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Prenatal care is the best way to prevent preterm births and low birth weight babies. [34] Unfortunately, in 2016 only 65% of pregnant women in Texas had access to prenatal care in their first trimester. [35]
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. It was established by House Bill 2292 in 2003 during the 78th Legislature, [ 1 ] which consolidated twelve different healthcare agencies into five entities under the oversight of HHSC.
Rebecca Sealy Hospital, part of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. [1] [2] Shriner's Hospital for Children — Galveston, burn care unit [1] [2] Shriners Hospitals for Children — Houston; Texas Children's Hospital, affiliated with BCM; TIRR Memorial Hermann, affiliated with BCM and McGovern Medical School
A 2004 report by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn was very critical of the Texas foster care system. [10] A follow-up statement with continued criticisms of the Texas foster care system was made in 2006 by the Comptroller and renewed a request to have the governor create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team. [11]
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas.With approximately 23,000 employees, [3] more than 3,000 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient visits per year, UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the State of Texas.
When mothers have access to a community health center, there is a 25- to 42-gram increase in birth weight and a 9% to 16% reduction in the likelihood of low birth weight. The mechanism for this is increased access to early prenatal care and reductions in maternal smoking. [74]
The hospital is on a 118-acre (48 ha) campus on Old Spanish Trail and Almeda, just on the edge of the Texas Medical Center. It is accredited by the Joint Commission , and has 343 hospital beds, a 40-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, and a 120-bed transitional care unit for long-term care.