👀 New data out from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a worrying trend: prenatal care rates dropped substantially in 2022—a smaller share of births got 1st trimester prenatal care and a larger share didn't got late or no care compared with 2021 and 2020.
❤️ Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes can affect the heart health of both mother and child, suggests a new study led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
The study, which included 3,317 mother-child pairs, examined the childrens' BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose at ages 10 to 14 using data from the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study.
“This presents an opportunity for us to intervene early in childhood and recommend healthy changes for the family to help improve their child’s health later in life,” said lead researcher Kartik Venkatesh. https://bit.ly/43CRRHo
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Funding opportunity:
The California Dept of Social Services Office of Child Abuse Prevention is accepting Request for Applications for its Road to Resilience program.
This RFA will award competitive grant funds to partnerships that, through interagency collaboration & integration of services, identify & serve pregnant individuals w known histories of substance use, pregnant individuals w current substance use, & parents/caregivers of substance-exposed infants.
Details: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ocap/grants