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Dax Bedell / Ozarks Public BroadcastingIn 2024, the State of Missouri extended Medicaid coverage to doulas for up to 12 months postpartum. We hear about the work doulas do and how critical that postpartum period is in this episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks. -
Dax Bedell / Ozarks Public BroadcastingThe Birth Place at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar serves eight rural counties. Patients often come from an hour or more away. Hear how they work to make sure everyone in their community has a chance for care and support on the latest episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks.
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The Springfield-Greene County Health Department program offers home visits by community health nurses after a family brings home a baby. -
Those with lived experience are paired with women facing addiction in the program offered by Preferred Family Health (Centerstone). -
Seeing a health care provider during and after pregnancy (and even before) can lead to better health outcomes for mom and baby. -
In this segment of the series "Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks," you'll get an overview of maternal mortality and morbidity in Missouri and learn what's being done to address it. -
As Making a Difference continues its focus on loneliness, we tell you how the Springfield-Greene County Library is working to bring people of all ages together. -
Garden manager and senior at Missouri State University Erin Nelson talks about the campus plot and how anyone can grow vegetables and flowers themselves. -
More than 600 Missourians on Medicaid have given birth with help of doula since late 2024, when the program was launched as part of an effort to combat the state’s poor birth outcomes. -
The Missouri senator claims the drug puts patients at risk, while advocates say decades of data back up mifepristone's safety. -
Two clinic directors discuss how the new Missouri State University clinic not only supports student growth but also the community as well. -
Many Midwest residents distrust their tap water. Some purchase water and ice from standalone kiosks. University of Iowa researchers found at least trace levels of lead in most of these kiosks.
