Fathers making an impact on Black Maternal Health

TAMPA, Fla. — We’ve heard the devastating numbers from the Florida Department of Health that show Black women were almost four times more likely to have a pregnancy-related death compared to white women. The numbers from the Centers for Disease Control an Prevention (CDC) for Black infants in the U.S. have 2.4 times the infant mortality rate as whites. Those are the kind of numbers that have dads in our area coming together to help with solutions.  What You Need To Know Jamaur Johnson is one of those dads who wants to do more. “I have a 14-year-old, so I was 23. Have a ten-year-old, I was 27 and now I have a three-year-old and I’m 37,” he said. Johnson said he can remember the birth of each of his children — sort of. “I was in the room for two out of the three,” he said. “I was literally in the lobby for my third. He came out in one minute. They rolled him back. I went to park the car and he was out. So, I wasn’t in there for that one but the first two I was, and I passed out.” This was before he learned about...