FLOURISH regularly provides updates on our progress and the work our partners are doing to reduce infant mortality in St. Louis. To receive new updates by email, sign up for our newsletter.
FLOURISH St Louis has identified that navigating health resources can be confusing for families, and created the Health Communication and Navigation Action Team to help more moms access the resources they need for a healthy pregnancy and baby. Now, we are looking to community partners, like the United Way 2-1-1 Navigation Center, to help us… Read More
Behavioral health issues, including anxiety, stress and depression, can impact a family’s ability to have a health pregnancy and baby. FLOURISH’s Behavioral Health Action Team is focusing on ways to improve access to services for pregnant and new moms. One way we hope to do this is in partnership with organizations like the Behavioral Health… Read More
FLOURISH joined CityMatCH’s Institute for Equity in Birth Outcomes in 2016, beginning a three-year partnership focused on designing and implementing strategies that focus on racial equity in urban areas. CityMatCH’s Institute for Equity in Birth Outcomes brings together city and county health departments, community leaders, and other health organizations to discuss trends in urban health… Read More
As part of our collective impact approach, FLOURISH’s goal is to connect organizations offering health services and social services in the areas most impacted by infant mortality. One key partner in this is the St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN), which recently received a Missouri Foundation for Health grant to expand its work to increase… Read More
Paramedics and first responders are often the entry point to the health care system for low income neighborhoods in St. Louis, which are often the zip codes with the highest infant mortality rates. The St. Louis Fire Department, along with the department’s Lifesaving Foundation, is working to maximize the direct impact EMS have on infant… Read More
Time is running out to apply for a 2017 collaborative grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. The collaborative benefits organizations that want to implement a new project to improve outcomes for St. Louis moms and babies. The first step of the grant application process, the letter of interest, is due by July 28. The… Read More
Between 2010 and 2014, 48 St. Louis babies died from sudden or unexplained causes. However, many of those may have been avoided by practicing safe sleep guidelines. In May, FLOURISH St. Louis hosted a webinar where we discussed the topic of safe sleep, as well as how our Infant Health Action Team is working both… Read More
Earlier this year, FLOURISH St. Louis launched its Action Teams to focus on five priority areas: prenatal care, infant health, health communication and navigation, transportation, and behavioral health. The teams have been working diligently to explore the challenges and potential solutions in their areas of focus, developing strategies to educate and mobilize the St. Louis… Read More
As Father’s Day approaches, we recognize one local father who is working to make sure other men have the support they need to be good dads. FLOURISH Cabinet member and local father Sam Blue is a community engagement specialist with Vision for Children at Risk through Project LAUNCH (Linking Action for Unmet Needs in Children’s… Read More
When pregnant moms face high levels of stress and other mental and behavioral health issues, their health and the health of their babies is impacted. That’s why FLOURISH St. Louis is working with organizations like Queen of Peace Center to increase mothers’ access to behavioral health services during pregnancy and as a new mom. “Many… Read More
