Report Supplement to the 2022 - 2024 Erie County Community Health Needs Assessment, January 2023

This report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights examines the federal role in addressing racial disparities in maternal health, including negative pregnancy-related health outcomes and pregnancy-related deaths of women in the United States. As attention of these disparities increases, so does the focus on disparities such as, Black women in the U.S. are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women in the U.S., and Native American women are more than two times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women in the U.S. These disparities have become more severe over the last thirty years.

The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. Offers information on health topics, human genetics, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes.