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Council Member Louis Inquires About DOH Partnerships in Maternal Health Initiatives
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Council Member Farah Louis inquires about collaborations and community involvement in maternal health initiatives, focusing on Brooklyn's efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Dr. Michelle Morse discusses the Brooklyn Borough Equity Working Group, which includes diverse members such as doulas, healthcare organizations, insurers, and community members aiming to address maternal mortality through a collective impact approach. The goal is to reduce black maternal mortality by 10% by 2030, emphasizing the importance of involving those impacted by these issues directly in the program's development.
Speaker 1
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And besides the Bo president that you mentioned, what other organizations and advocates are you working with?
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And developing these programs for
Speaker 4
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the Thank you for that question.
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One of the things that we see as critically important is to make sure that the voices of the women who've been directly impacted are central to how we design our programs.
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One of the ways that we've tried to do that is through developing our own health department, Brooklyn, Brokers Equity Working Group.
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This is a part of one of the initiatives that I've been leading as chief medical officer.
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That working group has almost 40 members that are all in Brooklyn and are focused specifically on all of the different parts and sectors of society.
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That have a stake in reducing maternal mortality.
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Brooklyn is the largest burrow by population, and it has the largest number of maternal deaths.
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Proportionate to population as well.
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And so that's part of the reason we focus there.
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And one of the things that's being done is part of that working group.
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The members of it include doulas, community based organizations, healthcare organizations, insurers, community members, health department staff, as well as some of our sister agencies, including health and hospitals, ACS, and others.
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And what we're trying to do is really use a collective impact approach because this is both a social and a health care issue.
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And what we wanna do is continue to reduce black maternal mortality, as described, the goal for healthy NYC.
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Is to reduce it by 10% by 2030.
Speaker 1
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Thank you.
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I'm gonna hand it over to chair Schulman.
Speaker 2
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Thank you, Jill Lewis.
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First, I want to acknowledge that we've been joined by Council members Ariola and Riley.
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Good morning, Doctor.
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Morris.
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So let me let me I have I have a few questions, and let me start off this way.
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Your testimony was extraordinarily substantive.
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So you've set the bar for your colleagues, whoever's watching in the admin.