New #RxKids paper in @thelancet.com this month found that babies born to moms in Flint, MI who got cash during pregnancy (& the year after birth) had lower risks of preterm birth, low birthweight, and NICU admits. Moms were also more likely to get adequate prenatal care.
With significant reductions in adverse birth outcomes, the treatment of perinatal
poverty with a place-based intervention as replicable and scalable as Rx Kids has
important implications for infants a...
