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Menopausal transition: Major public health issue without enough data

Natasha Takyi-Micah
June 15, 2026

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Progress across the lifespan
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May 19, 2022: House Bill 496, Families, Aging & Human Services Committee on Midwives and Maternal Health

May 19, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Population Changes in Cleveland’s Inner Ring Suburbs

Emily Muttillo
May 2, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Mental Health Pipeline

Eboney Thornton
April 25, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Prevention services and systems of care key to implementing OhioRISE

Community Solutions Team
April 4, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
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Lessons of Two Years of COVID-19: Impacts of an Offline System for WIC Beneficiaries in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
March 21, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Sign up for OhioRISE updates, listening sessions and training

February 7, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Cuyahoga County Finalizes 2022-2023 Biennial Budget

January 18, 2022
Progress across the lifespan
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Equitable maternal health care remains priority for federal and state governments

Natasha Takyi-Micah
December 6, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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State Budgeting Matters: Maternal and infant health make significant strides in most recent state budget

Natasha Takyi-Micah
November 8, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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State Budgeting Matters: Ohio Department of Aging

November 1, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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State Budgeting Matters: Ohio Department of Aging

November 1, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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State Budgeting Matters: Mental Health and Addiction Services Funds New Focus Areas, Enhancing Existing Programming

Tara Britton
October 25, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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State Budgeting Matters: Mental Health and Addiction Services Funds New Focus Areas, Enhancing Existing Programming

Tara Britton
October 25, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Cuyahoga County HHSA Committee Approves Contract to support county senior centers

October 25, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Awardees’ new program to keep Ohio families together

Community Solutions Team
October 11, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

September 22: Written Opponent Testimony on HB 322 and HB 327

Community Solutions Team
September 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

COOP Mayoral Forum

Eboney Thornton
September 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Lessons learned from the National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium

Natasha Takyi-Micah
September 16, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

How you can engage with the work of OhioRISE, Ohio’s new program to address the needs of multi-system youth

Tara Britton
September 13, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Dear Mayor, How Will You Address Infant and Maternal Mortality?

Community Solutions Team
September 7, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Dear Mayor, How Will You Support Our Children's Mental Health?

Community Solutions Team
September 7, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Dear Mayor, Many of Our Babies are Dying Before Their First Birthday. How Will You Help Change This?

Community Solutions Team
September 7, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Latest Maternal Morbidity Report Reveals Maternal Health Crisis Worsening

Tara Britton
August 16, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Call the Midwife!

Eboney Thornton
July 12, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

June 10, 2021: House Families, Aging & Human Services Committee

Community Solutions Team
June 10, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Research

How various disparities impact nursing home residents' health across Ohio

Natasha Takyi-Micah
May 10, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

How midwives help outcomes for women and babies

Natasha Takyi-Micah
May 10, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

May 5, 2021: Testimony Ohio Senate Health Committee

Community Solutions Team
May 5, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Midwives can help to address inconsistent access to maternity care and disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes

Tara Britton
May 3, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

How are midwives regulated in Ohio?

April 26, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

What is a midwife?

Community Solutions Team
April 19, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
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Disparities in maternal deaths persist, what role can midwives play in reducing deaths and disparities?

Tara Britton
April 12, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Governor’s proposed budget includes restoring Ohio Department of Aging funding, but few new programs

Natasha Takyi-Micah
March 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Maternal and infant health remains top priority in state budget

Natasha Takyi-Micah
March 15, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

March 3: Ohio House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services

Community Solutions Team
March 3, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

The devaluation of oneself: Dealing with imposter syndrome in the Black community

Natasha Takyi-Micah
February 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Cuyahoga County: Preparing for an aging future

February 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Research

What is OhioRISE?

Community Solutions Team
February 22, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Fertility and fibroids: The other side of Black reproductive health

Community Solutions Team
February 8, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio’s Multi-System Youth Coalition

Community Solutions Team
February 1, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Community Solutions’ 2022-23 budget priorities

Community Solutions Team
January 18, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Doulas play crucial role in maternal health

Community Solutions Team
January 4, 2021
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Looking forward to the next age wave in 2031

Community Solutions Team
December 21, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Examining the state of the Cuyahoga County Senior and Adult Services Senior Center Network

December 14, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

The Status of Ohio’s Women: Maternal Mortality

Community Solutions Team
November 23, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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What an ACA repeal could mean for maternal health

Community Solutions Team
November 9, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

A new tool to promote safe birth spacing in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
October 19, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Ohio's tobacco master settlement agreement: History, lessons learned and considerations for Ohio

Community Solutions Team
October 15, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Diaper need is an unspoken reality for many families

Community Solutions Team
October 12, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio Department of Health provides update to the Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality

