Maternal mortality – the missing indicator
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research As we wrapped up our South Carolina Early Childhood Databook for publication, our team began to reflect on the process. We believe it’s important to reflect on what’s not in the report that…
South Carolina Poised to become National Leader in Breastfeeding and Lactation
By Amanda M. McDougald Scott, MS, Institute for Child Success Ashley Crary Lidow, MPH, WREN Terri Negron, RN, MN, FNP, Prisma Health and BZ (Melanie) Giese, BSN, RN, SC DHHS South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative This blog is part of ICS’s series…
For parents concerned about South Carolina’s outcomes: Now what?
In our recent South Carolina Early Childhood Databook, we highlighted over 80 indicators of early childhood well-being impacting children, ages 8 and under, in South Carolina, compared to North Carolina, Georgia, and the United States as a whole. Our hope…