Thursday 23 February 2012
A web video to create awareness about the high rates of African American babies dying before the age of one. “A Healthy Baby Begins with You” is an infant mortality campaign sponsored by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) featuring author, producer and attorney Tonya Lewis Lee.
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Infant Mortality for the African-American community is a pressing, but often overlooked, health disparity. The rate of death for black babies before their first birthday is twice the rate of white babies and greatly outpaces the national average. For some communities these deaths can seem like a normal...
Tonya Lewis Lee talks to Women’s eNews about her documentary, “Crisis in the Crib” (http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=117&…) and the importance of educating young people about maternal health.
Best-selling author, super producer and wife of Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee gives the low down on baby weight, delivery and life with Spike.
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