Community Solutions Team
October 5, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio is again the focus of federal maternal health funding

Community Solutions Team
October 5, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio kinship care during the pandemic

Community Solutions Team
September 28, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Tara Britton: Senate Bill 326, Interested Party Testimony

Tara Britton
September 22, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Minority health matters

Community Solutions Team
August 31, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Early indications show that overdoses are rising again

Tara Britton
August 31, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

The impact of policing on law enforcement mental health

Community Solutions Team
August 24, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Is the Status of Women Getting Worse in Ohio? Preliminary Health and Economic Data Shows Reason for Concern

Emily Campbell
August 17, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Research

March of Dimes birth spacing project

Community Solutions Team
August 17, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Coronavirus affects pregnancy after all

Community Solutions Team
August 14, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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Behind a story funded by a Community Solutions journalism grant: Families weigh the risks of sending a loved one to a nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic

Community Solutions Team
August 10, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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Multi-system youth funding offers lifeline to Ohio families

Tara Britton
July 20, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

The status of Ohio’s women: Birth spacing

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Are you okay? Caring for the caregiver

Community Solutions Team
July 6, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Medical bias, weathering and the deadly impact on Black mothers

Community Solutions Team
June 29, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

The impact of policing on Black mental health

Community Solutions Team
June 22, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Families weigh the risks of sending a loved one to a nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic

Community Solutions Team
June 12, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

June 9, 2020: Written Proponent Testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 14

Tara Britton
June 9, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

June 5 Friday Webinar: Developmental disabilities, multi-system youth and the pandemic

Community Solutions Team
June 5, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Testimony for The Aging and Long-term Care Committee, Emily Muttillo testimony

Emily Muttillo
May 28, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Growing our gratitude during Mental Health Awareness Month

Community Solutions Team
May 21, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Staying connected, especially during this pandemic

Community Solutions Team
May 13, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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Ohioans encouraged to use mental health resources at Governor's press conference

Community Solutions Team
May 6, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Giving birth while social distancing changes everything

Community Solutions Team
May 1, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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COVID-19 and long-term care facilities, be kind

Community Solutions Team
April 24, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

April 21 Webinar: Social Isolation and Seniors in the Pandemic

Community Solutions Team
April 21, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Preventing social isolation when the senior center closes

Community Solutions Team
March 21, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Pre-Booking Crisis Intervention

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Request for Information Cuyahoga County Diversion Continuum

Community Solutions Team
March 16, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

How the criminalization of mental illness and substance use disorders impacts African-Americans in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
February 3, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Social isolation: A quiet social determinant of health

Community Solutions Team
February 3, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
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Data shows drop in unintentional drug overdose deaths in 2018

Tara Britton
January 21, 2020
Progress across the lifespan
Article

County council HHSA committee hears update as foster care costs soar

Community Solutions Team
November 4, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio awarded federal grants to address, study maternal health

Tara Britton
October 21, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio families and advocates praise Governor's MSY funding announcement

Community Solutions Team
October 14, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Racial disparities in infant mortality focus of 'Toxic: A Black Woman's Story'

Emily Muttillo
October 7, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Ohio’s budget codifies the pregnancy associated mortality review committee

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

State budget adds Adult Protective Services increase

Community Solutions Team
July 17, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Budget offers hope for Ohio's multi-system youth and their families

Community Solutions Team
July 8, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Letter to Conference Committee on House Bill 166, Written by John Corlett

Community Solutions Team
June 24, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Conference on Black Aging Reconvened After 10-Year Hiatus

Community Solutions Team
June 3, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Testimony for the Senate Finance Committee on Maternal Mortality, Adult Protective Services and Multi-System Youth, Tara Britton testimony

Tara Britton
May 28, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Testimony for the Senate Finance Committee on Custody Relinquishment and Multi-System Youth, Gayle Channing-Tenebaum Testimony

Community Solutions Team
May 28, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Pursuit of Parity: Where Ohio stands on insurance coverage of mental illness and substance use disorders

Community Solutions Team
May 20, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Number of Ohio Syringe Services programs triple since 2016

Community Solutions Team
May 17, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

State Budgeting Matters Podcast: Putting the mother back into maternal health

Community Solutions Team
May 10, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Testimony on House’s initial budget proposals, Tara Britton

Tara Britton
May 6, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Budget Priorities: Adult Protective Services

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Research

Budget Priorities: Adult Protective Services

Community Solutions Team
April 29, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Article

Tracking data on maternal mortality and morbidity should be a priority in Ohio

Community Solutions Team
April 15, 2019
Progress across the lifespan
Public testimony

Testimony for the Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Tara Britton

Tara Britton
April 8, 2019
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