Cityline - Healthy Start/ Healthy Babies

DateMarch 12 1991

Can DescriptionsCityline - Healthy Start/ Healthy Babies; X4048; Rec. date: 3-12-91; Air date: 3-17-91

AbstractHealthy Babies; Family Works; Healthy Start; Karen Holmes and Jose Masso report from the "death zone" of Boston to discuss infant mortality, which are three times more likely for Black and Hispanic babies than for white babies; the area includes Roxbury, North and South Dorchester, and Mattapan; Low birth weight is often listed as the cause; black screen breaks with some audio and video interruptions; Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Todd Payton and Elmer Freeman are interviewed about the factors that contribute to the record; Duane Smith, Judith Kurland and Margaret Hanson answer questions about what is available to families and why they think there is a disparity in programs among the neighborhoods that make up greater Boston; statistics on the patients served at several hospitals are part of the report; Gladys Gibbs talks about some of her patients' biggest problems, including drug or alcohol use in the home; patients talk about their treatment; several patients who used the Roxbury Heathy Baby Program talk about their experiences; clinicians in neighborhood health centers talk about those they serve; Project AFRIC is described by LaMotte Hyman; Project Life is another program noted;

OtherIn the studio Bruno Rodriguez, Dick Puttkamer, Dorothy Will, Valerie Navy-Daniels, Frank Firnschild, Jam Hakim, Laura Brown, Ron Schindler, Susan Krieger, Jim Barker, Ed Baron, Gregg Kidd, Bob Oliver, Art Donahue, John Rosenfeld, Joe Soucar, Bob Hakkila, John Mitchell, Kif Williams, B. Geoffrey Lans, Leon Goldman, Dave Teixeira, Doug Devitt, Ken Sullivan, Doug Dike, Doug Devitt, Bob Marsocci, Daria Bagley, Amanda Havey, Ted Talanian, Karl Nurse, Donna Latson Gittens;