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Ohio minority health commission cites hubs, community health workers to reduce preterm births and costs
Summary
The Ohio Commission on Minority Health highlighted the Pathways Community Hub model and community health workers as an evidence‑based, pay‑for‑performance care coordination approach that reduced preterm birth and showed favorable return‑on‑investment in pilot studies; commissioners urged continued funding to scale hubs statewide.
Angela Dawson, director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, told the House Children and Human Services Committee the commission’s demonstration grants and Pathways Community Hub model are producing measurable results in reducing preterm births and improving outcomes for high‑risk pregnant women.
Dawson summarized statewide disparities and program outcomes: Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate was reported at 5.7 per 1,000 live births in the department’s cited data, but the Black infant mortality rate…
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