliminate racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.


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The Spirit of Possibility
The Spirit of Possibility

The Maternal Health Equity Collaborative (MHEC) produced this report identifying the equity gaps in care across Central Texas and providing recommendations to St. David’s Foundation and other funders to improve care and access to care for BIPOC families.

Safer Childbirth Cities- Austin
Safer Childbirth Cities- Austin

The Maternal Health Equity Collaborative is proud to announce that Austin is the newest recipient of the Merck for Mothers Safer Childbirth Cities Grant! The project, Closing the Gap for Black Mamas: Childcare For Health Equity is funded by Merck for Mothers & the Pritzker Children’s Initiative.

Maternal Health Equity Report with MEASURE
Maternal Health Equity Report with MEASURE

MEASURE and the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative developed a survey to assess the unique needs of pregnant people during COVID-19, specifically Black women and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) families. This survey helped to gather lived-experience data from BIPOC mothers’ lived experiences in Central Texas.

Today Kelenne and Morgan presented at the Safer Childbirth Cities Community of Practice Conference about how the MHEC built alignment and collaboration in our beginning days. This is a graphic the @betterbirthoutcomes team created while listening to
Y’ALL! Say hello to our newest MHEC team member and Safer Childbirth Cities Childcare Program Coordinator, Daylisha Hall! Daylisha comes to us from years of service in nonprofits, including in schools, the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps 🖤 #newteam
Say hello to Partners in Parenting! This amazing organization is all about putting community back into the postpartum period. With neighborhood, zoom, and WhatsApp groups in English and Spanish, PIP is building a village for all new parents so they f
Meet one of the MHEC organizations- Hand to Hold! @handtohold is all about supporting families before, during and after having a baby in the NICU. While they were founded in Austin, they now support families nationally! We 💛 you!

“Systemic racism and oppression have created various gaps in care that directly impact the health and mortality of the BIPOC community. We have big goals for how we can further align our organizations to eliminate maternal mortality and morbidity in Central Texas.”

— Kelenne Blake-Fallon, MHEC Member

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