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• Posted by Cheryl Hall, Caribbean Women’s Health Association Executive Director
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每年4月，黑人孕產婦保健週(BMHW)都是一個強有力的行動號召，強調迫切需要解決黑人孕產婦健康狀況的差異。黑人孕產婦保健週不僅僅是一個宣傳週，它是一場宣導孕產婦保健中正義、公平和尊嚴的運動。
Last Week
• Posted by Dr. Jermel Hawkins, Fidelis Care Senior Medical Director
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Health and Wellness,
Health-Related Social Needs,
In The Community
為慶祝今年4月的「全國少數族裔心理健康宣傳月」，飛達利斯保健致力於提高人們對少數族裔面臨的健康差距的認識。根據疾病控制與預防中心(CDC)提供的資料，少數族裔群體更有可能患上慢性疾病，如糖尿病、心臟病和肥胖症。
Fidelis Care Awards The Birthing Place Foundation with Maternal Health Grant In Recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day
Fidelis Care awarded a maternal health grant to The Birthing Place Foundation in the Bronx, NY in recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day. The grant will support The Birthing Place Foundation’s ongoing efforts in maternal health – particularly to help underserved, lower-income women and their families.
The Fidelis Care grant will support The Birthing Place’s Familia Flourish: Breastfeeding and Beyond (FFBB) program, which aims to improve mental health outcomes for postpartum parents, while providing educational and career opportunities for BIPOC birth professionals.
The Birthing Place
Every third Monday of January, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor a monumental leader who fought for justice and equality. Dr. King strived to make sure everyone, no matter their background, has the same opportunities in life. This included having access to quality healthcare, which he believed was one of the most important ways to achieve fairness.
Dr. King once said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” He believed that everyone deserves a chance to be healthy, but he saw how many people, especially in poor or minority
The Fidelis Care ‘Veggies to Go’ program distributed 1,895 bags of healthy food to individuals and families in need during its 2024 season. That adds up to a total nearly 80,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables given away since the program began in 2022. Veggies to Go addresses nutrition and food insecurity in urban and rural communities across New York State.
“Nutrition is healthcare,” said Fidelis Care Sales and Marketing Director Shannon Lombardo. “We know that one bag of fresh fruits and vegetables is not going to solve a family’s food insecurity. But the Fidelis Care Veggies to Go program
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