Infant Mortality

Inform the policy and practice of reducing infant mortality and improving child and maternal health outcomes in communities of color.

This is a critical area of focus for the HPI since infant mortality rates continue to be an intractable problem for the U.S., in general, and for minorities in this country, in particular. African Americans still have relatively high infant mortality rates. Teen pregnancy rates are also high for many minority populations. African Americans have a higher rate of single-parent families, headed primarily by women.