What We Do
By 2027, we plan to eliminate disparities in infant mortality in Buncombe County, changing the current 2015 data indicating that African-American babies die at 3.1 times the rate of White babies. To drive and sustain this change, we will engage community members and organizations and health care providers and administrators to advocate for institutional policies that address structural racism, implicit bias, access to care, and social determinants of health. In collaboration with community leaders, we will promote increased access to preventive services in community-based settings (particularly for African- American women of childbearing age) and create systemic change in the way that women in Asheville access and utilize care.
Partners
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Steering Committee
Mother to Mother
Sistas Caring 4 Sistas
MAHEC
Pisgah Legal Services
YWCA
ABIPA
Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County
North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville
Nurse Family Partnership
Buncombe County Health and Human Services
Buncombe County Community Engagement Team
Community Care of Western North Carolina
Homegrown Babies
Mission Health
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