Author Archives: reading the article entitled “Numbers not good for mothers in St. Louis,” one could read the findings of The Right Start report and shake their heads in dismay. Though some numbers appear to be headed in the right direction, others such as low birth weight and pre-term births, while alarming, must be put into context.

The local and state public health infrastructure has been decimated. While likewise burdened with inadequate funding to address growing needs, private nonprofit organizations have taken it upon themselves to provide much-needed services to the highest-risk populations. The St. Louis Healthy Start Project, a federally funded program of the St. Louis Maternal, Child and Family Health […]