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![]() [Project Mattapan] Original Airdate: 12/10/1987 Length: 00:01:34 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract David Boeri reports on Project Mattapan, which is a community-based pre-natal care program aimed at reducing the infant mortality rate in Boston. Boeri notes that the infant mortality rate is very high in the city of Boston. He adds that the infant mortality rate in the African American community is 2.5 times the rate in the white community. Boeri interviews June Cooper (Community Health Associate) and John Ramsey (Boston Foundation) about the program. Boeri reports that Project Mattapan is a year-long project funded by the Boston Foundation. Boeri notes that the program will provide outreach to poor and uneducated women in an effort to combat premature births and low-birth weights. Boeri's report is accompanied by footage of women and health care workers at a health-care center, by footage of infants at a hospital nursery, and by footage of children at an urban playground. Contributor : Reporter David Boeri
Subject : Keywords Infants - Mortality Medical care Urban poor Subject : Personal Names Boeri, David Cooper, June Ramsey, John Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Project Mattapan Type : Genre News - Television |
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