Doulas are professionals trained in childbirth who provide emotional, physical, and other supports to pregnant or recently pregnant women. This updated explainer examines their role in the birthing journey.
Doulas are professionals trained in childbirth who provide emotional, physical, and other supports to pregnant or recently pregnant women. This updated explainer examines their role in the birthing journey.
This updated infographic, part of our 100 Arkansans initiative, illustrates demographic and health statistics for Arkansas seniors age 65 or older.
This explainer provides an overview of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), examining its history, participation rates, purchasing patterns, program waivers, and how the federal budget reconciliation bill signed into law in July 2025 may affect the program and its role in addressing food insecurity and nutritional needs in Arkansas.
This infographic examines cesarean birth rates in Arkansas from 2021 to 2023 and shows that mothers in some parts of the state had the procedure at much higher rates than mothers in other parts of the state, especially among first-birth mothers.
Closures of labor and delivery services at Arkansas hospitals in recent years have led to longer travel times for many Arkansas mothers. Longer travel times to delivery facilities have been associated with higher risks of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Our updated infographic examines Arkansas mothers’ travel times to delivery facilities.