Partnership aims to help lower infant mortality rates

In a few months, 24 workers will fan out in their communities hoping to tackle the high rates of infant mortality that plague their neighborhoods. The group will be the first of 72 workers trained at Ohio State University's College of Nursing to help connect new mothers, pregnant women and women of childbearing age to health and community services. The program, a partnership between Columbus Public Health and the United Health Foundation, will be funded by a $1.7 million grant from the latter, c