Ensuring the health of women and children is essential to building strong, thriving communities. In New Mexico, the need for accessible maternal and infant health care is especially urgent: about one in four women in the state receive inadequate prenatal care.1 Access is particularly challenging in rural communities, where some women must travel over an hour and a half to reach the nearest birthing hospital.
To help close these gaps, the United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of United Health Group, recently announced a $1.5M grant to support expanded access to care through La Clinica de Familia, a Federally Qualified Health Center in southern New Mexico.
In this video conversation, Dr. Denise Leonardi, Medical Director at UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New Mexico, speaks with Dr. Stephanie Peace, OB/GYN and Director of the Women’s Health Center at La Clinica de Familia, about how cross-sector collaboration is helping to close gaps in care.
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