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Healthy Start flags high rates of no prenatal care and elevated maternal death rate in Brevard
Summary
Gabrielle Bargerstock of the Healthy Start Coalition said Brevard has a 9.4% share of births with no prenatal care (about triple the state average) and reported a maternal death rate she cited as 64.2 versus the state rate of 24.2; the coalition is conducting a five-year service-delivery planning process and solicited stakeholder input.
Gabrielle Bargerstock, representing the Healthy Start Coalition, presented an update on the coalition's five-year service-delivery planning process and highlighted several local maternal and child health concerns.
Bargerstock said Brevard County has the highest percentage of births with no prenatal care across demographic groups, reporting a…
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