Chicago Public Radio
Now Playing

11:00pm The Vinyl Cafe
12:00am BBC World Service
  View Schedule


Pledge Now

There are many ways to support public radio.
Submit
Pledge Now
Events
11.20.2009 Poem Present: Discussion on Poetics with Mary Ruefle
11.20.2009 Chicago Public Radio Board Executive Committee Meeting
View full calendar
revolution in access
Feder Blog
Submit
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • unknown
Eight Forty-Eight Monday through Thursday at 9am and 8pm; Friday at 9am
Eight Forty-Eight 10/24/2007
How Can We Reduce African-American Infant Mortality?




 
 
Bookmark and Share Share
 

Today and tomorrow, researchers and doctors are meeting to come up with ways to improve the health of women, children and infants – the first summit of its kind in more than 20 years in Illinois. One of the most vexing problems they’ll tackle is the persistently high rate of infant mortality among African-Americans. In 2005, that rate was more than two-and-a-half times the rate for white infants.

Arden Handler is a professor of community health sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. She says to get at the reasons for the racial gap, people need to look at how society treats women and children in general.

Music Button: ZeroOne, “Future”  from the CD Ozone  (Waveform records)

Leave a comment
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Local News
School Gives Special Ed Kids A Different Test, and Scores Soar

Oprah Counts Down to the End

Asian Carp Breach Barrier

Latest Unemployment Numbers Bad for Chicago Area, But There May Be Reason for Hope

Quinn Talks Price for Thomson Prison

Senate Panel Rebukes Burris

Chicagoans Talk About the End of Oprah's Show



National News
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event



International News
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

China says 15 dead, 114 trapped in mine explosion

Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

Blast near aid offices wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman